Rodgers' Piano Restorations
The Best Piano Rebuilding in the Business
9091 Ox Bow Rd.   North East, PA 16428
814-725-2665 weekday afternoons from 1 pm to 9 pm EST

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Rebuilding of an 1890 Emerson Upright.

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In these first three pictures you can see the condition of the piano when it first came in.  There was a rat's nest on the keybed in picture one.  Picture two shows cobwebs and gives a hint as to the condition of the sound board.  In picture three, you can see that the keybed and legs have been removed and the piano is ready to destring and the plate is ready to be removed.

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Picture number four shows the piano, stripped of all its cabinet parts, strings and plate.  The piano has been tipped on its back.  A chisel is sticking into the "top" of the piano to show you where the glue joint that held the pin block area and the back post framework had failed.  To repair this glue joint on this piece the crack was cleaned of as much old glue residue as possible and carefully blown clean with highly compressed air.  Then fresh glue was inserted into the joint and MANY clamps used to pull the joint shut.  The number of clamps used was important because of the need to spread the pressure out evenly not to exert so tremendous a force.  Too much clamping pressure could have actually served to weaken the joint.  In picture six, you can also see that bolts were installed into the assembly to prevent it from ever coming apart again.  These bolts were completely hidden after the piano was reassembled.