Expert Piano Restoration and Refinishing

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This video, made by Grand American Piano in Moscow, Idaho, provides a brief history of the Golden Era of the American piano, followed by a detailed description of the piano-restoration process. In real-time and time-lapse segments, Clint Hughes (piano restoration expert and owner of Grand American Piano) demonstrates the important steps involved in disassembling, restoring, and reassembling a classic American piano made by the Kershner Piano Company. The video ends with a demonstration and explanation of the piano-tuning process.
Grand American Piano provides full and partial piano-restoration services, and sells classic pianos including contemporary grands, baby grands, uprights, and period-style instruments of the Louis XV, French Provincial, Spanish, and Victorian Era.
Contact Clint Hughes at 877-742-6677 to discuss your restoration project.
Grand American Piano specializes in restoring pianos from these original manufacturers: Baldwin, Chickering, Knabe, Mason & Hamlin, Sohmer, Steinway, and many more. Learn more at our website: www.GrandAmericanPiano.com

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20 ноя 2013

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@georgequalls5043 6 месяцев назад

Did this in my dad’s shop. Have many memories of working on grands and uprights.

@sarbachpiano 4 года назад

i aprececiate that you repair the soundboard. I see many restorers replacing a soundboard even with only a few cracks, instead of just repairing it. An original soundbaourd form the golden times of piano building is worth of being taken care of.

@garyhawkins-pianoteacherpi6490 3 года назад

What an amazing video. As a professional pianist. I happen to consider the skill, dedication and patience of piano restoration is equal to that of learning a new piano concerto !

@OE1FEU 3 года назад

No, it's alike to learning all Mozart concertos, at least 2 Rachmaninoff concertos and "The People United Will Never Be Defeated" on top. Oh, and Gaspard de la Nuit.

@garyhawkins-pianoteacherpi6490 3 года назад

Peter Lemken no, Just no!

@buckkylem 2 года назад

It’s like composing concertos, no, symphonies

@chopsjazz1 Год назад

As a fellow piano restorer I took a "busman's holiday" and watched from beginning to end. Yep, lots of work. And the part about the finish work of the piano being at the top of the range of furniture finishes is spot on.

@DanielFoucachonfoucachon 10 лет назад

Diamonds in the rough! Love the Golden Era pianos!

@milesalleven7471 5 лет назад

This is my favorite video on the internet.

@SunnyGale57 11 месяцев назад

What a beautiful thing to learn about! I’m so glad that people are still playing The Great Piano!

@johnreid5814 5 лет назад

This is my dream job.

@MARTIN201199 4 года назад

John Reid I’ll be your partner

@burnttoast2615 3 года назад

Is there a school for this? I’d love to learn.

@johnreid5814 3 года назад

@Salvador Emery You're absolutely insane!

@charpnatl 3 года назад

This was SO enjoyable to watch!

@phenoydnunley8738 5 лет назад

Great video Mr. Hughes I am impressed

@eddielozada3694 4 года назад

Beautiful video. Lot of details were not explained but I guess it was for time issues. Thanks!!

@EdGutierrez69 6 лет назад

Wow you guys are artists!

@LostMountainRestoration 5 лет назад

Outstanding video and work!

@superpeluso1 3 года назад

I remember when I used to restore pianos in the Mexican border because labor was cheaper when I was 16 and man those Steinway pianos was something else!!! They were some how proud fully to restore! Long time ago... I still got it by the way 🤔

@klrdto3250 2 года назад

Thank you for actually playing it

@RYN988 3 года назад

This is art!

@justy1337 4 года назад

I always wished I could do something like this.

@ResetDoitAgain 2 года назад

Excellent video. Thank you!

@studentjohn35 3 года назад

(a) as far as cheap modern pianos, even the high end ones will fade. But even the most expensive Yamaha CFX or Shigeru Kawai has aluminum action rails, particle board in the lid, rubber bushings because they're cheaper than proper bushing cloth. Not a problem, though: when the piano wears out, just buy a new one. There's lots more where they came from. Meanwhile, Old Bechstein, Steinway, Bosendorfer (as well as pre 1928 Knabe grands) will come up magnificently with expert restoration. (b) In this video, you glossed over the action restoration part. Would have been nice to see just one repetition lever or one sostenuto tongue....

