Here are two pics of the finished, fully restored Symphonic back at home with its family. The owner's parents had bought it from Larkin Mail Order Co. (a Sears competitor out of Buffalo) when he was just a kid. Now it works again -- for the first time in several decades. He was thrilled! #piano #pianos #pianotechnician #pianorestoration #pianotuning

The Chicago trip ended a complete success, and we got home to CNY just before the storm hit. We returned the ca. 1914-1920 Symphonic player to its proud owner. Then while we were in town, we did an interior restoration on all the working parts of the 1926 Steinway Model L that his wife had owned, before she passed away. It brought us great joy to see these two family heirlooms brought hack to life to entertain the family for years to come! #piano #pianos #pianotuning #pianorestoration #pianotechnician #steinway #steinwayandsons

Today was the big day for the Steigerman grand at the local school. Although not a well known brand, this piano is remarkably well made, even if the action was a disaster when we started. Today the action went back in and the fine regulation was completed; the repaired lyre, formerly broken, was reinstalled; the entire piano was cleaned inside and out and then polished to a mirror-like shine. Then we did the fine tuning... #piano #pianos #pianotechnician #pianotuning

This is the action to a Steigerman grand piano from about 15 or 20 years ago. The piano is built of very high quality materials, we were surprised to find. However the action was a total mess (the second photo is us starting to reset the hammer blow). We spent an entire day on this thing on the bench, and tomorrow it goes back and gets the final regulation and tunings. #piano #pianos #pianotechnician #pianotuning

Except for a last tuning, this Symphonic player upright is finished after a full restoration! Symphonic is virtually unknown today, but was made for the Larkin mail order company out of Buffalo, NY. As of 1914, the pianos were built by members of the Knabe family, who left Knabe after it had been purchased by the American Piano Company in 1908. Larkin ads for Symphonic uprights, player uprights, and baby grands have been seen as late as 1921. This piano is a real gem; it looks and sounds fantastic even though in the past it survived a severe flood! She arrives home on Monday!

This week's project: Replacing the (badly worn) hammers on a customer's 1926 Steinway grand. They came out beautifully! Now for a full regulation... #piano #pianotuning #pianotechnician #pianos

This new set of hammers is for a 1926 Steinway we are restoring for a customer. It is amazing what you can do with old hammers when they are resurfaced properly, but sometimes they're just too far gone and the best option is to replace them. This piano will sound incredible when we are finished! #piano #pianorestoration #pianotechnician #pianos #steinway

Regulating, action repair, and key leveling on the ca 1910-1915 Symphonic player upright we are currently working on. This pneumatic player will really sound incredible, as the piano portion of the instrument has tremendous tone and sound. We are excited to return the finished instrument to its home in Chicago in mid-January!

Shhhhh, quiet, please. Tuning in progress... 🙂 #pianotuning #piano #music

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