C. Bechstein grand piano – SAP 6710
This piano is now sold.
The instrument was restored completely including its cabinet, acoustic, action, and keyboard components.
All details regarding the piano and range of restoration can be found below.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION:
- Type: grand piano
- Brand: Bechstein
- Model: living room grand piano
- Serial number: 52811
- Date of manufacture: 1900
- Length: 200 cm
- Number of keys: 88
- Number of pedals: 2
CABINET
RESTORATION RANGE OF THE CABINET HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BELOW:
- Disassembling of the instrument
- Basic carpentry work prior to actual case finishing
- Case varnishing in high gloss black polyester
- New wooden leg thread – 3 pieces. (Thread + socket)
- New leg ovals for two legs
- New lyre
- New fretted music stand with prop
- New music desk guide rails
- New rim and key bed moldings
- New upper lock rail
- New double lid prop
- New brass fallboard logo (regular size)
- Old hardware polishing
- New hook knob
- New brass lyre braces
- New adjustable brass pedal rods
- Cheek re-veneering
- Applying plywood on music desk panels
- Cheek repair
- Inside rim varnishing in high gloss transparent polyester
- Rim plywood veneering
- New lids
- New olive fallboard felt
- New olive music desk felt
ACOUSTIC PART
RESTORATION RANGE OF THE ACOUSTIC PART HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BELOW:
- Soundboard bleaching
- Soundboard restoration and varnishing in mat
- New soundboard decal
- New bridge caps – 4 sections
- New bass strings of SAP Renovation with Paulello core
- New steel strings – Paulello
- New multilayered pin block
- New nickel tuning pins
- Iron frame sanding
- Iron frame restoration and varnishing in Bechstein color
- Iron frame finishing in gloss
- Agraffes restoration (polishing)
- New hitch pins
- Iron frame welding
- New frame felts and string bearings – olive (Bechstein)
ACTION PART
RESTORATION RANGE OF THE ACTION HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BELOW:
- Complete action restoration and regulation (replacing all worn out felts, leathers, cashmeres, and restoration of wooden and metal elements)
- New hammer heads with Bio Felt of Abel
- New hammer shanks of Abel
- Restoration of old wippens
- Wippen modification – removing abstracts to fit with Capstan screws
- New capstan screws
- Replacing repetition springs
- Damper restoration and re-felting with felt of Jahn
- Damper regulation
- Damper action restoration
- Trapwork restoration
- Keyboard restoration
- Tied keyboard modification – removing abstracts and installing new capstan screws
- Restoration of white key covers
- Sharps restoration
- Final voicing
