Loose or cracked bridges & soundboards
Bass bridge cracked and slipped
Big crack in the soundboard
Bridge cap has disintegrated and the pins have slipped sideways
Bridge shelf collapse
Lower treble bridge has come unglued from soundboard
Soundboard split
Split bridge cap (repair with epoxy)
Pedal repairs & chroming
Brass pedals
Broken pedals (removalist fail)
Corroded pedals
Fancy Lipp pedals
Four pedal Cornish - before
Four pedal Cornish - rechromed
Pedal base cleaning and spring replacement
Pedal supports dismantled
Pedals - rusty
Pedals - after re-chroming
Pedals polished and refelted
Re-bushed grand pedal lyre rods
Re-chromed pedals & surround
Split modern nylon pedal bushing
Steinway Pedals - before
Steinway Pedals - after
Unusual pedal locking mechanism
Polishing
Beale Imperial Upright Grand after polishing
Ebonised re-finishing
Lipp - damaged veneer
Lipp lid - before
Lipp - pedal base
Lipp - polishing mouldings
Lipp - polishing the body
Lipp - polishing the fall board
Lipp - polishing the top
Lipp - polishing complete
Piano case bits 1
Piano case bits 2
Piano case bits 3
Polisher at work!
Re-polished Hundt & Sons, with inlay
Re-polished piano
Veneer patching & repairs
Repolished Lipp
Restringing
Cleaning frame before restringing after spillage
Interesting bass string replacement tactic
Restring after corrosion repair
Restringing top section only
Strings polished without replacement
Typical spill damage from a pub or club
Chappell
Chappell before work commenced
Prepare and varnish soundboard
Respray cast iron plate
Chappell - frame back in, soundboard varnished
Chappell finished
Structural Faults & Possible Repairs
Catastrophe! Unrepairable.
Cracked lower cast iron plate (Alex Steinbach)
Cracked upper plate (Barless Beale)
Piano dropped - gluing back together
Fixing detached pinblock & frame to backposts!
Piano back together and regulated
