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Technical aspects of piano technology for technicians

Redoing Grand Back Checks (Winter 2006 Mpt Journal)

April 27, 2011 by masterpiano

There are times you may just want to recover grand back checks with new buckskin, but other times you will want to replace the back check and wire, because the wire has weakened with age. In those cases, you need to safely remove each old back check and wire with minimal damage to the key,

Categories Rebuilding, Regulating, Repairs, TechnicalTags back checks, piano repiar, piano technician how to, piano tips

Preliminaries to Grand Regulation (with efficiency in mind)

January 4, 2011 by masterpiano

Preliminaries to Grand Regulation (with efficiency in mind) Step by Step Guide

Categories Regulating, TechnicalTags piano regulation step-by-step

Warped Brackets on Young Chang / Weber Pianos Grands

November 2, 2010 by masterpiano

By Eric Michael Roberts – Web Master MPT I just replaced the action brackets on a weber grand from 1990’s.  As mentioned before in MPT convention it was discovered that the action brackets were swelling due to a poor alloy mixture during the manufacturing process. and you can not regulate that out of it.  By … Read moreWarped Brackets on Young Chang / Weber Pianos Grands

Categories Regulating, Repairs

The Key to Action Restoration

August 14, 2010 by masterpiano

By Vince Mrykalo, Technical Editor Spring/Summer 2008 MPT Journal An often overlooked facet of action work is thorough key restoration.  Let’s look closely at what makes up thorough key work.  If you are confronted with a worn out action, you can bet dollars to doughnuts that at least the keys need to be rebushed, the … Read moreThe Key to Action Restoration

Categories Rebuilding, Repairs, Technical

Efficiency in Work

July 28, 2010 by masterpiano

By Vince Mrykalo, Technical Editor From a recent MPT journal article This issue I want to talk about is efficiency in your work, whether it is home service or rebuilding in the shop. There are just so many hours in the day, and you cannot thrive very well if too many of those hours are … Read moreEfficiency in Work

Categories Business, Technical, Tuning

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