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I want to tell you what happened to me today and maybe compare notes with someone who has had the same experience, because in more than 10 tunings, something like this has never happened to...
Good morning everyone. I have noticed that some of the hammers on an upright piano do not have the impressions of the three strings centered. In some cases, it is even right on the edge of t...
Good morning everyone, I wanted an opinion on how to proceed with this problem of a vertical [piano] that I cannot resolve by acting on the escapement button. https://youtube.com/shorts/8GTe...
Good morning, yesterday while performing maintenance on my piano I realized that three soundboard ribs have a thin crack. Upright piano from 1981. It has probably always been there and I nev...
Good morning, i wanted to receive some suggestions on how to replace the hammer flange felts in my upright piano. In particular: 1) a possibly simple procedure for ungluing the old one and g...
Hello everyone, I need to change the action on a Kawai KG 2 D piano. Discounting the possibility of the original action, what would you prefer between an Abel and a Renner, considering that...
Pianoexpert excuse my ignorant question but what does "some have a small defect on the bridge cut in the cantabile....but how minimal" (C Bechstein) mean. What is the cantabile? how do I rec...
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pianoexpert
Hello everyone, today I happened to try a Petrof from around the 2000s, about 190 cm. Given that some adjustments and a good tuning need to be done, it seemed like a respectable instrument t...
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GiuseppeSantucci
Good morning, I wanted to know if the WD 40 product sold in spray is suitable for lubricating friction. Do you have other easily available suggestions for Teflon sprays? Thank you
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pianoexpert
Good morning everyone. I am asking for your opinion regarding this creaking sound that can be heard when I press the forte pedal, as shown in the video below. I am adding two elements: 1) it...
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foster12
Good morning everyone, lately I have come across two pianos, one grand (Petrof) and one upright (Ferdinand Manthey), which have been "abandoned" in a house by the owners for about ten years....
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Good morning everyone, I am proposing this issue regarding a C five octaves up on my upright piano. The video below for a few seconds gives an idea of this echo I hear when releasing the key...
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pianoexpert
I hope you can see and, above all, hear the video. In the second octave, I hear a very faint sound and I perceive, both by touch and hearing, an annoying vibration. Then from the third octav...
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pianoexpert
Hello everyone, my upright piano is starting to malfunction because despite pressing the sustain pedal (the one on the far right) nothing happens, what should I do to make it work like befor...
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pianoexpert
Good morning, I am writing here to share the experience I am having with my piano in search of answers. Some time ago, I purchased a Yamaha U3H upright piano. I am realizing that I have some...
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pianoexpert
Hello everyone, I noticed heaviness on some keys of my upright piano and measuring the let-off weight, I noticed that it is 50/45g with dampers raised (forte pedal depressed) and 70g with da...
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Hi, besides this FTP Pianoforti shop https://www.ftppianoforti.com/it/ do you know any other places? Thank you
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francescochopin90
Hello, in a grand piano, can the third pedal (sostenuto) be added if it is missing? Approximately how much would it cost? Thank you Denis
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pianoexpert
Hello everyone, I have a 1984 Kawai KG2-D, which I decided to have refurbished last November. I asked for several quotes and, since they were more or less aligned within the same order of ma...
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Good morning, I purchased a new Yamaha U1 4 months ago, which has already undergone two tunings, the second one after 3 months. After this one, I encountered some small problems, such as a b...
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francescochopin90
Hello everyone, as indicated in my introduction, I do not play the piano, but I really like listening to it being played. We recently purchased a Yamaha U1 refurbished by Yamaha for our home...
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Hello. I have been offered the purchase of a 1986 Yamaha C7 grand piano which, according to the seller, is "wonderful". I received 50 photos, but in one of them I see that the dampers of sev...
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pianoexpert
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Francesca
Happy New Year to everyone. Today while I was practicing the piano, I wanted to search on the internet to understand the purpose of the left pedal, and after doing some research, I discovere...
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pianoexpert
Happy New Year, today while I was practicing the piano I wanted to search on the internet to understand the purpose of the left pedal, and after doing some research I discovered that it shou...
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