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: Blüthner
- Model: semi concert grand piano
- Serial number: 57204
- Date of manufacture: 1901
- Length: 230 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
- Re-veneering of the entire piano
- Custom handmade wood inlays on the fallboard, rim, and inside part of the lid
- Case varnishing in high gloss transparent polyester
- Complete set of round legs
- New lyre
- New fretted music stand with prop
- New music desk
- New double lid prop
- New brass fallboard logo (regular size)
- New brass casters for round legs
- New brass pedals (2 pieces)
- New lock
- New brass key ring
- New continuous lid hinge
- New music stand and music stand prop hinges
- Inside rim varnishing in high gloss transparent polyester
ACOUSTIC PART
RESTORATION RANGE OF THE ACOUSTIC PART HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BELOW:
- Building in new soundboard and varnishing in satin
- New soundboard decal
- New bridge caps – 4 sections
- New bass strings of Heller
- New steel strings – Röslau
- New multilayered pin block
- New blue tuning pins of Biene
- Iron frame sanding
- Iron frame restoration and varnishing in Bluthner color
- Iron frame finishing in gloss
- Frame lettering in black (brand name, serial number etc.)
- Agraffes restoration (polishing)
- New hitch pins
- New frame felts and string bearings – blue
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 of Renner
- New hammer shanks of Renner
- Restoration of old wippens
- Backcheck restoration
- Damper restoration and re-felting with felt of Jahn
- Damper regulation
- Damper action restoration
- Trapwork restoration
- Keyboard restoration
- New key covers of Kluge – Tharan
- Sharps restoration
- Final voicing
