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Pianos are subject to deterioration and use. Felt wears, strings break, wooden structure weaken and crack, the exterior finish loses its beauty.
A piano needs repairs when playing it becomes more frustrating than fun:
- Keys show "an attitude"...
- It's impossible to play repeated notes,
- Some notes just remain mute.
- The action becomes uneven and less responsive, the piano tone loses dynamic range.
- Strings tend to brake.
- Squeak and rattles may develop.
- The pedals are very noisy, or just don't work...
Repairing a piano usually involves maintenance, or fixing things which go wrong so that the instrument will continue to work properly, it doesn't necessarily mean the whole piano has to be moved to the workshop.
Besides, wear and tear, use and abuse, moths and mice, one of the major contributor to damaging a piano is the change of climate Temperature and humidity level) a piano has to live trough.
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Piano repairs involve :
- Keyboard : Key board frame, keyboard bed, keys.
- Action : hammer set, whippen set
Your piano needs some maintenance and some repair work :
- Damper set : pedal work and dampers, muting the strings or letting them vibrate and sing
- Structure : strings, frame, sound table, ribs, bridges, pin block. these piano parts convert into musical sounds the energy given to the strings.
- Pedals : sustain, ona corda, mutefelt, sostenuto
- Furniture
Rediscover the joy of playing:
Contact us, we will fix an appointment.
After inspecting the piano we'll explain the necessary steps to fix the problem(s):
Depending on the origin, we might be able to fix it right there and then..
Should some parts need to be taken to the workshop for repair, we will submit an "estimate" for your approval.
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