Restoration of a Baldwin grand for the Ziedonis family
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25) Bleaching the Sound board
26) The reguilded plate
27) Ready to drop the plate into the piano for the purpose of gluing the pin block
into place.
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28) The refinished sound board. Note the color change
has gone from near orange to blonde!
29) The piano is ready for strings.
30) A little out of order, another shot of the restored sound board and bridges
ready to receive the plate.
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31) The action before work began.
32) Replacing the let off buttons.
33) All the action rails were lined with a vinyl-type substance which was so
tenacious that all the action parts were literally glued to it. It was impossible to
even regulate spacing because the parts were so stuck. In addition, this action is
slated for replacement so the original parts had to be ripped off. After that, the
vinyl was scraped off the rails and replaced with course sand paper. This will hold
the new action parts so that alignment will be kept strictly in place but will allow you
to adjust the parts by loosening the screws.
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34) In addition to new rail covering material, the action
brackets were repainted and the entire thing cleaned so that it looks practically brand
new. No one will actually see this but myself and any piano tuner who is called upon
to make adjustments in the future. However, it should do the customer's heart good
to know their action looks so pristine inside their piano.
35) Leveling the freshly resurfaced keys. The original plastic was nicely
intact but needed to have minor scratches and yellowing removed. By heavily sanding
the keytops with extremely fine sand paper and then polishing them again, the keys were
made much whiter and smoother with a more even gloss. The sharps were also
reconditioned for the best possible appearance.
36) The finished piano.
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37) Another angle. The keytops are actually very white even though they look yellow in the photo.
