Piano and Pianola Restorations...
So manches Instrument überdauert die Jahrzehnte in erstaunlicher Erhaltung und Klangschönheit. Gleichwohl braucht auch ein gut gepflegtes Instrument irgendwann eine sorgfältige Bearbeitung, um wieder in aller Pracht zu erstrahlen und zu erklingen.
In our blog post Tuned, overhauled, renovated or restored? we describe different conditions and requirements. In principle, any instrument can be restored, regardless of its condition. The question of economic efficiency remains subjective.
Experts work for and with us!
We work with a few selected experts in Germany who are masters of their trade and specialize in working with instruments from the Golden Era. We also have surface work carried out in Europe's piano-making center in Kalisz (Poland). As everywhere - many master the craft, only a few master the art. Even though our focus is on the renovation of instruments from our inventory, we also offer these services for your instruments.
So if you have an instrument from before 1940 and would like to have first-class work carried out on it, please click here to access our Instruments details to reach us. We will contact you as soon as we receive the information about your instrument and discuss the various options.
Would you like to see examples?
The Gustav Mahler Museum in Hamburg (KomponistenQuartier) created a beautiful film in May 2020 - in the middle of the Corona period. You can see two of our renovated instruments as well as the delivery and an interview. A Feurich Welte-Mignon cabinet, which was on loan to the museum until the Steinway-Welte piano was completed - and was one of the highlights there.
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We will gladly show you References from our work on similar instruments. These are mainly renovations of concert and anniversary grand pianos, upright pianos and reproduction instruments - as well as other ornate pianos from leading manufacturers. Our customers include many private music lovers as well as many professional instrument owners, such as pianists, museums and universities.
Restore the former splendor.
A particular specialty of ours is the reconstruction of instruments according to original drawings or documents. Many a magnificent instrument has been adapted or 'modernized' to suit contemporary tastes and in the process has been given straight legs, plain lyres and slab-like music stands. We work together with carvers and turners who restore their instruments to their original beauty - so artistically that even connoisseurs can hardly detect it. We are also happy to show you numerous examples of this.
Transparency, fixed prices and prompt communication!
As careful work takes time, we work with you to plan the best time and procedure for the restorations. Once the work has been completed, we play the instruments extensively and rework them again and again to achieve optimum results. We prefer to polish surfaces in shellac, which also takes some time to produce a beautiful and stable surface.
We work reliably, transparently and bindingly towards agreed target dates. You can always visit the workshop by appointment during the work and see how your instrument is being repaired. In the meantime, we can provide you with high-quality replacement instruments so that you can continue to make music or, in the case of a museum, continue to present an instrument.
