Saturday, November 22, 2008

Ivers and Pond grand






This piano is my current project and has been quite a challenge in that it is dissimilar in construction to other pianos in many ways. It has a "triplex" scale which is more of nuisance than a feature. It is very well built structurally but lacks in other ways. The action is a "W,N, & G" which is no problem. The piano has no agraffes at all which indicates cutting expense on its production. I don't expect much sound from the piano as it is barely 5 ft. in length and sounded quite " tubby" before disassembly.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Steinway "O" Grand completed Nov. 5th '08



This piano built in 1918 was one of the nicest "O"s that I have rebuilt. I am glad that Steinway and Sons decided to re-introduce this model and eliminate the "L". This piano has a full, rich bass accompanied by a clear, bell-like tonality in the upper registers.
The action was restored using Tokiwa wippens with turbo flanges. (my first time not using genuine Steinway wipps)
The action is lightening quick and perfectly weighted out thanks to the auxilliary spring. The hammers are from Steinway and much nicer to voice than they used to be.
The finish is a polished lacquered mahogany perfectly executed by David Tennett.