Basic Restoration | Upright Pianos

Basic Refurbishment (€900) Upright Pianos Includes VAT, Ground Floor Piano Collection, Storage, Delivery, Tuning on Arrival Your upright piano is professionally removed from your location providing it is on a ground floor. Unfortunately we don't remove where staircases are involved. Piano is brought to our Wexford workshop where it undergoes a basic refurbishment: The wooden panels and all internal parts are removed and stripped down for cleaning, air blasting, lubricating, re-centering, and repair. The internal mechanism, known as the 'action' may require some new parts, most often these are springs, tapes, felts, and bushings. The upper strings, centre pins, bridges and soundboard are cleaned. If the keytops are in good condition, we clean and buff them, but if in poor condition, we replace them with brand new key tops and then level them to produce a keyboard that looks right and feels even when playing. The brass works and screws are removed, sanded, cleaned and buffed to a mirror shine. The brand name, if made of brass, is enhanced to stand out more. The piano is regulated and pitch is raised if required, through several tunings. It gets another tuning at your location when we return it. Pedals are regulated and re-padded to reduce noise during operation. Piano is placed on its back and the castor wheels are repaired and oiled to rotate freely. The back of the piano is cleaned. The outer case is oiled and waxed, with certain areas repaired, filled, coloured, or touched up. Certain lids, like the top lid and the key lid may have more wear and tear, in which case they are stripped back and French Polished by hand followed by antique waxing. Upon completion, the piano is returned to you and tuned in your home, which is included in the fee. www.obriainpianos.com