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Haddorff
Original Manufacturer of this brand-name--Haddorff Piano Company.
Established--1901 by Charles A. Haddoff.
Other brand-names used by this manufacturer--Bush & Gerts, Clarendon, Seeburg, Steinbach & Dreher, Temple, Brooks, Evans, Zellner.
Other manufacturers of this brand-name--Krakauer Bros, NY.
Source: Pierce Piano Atlas, 12th Edition (2008, Larry Ashley Publisher, Albuquerque, NM).
Note: To obtain the age of your piano and details about the manufacturer, click: Pierce Piano Atlas--"the world's most authoritative publication on piano manufacturers, past and present." To learn how a piano works and how to go about buying one, we encourage you to purchase The Piano Book.
46" Haddorff Studio #119658
Beautiful, well cared for brown mahogany cabinet. Restored by Ray's Piano Service, 2006.
IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED:
Recondition action and pedal mechanisms—Clean, tighten all screws, reshape hammers, replace defective parts.
Complete Regulation—Install new underkey punchings. Make adjustments to ensure that piano plays like new: key height, key leveling, hammer blow distance, lost motion, letoff, dampers, spoons. Tune to A-440
Selected pictures of the improvement process taken in our shop
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Piano dismantled |
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Hammers reshaped |
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New underkey punchings |
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Complete regulation, tuning |
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