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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Fazioli Hammer Re-profile
Time to re-shape the hammers on this Fazioli 228. Also, the client needed a brighter, richer sound – so re-profiling the heads exposes a deeper, harder layer of felt, as well as creating an appropriately narrow and thus accurate striking … Continue reading
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Boesendorfer Damper Re-fit
Re-fitting the dampers on this Boesendorfer… See the perfect and shiny new strings! Also, spot the cranking block and half-blow transfer block – both tools from my days at Steinway Hamburg. I still have the same damper felt trimming scissors, … Continue reading
Boesendorfer – New Bass Strings
Just loosening off the old bass strings. See the 2 to the left – they look new when turned over, but sound old: It is time to renew them. I use strings made by John Delacour. John always calculates the … Continue reading
Boesendorfer Re-stringing
Re-stringing a piano in situ is always a bit awkward… …but there’s plenty of room to set up all the tools for this one. If the soundboard or bridge don’t need repairing, I always re-string in sections (or, in this … Continue reading
Grand Hammer Notch
Some older grands (even up to the 1930s), rather than a roller, have a notch on the hammer shank. The notch on this Cramer grand, once brushed up and rubbed with soapstone (see Grotrian-Steinweg Rollers), gave a perfectly good and … Continue reading
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Key Fillings
Ivories can easily get chipped at the front. For this Cramer grand, I first re-glued 2 dozen of the fronts, then had to fill the chipped ones. Here, I used an epoxy resin with a splash of white guache. It’s … Continue reading
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