The Piano
Works
John and Carol Bailey
217 West Front Street
P.O. Box 568
Pemberville, OH 43450
419-287-4848
877-287-4848
Serving Toledo and Northwest Ohio
since 1980
WHAT IS PIANO RESTORATION?
In short, to restore a piano is to take the
instrument back to its' glory days, to completely rebuild the instrument
from the ground up as a new piano. This involves completely dismantling
the instrument and taking great care to note the old original measurements.
We replace all the worn parts and strings with new. We replace and drill
the pinplank and restring the instrument. While the piano is disassembled,
we repair or replace the soundboard and finish it, replacing the decal.
The cast iron plate is resurfaced. We repair any bridges that may be
damaged. The action gets totally replaced and the keys and keybed receive
many new parts, felt and any repair necessary.
Our attention turns to the entire trapwork system where all is releathered,
refelted or replaced. Damper heads are cleaned and rehung with new damper
felt. Reassembly, voicing and regulation complete the restoration. All
is done to make the piano play and sing as it was originally designed
to do at its' manufacture.
Many times restoration also includes refinishing the case to its' original
beauty, with the ever admired, smooth as glass "piano finish."
(Click on "The
Refinishing Process" to read more about on that.)
Restoring a piano is a very intricate and involved process. There are
but a small handful of technicians that can handle the demands of a
quality restoration and The Piano Works is one of them. Restoration
returns the piano to what it once was, many times making it even better,
thanks to the improved technology available in the manufacture of today's
action parts.
