Piano restoration

As both a woodworker and a pianist (term used very loosely), this is a project close to my heart. The finish looks absolutely fantastic, and a piano as tall as this one should have a pretty good sound as well.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Thanks Charlie.

The piano has that old ‘honky tonk’ type sound. Unfortunately, I don’t play (well), and my wife does not know any Scott Joplin, or any tune that you might hear in a saloon like you see in old westerns. So we can not yet put it’s sound to it’s full potential. But we love how it looks in the house. And it will certainly get good use.

Now to find a piano tuner in the area…..

Andy

-- -- No animals were harmed in the posting of this entry, although the terrier next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you.

Looks good! This is a project that’s on my to-do list. The biggest hindrance to it happening is the fact that it is on the 2nd floor and my shop is on the 1st floor…not fun.

-- Finding satisfaction in creation

Andy,

This is a beautiful restoration. We can only imagine all the work.

The very first furniture stripping I ever attempted was our grand piano when I was 12 or 14 years old. The piano was old and the black lacquer finish looked like cracked mud. I managed to strip it and did a little sanding. My father finished sanding it and it sat like that for 20 years. I rescued it from my folks’ garage after I lost my piano in a house fire, but it needed major work, including total restringing. The man who rebuilt it, also finished the refinishing at that time. We loved the exposed wood so we didn’t go back to the black lacquer.

Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your new piano.

-- "But godliness with contentment is great gain." 1 Timothy 6:6

This looks better than new Andy great job.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon