Steinway & Sons grand piano – SAP 6585
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: Steinway & Sons
- Model: Living room grand piano / Parlor grand piano
- Serial number: 58153
- Date of manufacture: 1886
- Length: 211 cm
- Number of keys: 85
- 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
- Complete set of round legs
- New lyre
- New fretted music stand (without prop)
- New music desk with guide rails
- New lid prop rail (Steinway)
- New brass fallboard logo (regular size)
- Old hardware polishing
- New brass casters for internal mounting
- New modern leg mountings – 4 pieces ( 3 legs, 1 lyre)
- New brass key ring
- New rim – lid hinge – 2 pieces
- New wooden lyre braces
- New adjustable brass pedal rods
- Fallboard re-veneering
- Key block re-veneering
- Inside rim re-veneering
- Upper lock rail re-veneering
- Inside rim varnishing in transparent mat
- Rim plywood veneering
- New lids
- Leather on music desk front rail
- New red fallboard felt
- New black music desk felt
ACOUSTIC PART
RESTORATION RANGE OF THE ACOUSTIC PART HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BELOW:
- Soundboard bleaching
- Soundboard restoration and varnishing in gloss
- New soundboard decal
- New bridge caps – 4 sections
- Bridge caps with graphite
- New bass strings of Heller
- New steel strings – Röslau
- New pin block – Canadian Maple 38mm
- New nickel tuning pins
- Iron frame sanding
- Iron frame restoration and varnishing in Steinway & Sons color
- Iron frame finishing in mat
- Frame lettering in black (brand name, serial number etc.)
- Steel string numbering in black
- Agraffes restoration (polishing)
- New hitch pins
- New frame felts and string bearings – red
- Duplex scale and frame bolt nickel-plating
- New nickel-plated frame screws of Steinway & Sons
ACTION PART
RESTORATION RANGE OF THE ACTION HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BELOW:
- Complete action restoration and regulation with genuine Steinway & Sons Parts (replacing all worn out felts, leathers, cashmeres, and restoration of wooden and metal elements)
- Complete action restoration and regulation (replacing all worn out felts, leathers, cashmeres, and restoration of wooden and metal elements)
- New action frame of Steinway & Sons
- New hammer heads of Abel designed for Steinway & Sons pianos
- New hammer shanks of Abel designed for Steinway & Sons pianos
- New mounting bolts for hammer shanks of Steinway & Sons
- New wippen mounting screws of Steinway & Sons
- Restoration of old wippens
- Backcheck restoration
- Damper restoration and re-felting with felt of Jahn designed for Steinway & Sons pianos
- Damper regulation
- Damper action restoration
- Trapwork restoration
- Keyboard restoration
- Equaling key spacing with plywood
- New IVOPLAST key covers
- Sharps restoration