@gonzalogarcia-atance5840 2 месяца назад

I teach engineering and material science. Kawais milenium III with composite is a clear plus to me. Much better and cheaper than wood.

@davidpotter2245 7 лет назад

great video!

@AnneckMulemwa-nw5gj 9 месяцев назад

Thanks

@Thedonnyyyyy 3 года назад

this is amazing :o

@alexlatiff4198 3 года назад

Excellent

@caleblauber1441 10 месяцев назад

NICE!

@AtomicRollingStone 5 лет назад

Good video

@davidpostma9862 Год назад

You should explain about loss of crown to the soundboard and the need to replace them with original crown. Also recapping old bridges. This to bring to original beauty

@luifi 3 года назад

Cool!! Next time let us hear the piano! :)

@Cherfield-D-Blessedman Год назад

Very good video. Just asking some help what type of key tops brand that is really good replacement, please?

@ashleybritney5974 4 года назад

Where I can order gold Bronze powder for the plat color.thank you very much.

@vincentj.martinez8611 3 года назад

Amen

@OE1FEU 4 года назад

Sitka spruce only came after Appalachian red spruce was felled without a sustainable forestry established. My 1886 Steinway is not Sitka and the bridges are capped with boxwood.

@jessieabrudeanu1497 3 года назад

What kind of starck is this? I think i have the same one, I’ve just known what to call it.

@pavendax 2 года назад

the job that I want

@itimchanly3586 3 года назад

Where can i buy a cheap Steinway piano in poor condition for a restoration ?

@jeffreylebowski4927 3 года назад

So how much does such a restauration cost? Ty

@AcheampongEugene-dj7mr 8 месяцев назад

Good one boss, please I want to learn how to restore the piano, please am in Ghana, please how can I contact you ?

@elguarogozon1 5 лет назад

What king of finish remover are you using please?

@myboibill 5 лет назад

Would be nice after all of this work to let us see and hear the piano played. Very disappointing at the end of what was a good video. Maybe you might remember edit this .

@katewelch2476 Год назад

I read this comment before watching the video thanks I will not be watching it now

@Vandalfoe 5 месяцев назад

It's about the process in general, not a how-to based on a specific piano.

@99Grigor 6 лет назад

Nice video but dampers should never be razored off damper heads. This risks gouging the wood and creating an uneven surface for the new damper heads. They are supposed to be soaked off with a mild wallpaper remover type solution. Also, dampers should always be glued onto the heads IN the piano, meaning the dsmper is place in the piano damper rail with set screw losse, then the damper heads are glued on. Later, after the correct damper tray height is determined we tighten each set screw. Of course wire bending must happen during this process as well.

@DavidHughesPiano 3 года назад

Gregg, damper felts should be glued onto the heads at the workbench, so they are true and square to the heads. I know of no global grand piano manufacturer who glues damper felts on in the piano. If felts are glued onto the heads in the piano this assumes all wire bending is perfect at the time of installation, a rarity. Once the glue has set at the bench, it is THEN time to install the dampers in the piano and perform all wire bending. If the heads are not perfectly centered on each unison center line when felts are glued on in the piano there is the temptation to glue them on off-center/skewed to center over the unisons when the heads are not yet centered. This makes for hideous looking and functioning damper work. Also, with wet glue between the felts and heads how can you bend wires without disturbing the "set" you have just created? Visit any factory - felts are glued to heads at the bench, before the manufacturer has even established which piano the set of heads will be installed in.

@99Grigor 3 года назад

@@DavidHughesPiano Ok. I do see your point and fully agree. Wire bending should correct alignment errors. However, I still would never " razor off" old dampers.

@DavidHughesPiano 3 года назад

@@99Grigor : Thank you, Gregg. Yes, I concur that damper felts should not be scraped off damper heads with a knife of some sort. We soak them off with hot water in a rather elaborate homemade fixture that permits the water to saturate the felt and dissolve the original hide glue, yet not wet the wooden heads to the point of damaging the original factory paint job.

@99Grigor 3 года назад

@@DavidHughesPiano Well, the video depiction I observed was of a guy scraping of the old damper heads with a utility knife-exactly what is NOT recommended.

@christianwouters6764 Год назад

Why do a lot of bending of the damper when there is no need for it? I glue the damper felt for the treble and register on the damper heads out of the piano, but for double and single strings in the piano. If this is carefully done the damping is perfect right away with no need for the bending tool.

