Category Archives: Uncategorized

I had 2 pin treatments this week. When pins won’t hold the tension of the string(s), the piano won’t stay in tune. There’s many solutions to loose pins, but one of the newest is to saturate the pin bushing with … Continue reading →

This is an early 1900’s upright, that I’ve been working on for a client. Mice had inhabited the piano for an extended length of time. (See further down the page for the cleanup pics) The mice also ate all of … Continue reading →

Went to a piano tuning before Christmas, but when I got there, they had more than just a piano tuning problem. I removed the action, and brought it home to my shop to do the repair work.(Much easier than working … Continue reading →

In early September 2011, I received a frantic call from the Tour Manager of the Bill Gaither Homecoming Tour asking if I could come tune their stage piano that day. Fortunately I had my tuning stuff with me, so I … Continue reading →

Got a call from a private club, saying they needed their piano tuned, but also that they had a Bb key that wasn’t working. When I arrived, the Bb below Middle C had “broken”, or more accurately “split”. Someone either … Continue reading →

Left Pic – Broken Damper Flange w/new replacementRight Pic – Installing new Damper Flange   Left Pic – Still needs some adjustmentRight Pic – Installed and ready to go   Left Pic – Broken Bridle StrapsRight Pic – Replacing Clip-Style … Continue reading →

Left Pic – 1922 Steinway Upright in a local churchRight Pic – Notice the Tuner’s dates(a bit hard to see)   Left Pic – More Tuner’s Dates….kind of humbling to work on a piano of this age and stature and … Continue reading →

Left Pic – Kids with a stick…..not good for Piano KeysRight Pic – Partially removed chipped key top   Left Pic – Removing the rest of the key topRight Pic – the “Remnants”   Left Pic – “Whoops” in removing … Continue reading →

Family of mice lived in this piano for several years. As you will see mice can do an extreme amount of damage to a piano.   Left Pic – Piano in the original locationRight Pic – Piano in my driveway, … Continue reading →

Spent the day at the client’s home, finishing the project Left Pic – Action pulled, hammer mechanism removed…ready for white keysRight Pic – White keys installed, hammer mech. back in place, ready to go back in….(several hours later)   Left … Continue reading →