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A Limited Collection of Piano Rebuilding Photos
A few of the many procedures in a complete rebuild
1913 5' 4" Knabe Grand Piano
Courtesy of Gene Nelson RPT (all rights reserved)
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| Piano case being prepared for new soundboard |
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| New tuning pinbloack being drilled |
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| Fitting the new soundboard panel to the case |
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| Another image of fitting the new soundboard panel to the case |
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| Installing bridge pins |
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| Another image of installing bridge pins |
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| The completed new soundboard and bridges |
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| Glueing in the new soundboard |
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| Soundboard and plate (harp) are now installed and the piano is ready for stringing |
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Installing wew strings on the piano has been completed
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| New damper underlever assembly (aft) and action stack with new action parts and hammers. |
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| Another view of the new damper underlever assembly (backaction) with the action stack in the background |
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| Final view of of the new damper underlever assembly (backaction) after installation of the return springs (note old underlever part at lower right) |
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| Installing the new damper underlevers assembly (backaction) in the piano |
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| Installing new backchecks |
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| Installing new key buttons |
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| Action stack with new actions parts and hammers on the keyframe without the keys |
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| Side view of complete rebuilt piano action |
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| Front view of complete rebuilt action evaluating touch weight, key weight, or down weight |
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| Side view of new hammers and hammer shanks |
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| Dampers with new damper felt are being installed |
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| Installing new casters |
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Debbie Cyr