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Hello to all the friends of the forum Not infrequently, I happen to find very worked-on or dated pianos that in the past had some hammers come unglued, then poorly reglued. By poorly, I mean...
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pianoexpert
Hello everyone, I am about to buy the first piano for my daughter. It is from the 40s, the cabinet is very beautiful, and it has always been kept in excellent condition in a music school. Th...
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pianoexpert
Hello, I have a Yamaha upright piano (U1) that has remained unused for about 6/7 years. Now I intend to start playing again and first I would like to perform a regulation/tuning (which will...
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pianoexpert
good evening, I consulted a technician for the replacement of the pedals on my baby grand piano, and in the quote I find the following item: harmonic plane registration charge for harmonic p...
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Hello, I would like some correct indications regarding the method for measuring the down weight and return weight in order to then calculate the friction coefficient. Therefore, I have a few...
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Hello to the whole forum and Happy Holidays!! I noticed that on some copper strings, the bass ones, and on some steel ones, there are traces of rust. Is it usually better to remove the rust/...
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Gia
Hello, for many years I hadn't had my piano "tuned" (regulated), a Kawai grand piano; several notes, especially in the medium-high register, "shot out" very much with a strongly metallic tim...
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Hello, I purchased a used Yamaha piano with a relatively recent serial number, model Yu1. The first thing that surprised me when looking closely inside is the presence of a resin repetition...
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pianoexpert
Hello to all the friends of the forum, I would like to make a few observations and get some clarification on what is one of the most difficult subjects (as well as perhaps the most artistic...
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pianoexpert
Hello to all the friends of the forum. I am at Grotrian-Steinweg in Germany and I am following a grand piano regulation course. We started yesterday and so far the order of regulation we hav...
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Good evening, I own an Essex grand piano, and it has a problem that is making me uneasy; every time I press the right pedal, the sustain, it emits a noise like a hum. I have the impression t...
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maquieto
Good evening everyone, I am currently working on the restoration of an 1851 Erard grand piano, with straight strings and a spring-damper system located under the strings. The keyboard is ext...
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maquieto
Good evening to all friends, after having restored the entire action of an old upright piano, center pins, hammer felt, button, escapement etc. etc., regulated hammer-string distance 4.5 cm,...
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pianoexpert
Hello forum friends, I would like to know if, for the purpose of restoring the geometry of the bridge (the upright under the walnut, etc...), it is good practice to first proceed with applyi...
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pianoexpert
Hello to all the friends of the forum. I was recently wondering how to manage to synchronize the engagement of the dampers with the vertical let-off rail. In mechanisms equipped with an adju...
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Or I was simply wondering what one could use to clean it there. They have always told me alcohol but... Waiting for instructions.
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pianoexpert
Good morning everyone, i would like to ask Paolo, and anyone else who wishes to participate, if on the tail it is possible to perceive on the keyboard the moment when the parameter hammer "g...
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pianoexpert
Good evening everyone, I hope I have posted in the appropriate section this time. I wanted to open a discussion by proposing an issue that is, in my opinion, rather thorny. Regarding the key...
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Greetings to all the forum regulars. As mentioned in my introduction, I have a 1930s Zimmerman upright piano that I would like to restore. The instrument is not in bad shape, but many years...
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Good morning everyone, a curiosity: I have been told that different hammer shapes produce different sounds. a more rounded hammer has a more compressed sound and one with a sharper point is...
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pianoexpert
I don't want to say something stupid, but I feel like I've read or heard that the pianos of these great pianists were completely modified; in particular in the case of Horowitz, I know that...
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pianoexpert
Hello, I had the hammer voicing done and the result immediately seemed very good to me. The sound has become soft and clean. However, I was wondering if it is possible, over a range of notes...
Good evening everyone, even though I am almost never active, I often follow the forum with great pleasure and to say that it has been of enormous help to me is at least an understatement; I...
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Here I am to present my problem, as I was saying in the introduction, I don't claim to perform major interventions, just small things. I have a fairly old piano, H. Matz & Co. with bayonet a...
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pianoexpert
Hello. I have a problem with the hammer heads that I would like to change. They won't come off from the old stem. I tried heating them but I don't know what kind of glue they used, it doesn'...
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