@pamelag7553 2 года назад

The Golden era pianos are truly a treasure but the common household does not have the excess funds required to restore them.

@1trucxhondamov589 6 лет назад

Lot of the fine details are missing but otherwise great video! PROBLEM: WORKED IN A FURNITURE SHOP---PEOPLE EXPECTED US TO FIND TUNE AND RESTORE A GRAND PIANO ON A VERY TIGHT BUDGET! THEY WANTED US, A FURNITURE SHOP, TO FIX REVAMP AND FINE TUNE A GRAND PIANO! However REFUSED 2 PAY FOR BASIC PARTS!

@floridian2023 2 года назад

W.O.W.

@hiahiahihaihai 2 года назад

How to spell it? Is it stain?

@smokeme2890 Год назад

How much?

@cannadineboxill-harris2983 Год назад

Hello why couldn't you Try Remaking A Daddy Grand Piano by putting on 88 Tuning Forks like what you did on an Upright Piano, Please do the Same Thing on a Daddy Grand Piano For Most of us RU-vidrs, It will be a much Better Idea For us so we can Try and See and Hear It Grand American Piano Thank You.

@EricHansenSpringfield 5 лет назад

YES YOU CAN Remove the harp with string on it! HERE'S HOW: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5soepI6ul_U.html

@theochasid8996 3 года назад

47k views only 200 subs :0

@johnunderwood3132 3 года назад

Did I see a Bernese

@chuckotto7021 3 года назад

A thorough display of restoring a piano by an expert , sadly for fellow experts. The lack of commentary left us marveling , but with no chance of an improved understanding.

@bellaamoros3814 5 лет назад

I do not understand the spraying. The hand-polishing with shellack is the right and autentic varnish.

@JS-rp7qb 5 лет назад

Both achieve the same level of finish, spraying just lets you lay on more layers faster.

@forgotten320 3 года назад

My brother's father in law just passed and they're going to throw the baby grand piano cause someone said it can't be tuned

@michaelcoplo7567 3 года назад

if you can get it restored it definitely can its a common problem for pianos that where left out of tune for a while

@forgotten320 3 года назад

@@michaelcoplo7567 I just have no place for it sadly

@forgotten320 3 года назад

@@michaelcoplo7567 it's in southern California if anyone wants it.

@forgotten320 3 года назад

@@michaelcoplo7567 this is a John Broadwood and sons piano. The previous tuners have all said the same thing, they tune it but won't hold the tune. What type of repair would that be?

@michaelcoplo7567 3 года назад

@@forgotten320 hmm not sure but i know someone who had the same issue and I think they had their tuning pins and strings replaced and that helped/fixed it but i think it's possible they did a couple other things

@asvarien 4 года назад

The narrator isn't wrong about the cheap, mass manufactured crap we accept now-a-days.

@ralphrestubog5519 3 года назад

Cheap mass-manufactured "crap" made by Japanese manufacturers has made acoustic pianos more accessible and sometimes even better. The best example is the Millennium III Action made of Carbon-ABS plastic that is just as good if not better than Renner actions. Unless of course you're talking about crappy Chinese pianos.

@theID2 9 месяцев назад

interesting except for the crap music they chose to use. also it would have been nice to know the cost of this restoration.

@heavenlyape Год назад

you literally just replaced and rebuilt the entire piano

@darioc2076 4 года назад

A little to patriotic

@alanmlkbanda 4 года назад

Ano Nymus as it should adequately be. Got a problem with that ?

@MARTIN201199 4 года назад

FlyBr0 I am not patriotic. Got a problem with that?

@Therebesquare 4 года назад

Or we could not fight about something so trivial

@paxwallace8324 Год назад

A little (too) patriotic.

@nickbruce6859 8 месяцев назад

You could've chosen any other type of music Why pick horrible rag time "piany" music? The entertainer is sooo bad

@richardeagan3156 4 месяца назад

@richardeagan3156 0 seconds ago Our church received as a gift a small Baldwin upright piano. The piano is in good condition in that it stays pretty much in tune between tunings. The issue is that there isn't that flow between notes due to a poor restrain. I have adjusted the pedal several times, but that in itself doesn't seem to really help. The pads are not touching the strings, but apparently enough that we are not getting the flow that I/we are looking for. In short, the issue seems to be somewhere other than at the pedal itself, Any suggestions? Reply