Schiedmayer | Fully Rebuilt | September Sale

A beautiful, decorative Schiedmayer, built by a world renowned maker using the finest woods and materials. The piano resided in Rathfarnham for the last 30 years and was owned by a gentleman who was an excellent piano player and had the instrument regularly tuned and played it daily for hours.  It is completely rebuilt including new strings, tuning pins, hammer shanks and heads, schimmed soundboard, gilded frame, and new action felts, bushings, and buckskins. This amount of work means the piano will play on for centuries more and become a true family heirloom. Some of the ivory keys have yellowing. We can replace the entire set if required, but the original keys feel good when playing, so we have left them on until that has been decided by its next owner. This Schiedmayer has a full, rounded, powerful and colourful tone, with presence and volume when required, and is very responsive for its great age on account of the rebuild it underwent. It's perfectly capable of keeping up with advanced level player and is a real pleasure to play, as many have remarked after putting it through its paces. The hand sculptured carvings on the front sides of the piano give the instrument a great look and are typical of the finest pianos built in that era. We removed the castors and polished them up. They are very well made and the piano moves well on them. When pianos are rebuilt, the hammer heads are generally replaced, but with this Schiedmayer the hammer shanks are also replaced throughout, as well as leathers and buckskins. Schiedmayer came before the great makers and represent the evolution of the piano in the golden age of instrument making. www.obriainpianos.com