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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Restoration of a Schubert Grand for the Barry Family Page Two

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61)  The plate is now in place and stringing felts are being applied and down bearing set.
62)  See the way in which the pin block is fitted to this style piano.  A chamfer cut had to be made in the front edge to allow the fall board to be able to fold back into that space.
63)  All the stringing felts have now been selected and installed.

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64)  Traveling the new shanks and flanges on the action to ensure maximum power.
65)  Rubbing out the lid with a high tech rubbing machine.  A straight edge is clamped to the surface to ensure exactly parallel rubbing lines.  This type machine is used by the very best piano manufacturers in their assembly lines in order to obtain those marvelously flat finishes that are so loved by the buying public.  You don't have to go to a large manufacturer to get that kind of quality because it's available right here at Rodgers' Piano Rebuilding.
66)  The finished product ready to return to the delighted owners.

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67)  Another picture of the finished product.  Despite the rather unusual and (in my opinion) inferior design of the sound board mounting system in this piano, the tone of the instrument ended up surprisingly wonderful.  The bass is very full of Steinway-like growl and power!