Ehrbar grand piano – SAP 5755
This piano is not for sale. It is a representation of our work carried out for one of our customers.
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: Ehrbar
- Model: living room grand piano
- Serial number: 27247
- Date of manufacture: 1935 – 1940
- 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 transparent satin – closed surface pores with 60% gloss
- Old hardware polishing
- Inside rim re-veneering
- Rim re-veneering prior to final finishing
- Straight side rim re-veneering
- Cheek re-veneering
- Inside rim varnishing in transparent satin
- Inside rim plywood veneering
- New blue fallboard 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 Heller
- New steel strings – Röslau
- New multilayered pin block
- New nickel tuning pins
- Iron frame sanding
- Iron frame finishing in mat
- Agraffes restoration (polishing)
- Hitch pins restoration
- 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 with Bio Felt of Abel
- New hammer shanks of Abel
- Restoration of old wippens
- Backcheck restoration
- Damper restoration and re-felting with felt of Jahn
- Damper regulation
- Damper action restoration
- Trapwork restoration
- Keyboard restoration
- Restoration of white key covers
- Sharps restoration
