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Baldwin Restoration Project- 1926 Baldwin Model H 5' 8" Grand Piano Our latest project is a beautiful old Baldwin Grand piano. We'll try to show this from start to finish, it will probably take the better of 6 months to complete. So, here we go!
Next is taking it apart: Removing the music desk, the lid, the keyslip, followed by the fallboard & cheek blocks, then the action. Finally, a good blowout. This video shows the keyslip, fallboard & cheekblocks and action being taken out. The downbearing is noted, using a little rocker tool sampling a few strings across the piano. Just a little check here and there is all that is needed, no need to check every single note. On this piano it tells me that the whole mid section is low, that is it doesn't rock, it stays flat. Tthe bass, low tenor section and the high treble section are good. In the end we can choose to lower the plate or hopefully, we'll get some of that back after we shim the soundboard. More on that later. Lastly the damper screws are loosened and the dampers removed, numbered and stored on a raill made to hold the dampers.
What's not shown is the piano being blown out and VERY importanty, the damper screws being re-tightened so they don't fall out and get lost! Check out page 2, the story goes on!
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