Tag Archives: beverly piano tuner
thats one burnt finish . . .
The finish of this piano is incredibly “alligatored”. I was very surprised at how well it tuned up considering how dry it must have been over the years to make the finish shrivel up like this. I guess they don’t make them like they used to.
Read moreMy business card looks like an antique
I noticed my card in a piano I haven’t tuned in years. It looks like it is from 1900. Times sure does fly.
Read moreHaven’t seen this on such a high end piano before . . .
This is a 7’6″ Schimmel Grand piano is such a pleasure to tune and play. I noticed hammer #1 is coming undone. Renner hammers are very high end and I was very surprised to see this. Not an easy fix!
Read moreAnother marketing idea that didn’t help this low end piano . . .
Oh the art of marketing. This vintage of Aeolian (1970’s) has to be the lowest quality pianos ever made. To compensate for that they come up with some pretty funny ways of making them seem a lot better quality then they are. “especially engineered strip of sound carrying Maple”? Good stuff.
Read moreAnother fun boasting found on the inside of an old piano . . .
Boy that Resotonic Scale sounds good!
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