Rebuilding Steinway M Grand Piano

This is a presentation of the rebuilding of a Steinway M Grand piano. It shows the whole process from the time the piano arrive at our shop until it is returned to the client's house.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rebuilding
• Steinway
• Piano
• Restoration

[ShatteredK]

what did paint the dampers with? (what kind of paint)

[atom353hank]

ShatteredK

The Dampers have a clear coat of lacquer no paint.

[onzki]

hi, sorry to ask this, I know it may sound a bit dumb but I'll ask anyway: just curious why would the owner restore it instead of buying a new one? is it because of price is cheaper in restoration or because he/she wants to keep a heirloom / legacy?

[atom353hank]

@onzki It is much cheaper to restore a piano than to buy a new one. The restored piano will sound much better than new ones and will last just as long. Usually you can restore a piano for half the price of a new one of the same brand. Most pianist prefer their own pianos to be restored rather than just buy new. This way they can control the touch, sound, and the finish. So it is like having a piano custom made to their specification for half the price.

[meowmeowkitty3]

very nice, how long did the restoration take, and how old was the piano?

[atom353hank]

The Steinway is about 70 years old and it took over three months to do. If you like this then you need to watch "Rebuilding the Lester" It the the Ultimate Rebuilding job and it took six months.

[mcnimbus]

The restoration work done is of such high quality and spirit that it touches my very heart. I hope that this fine instrument will survive so that someone in the future will say: And then it was expertly rebuilt and brought back so that we can can enjoy this fine instrument to this very day.

Thanks for sharing your excellent work.

[shubus]

Seeing a Steinway in such bad shape is enough to make me cry. But a joy to see the rebuild. Real craftsmanship can still be found it seems doing such quality restoration as this. I do wonder how much such a restoration would cost.

[95Rah]

Was wondering what the music used in the video as I admire his work as a pianist, too, am wondering how much to charge for a reform of a piano

[ManicoAlmond]

Like people of integrity, fine wine and wood-based musical instruments, time befriends them with enrichment, patina, timbre and grace.

[olyv1]

Did you replace the soundboard ? If not as it seems watching this video, was the curvature still good enough ? How were you sure of that ?

[JohnOakwest]

Steinway does'nt use hitch pin felt punchings and leave the bridge un- lacquered!! The black on the bridge is graphite and needs to be slippery for tuning piano to equalize tension between speaking and non speaking lengths of treble wire. I teased my Dad with the punchings on hitch pins on Steinway (put some on while preparing for stringing) although other makers use them often. Punching=round red felt for those who don't know.

[kafriedr]

@timd789

David Lanz - Cristofori's Dream

[zcapcc6]

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[jerryaltman]

Make it look as new again.

[aknowneemus]

I'm sure pianist's get quite attached to their piano's. No wonder they have them "rebuilt" instead of buying new.

I read the story of glenn gould, he was amazingly obsessed with his steinway and it wasn't even his. He spent DECADES with steinway co. technicians trying to get it perfect.

people love their steinways, and i cant blame them.

great video!

[thizLITTLEmama]

This Piano sounds beautiful!!!