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: Obermeier Berlin
- Model: baby grand piano
- Serial number: unverified
- Date of manufacture: unverified
- Length: 140 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 black satin – closed surface pores with 60% gloss
- New lyre box
- New music stand
- New music desk guide rails
- New brass fallboard logo (regular size)
- Old hardware polishing
- New brass pedal rods
- Rim re-veneering prior to final finishing
- Leg re-veneering (3 pieces)
- Upper lock rail re-veneering
- Bottom lock rail re-veneering
- Music desk panels re-veneering
- Inside rim varnishing in black satin
- Rim plywood veneering
- New lids
- New red fallboard felt
- New red music desk felt
ACOUSTIC PART
RESTORATION RANGE OF THE ACOUSTIC PART HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BELOW:
- Soundboard bleaching
- Soundboard restoration and varnishing in semi-gloss
- New soundboard decal
- Bridge cap restoration (with complete acoustic restoration)
- New bass strings of SAP Renovation
- New steel strings – Röslau
- New multilayered pin block
- New nickel tuning pins
- Iron frame sanding
- 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 – red
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
- New acrylic key covers
