A1 - Beautiful cabinet, very little damage

A2 - Ornate music rest

A3 Hinged lid

A4 - Veneer damage on left foot

A5 - Veneer damage on right foot

A6 - Missing veneer at right top

A7 - Veneer damage at front right corner

A8 - A few replacement bass strings and large-size pins, new bridle tapes

A9 - Pin torque about 20-25, needs restringing, repinning

A10 - Needs new dampers, hammers, catcher leather, jack springs, underkey punchings, hammer rail cloth, & key cloth

B1 - Panels, Keybed, Pedalboard removed

B2 - Left Foot reglued.

B3 - Pedals & backplate cleaned, ready for nickle-plating

B4 - New casters installed

B5 - Left foot assembly re-glued to side-wall.

B6 - We prepared a stringing guide for the treble section, including heights of pressure bars and action brackets above the plate.

B7 - Original bass strings removed, arranged in order on a soft wire.

B8 - Bass strings packed for shipment to string-maker.

B9 - Bass strings ready for shipment to string-maker

B10 - Removing treble strings

B11 - Removing tuning pins

B12 - Plate screws & action brackets arranged on cardboard guide for ease in re-installation

B13 - Plate lifted with winch, ready for repairs to board, bridges, pinblock

B14 - Glue & clamp upper frame and pinblock

B15 - Increase tuning pin holes by a quarter inch for longer replacement pins

B16 - Sand pinblock surface

B17- Scrape and sand soundboard

B18 - Repair treble bridge in two places

B19 - Treble bridge repair

B20 - Using electric heater and with the piano insulated with packing blankets, the soundboard is dried overnight to widen soundboard cracks

B21 - Every open crack is shaped at a V angle with a shimming tool

B22 - Soundboard shims are cut and glued in place

B23 - Using a special chisel, tops of shims are cut so they're even with the soundboard surface

B24 - Graphite is brushed on bridge surfaces between the bridge pins

B25 - We drilled two test holes at the top treble end of the pinblock to check pin torque. We decided to replace original size 1 pins with size 3 pins.

B26 - We cleaned the piano plate and slightly enlarged the pin-holes to accommodate larger-size tuning pins.

B27 - The first coat of urethane was brushed onto the surface of the soundboard and bridges.

B28 - After 3 coats of urethane, we winched the plate in position onto the piano frame

B29 - With the plate bolted in position, we used the Klepac Chart to correct the stringing scale.

B30 - The treble section has been restrung and repinned, and the pressure bar has been installed.

B31 - Using a pitch-pipe, we chipped up the pitch of all treble strings.

B32 - We installed stringing braid in the treble section.

B33 - We restrung the bass section with new bass strings and installed stringing braid.

B34 - Before cleaning and reconditioning them, we temporarily installed the keyboard and the action and tuned the piano, to ensure a stable tuning when the project is completed.

B35 - The harp is packed, ready to be shipped to the refinisher

B36 - Fifteen panels and parts facing the exterior of the piano are ready to be shipped to the refinisher

C1 - We repaired unglued sections of the key frame.

C2 - We cleaned the keyframe wood and the keypins, and installed new felt punchings.

C3 - We cleaned the keys, keytops, and capstans with steel wool, and with the keys on the keyframe, we rough-regulated key heights and keydip.

C4 - We removed the spring rail, sustain rods, regulating rail and the dampers from the action for close inspection of all action parts before deciding on replacement parts to order.

D1 - The keybed, music desk hinge frame and lower panel have been stripped.

D2 - The fallboard, bottom rail and lid have been stripped.

D3 - The right leg and end blocks have been stripped.

D4 - The cabinet exterior has been sanded, ready for stain

D5 - The music desk and panels have been sanded and are ready for stain

D6 - The legs and end blocks have been sanded

D7 - The cabinet exterior has been stained

D8 - The music desk has been stained

D9 - The legs and end blocks have been stained

D10 - The lid, music rest and fallboard components have been stained

E1 - We installed the bottom board, keybed, and decorative legs, and we reconditioned and re-assembled the pedal mechanisms.

E2 - We installed the keyframe, and glued new key cloth in place on the back rail.

E3 - We installed the reconditioned action, and we assembled and installed the nameboard and fallboard assembly, and we regulated key heights just below the nameboard felt.

E4 - We fine-regulated key heights using a straight edge, and we fine-regulated keydip to ensure consistent touch.

C5 - We decided to order new hammers, shanks, and butts. We removed seven hammers to send to the hammer supplier as samples.

C6 - We cleaned and polished the sustain rod and the hammer rail, installed new hammer rail cloth, and replaced faulty hammer springs and regulating buttons.

C7 - We refinished the pedal board, and we installed and re-bushed the newly nickel-plated pedals.

C8 - We removed the old damper pads , cleaned the wooden and metal parts of the damper lever assemblies, and strengthened the damper flange springs.

C9 - We repaired damaged locations on the brass rail to ensure tight fit for the hammer butts.

C10 - We installed new even-numbered hammers and butts.

C11 - We installed odd-numbered hammers and butts.

C12 - We connected bridle tapes of the new hammer butts to the wippens and regulated back-checks.

C13 - We re-installed the cleaned sustain rod system and replaced the felt bushing connecting the two rods.

C14 - We re-installed the cleaned damper levers.

C15 - We installed new treble damper felts. Bass damper felts will be installed as part of re-assembly after refinishing has been completed.

E5 - We fine-regulated key spacing and tightened wobbly keys by turning under-key pins.

E6 - We fine-regulated black key heights using a key height guage.

E7 - We fine-regulated hammer-to-string alignment by heating and turning hammer heads and moving strings where needed.

E8 - We fine-regulated letoff, sustain adjustment and spoons in treble section.

E9 - We shaped and installed new damper felts at the ends of the bass section, then regulated sustain adjustment and spoons for newly installed bass dampers.

E10 - We removed the action and, with the action on the workbench, we regulated the spoons and damper wires in the bass section.

E11 - On the workbench, we also regulated damper wires and spoons in the treble section, as needed.

E12 - With the action back in the piano, we installed the rest of the bass damper pads.

E13 - We found that the pitch was almost a tone flat since installing and chipping the strings to pitch. Several pitch adjustments and tunings will be needed before delivery.

E14 - We installed the lower panel, the fallboard assembly, including hinges, rubber buttons, and knobs.

E15 - We installed the music desk, which swivels on hinges supported by a frame behind it. When the fallboard is opened, the bottom of the music rest swings outward.

E16 - Close-up of the Bradbury decal and the middle keys.

E17 - We assembled and installed the hinged lid, with black rubber buttons to protect the finished surfaces.

E18 - Project finished! After one final tuning, it will be delivered to the owner.