This page will help our clients follow progress on their piano.

There are many steps to restoring a piano and we often have several projects underway simultaneously.

All of our work is done in house. No sub-contractors are involved.

The following is a basic list of restoration steps, however, not all projects have identical needs.

Underlined steps have been completed.


Gerhard/Vanderzanden:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated N/A
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings N/A
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed N/A
  • Reguilded N/A
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired N/A
  • Refinished N/A
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

Steinway M / Zipser:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:N/A
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:N/A
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:N/A
  • Removed
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired N/A
  • Refinished N/A
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

J.C.Fisher / Ashworth:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired
  • Refinished
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

Hamilton / Strong:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired
  • Refinished
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

DeKalb / Flynn:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired
  • Refinished
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

Cable / Payne:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired
  • Refinished
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

Jesse French/Merritt:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired
  • Refinished
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

Packard / Coney:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated N/A
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed N/A
  • Reguilded N/A
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired N/A
  • Refinished N/A
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

Knabe / Nightingale:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired
  • Refinished
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

Chickering / Cain:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired
  • Refinished
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

Steinway / Thompson:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed N/A
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired N/A
  • Refinished
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

Henry F Miller/Henson:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated N/A
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings N/A
  • Keybed felt N/A
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired
  • Refinished
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

Baldwin / Ecker:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated N/A
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed N/A
  • Reguilded N/A
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired N/A
  • Refinished N/A
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

Baldwin / Czarneckie:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated N/A
Action:
  • Disassembled N/A
  • Repair N/A
  • Regulation N/A
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt N/A
Strings: N/A
  • Removed N/A
  • Installed N/A
Plate: N/A
  • Removed N/A
  • Reguilded N/A
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired N/A
  • Refinished N/A
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

Leonard/Mitchell:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired
  • Refinished
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

MasonHamlin/Walker:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated N/A
Action:
  • Disassembled N/A
  • Repair N/A
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops N/A
  • Bushings N/A
  • Keybed felt N/A
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired
  • Refinished
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

Vose / Short:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired
  • Refinished
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !
          

HalletDavis / Taron:
Case:
  • Disassembled
  • Stripped
  • Prep & repair
  • Grain fill
  • Stain
  • Sealer
  • Clear coat
Hardware:
  • Buffed
  • Replated
Action:
  • Disassembled
  • Repair
  • Regulation
Keys:
  • Keytops
  • Bushings
  • Keybed felt
Strings:
  • Removed
  • Installed
Plate:
  • Removed
  • Reguilded
Soundboard/Bridges:
  • Repaired
  • Refinished
Final:
  • Assembly
  • Regulation
  • Tuning
  • Delivered !