Piano Restoration

Pianos are complex musical instruments that require constant upkeep and maintenance to ensure that they are performing at their optimal level. Eventually all Pianos will require more than standard servicing and will need to have majority of fundamental components replaced or overhauled.

Heirloom Pianos is one of the only specialist restoration companies in the Region and has a workshop premises in Fyshwick to undertake all jobs from small refurbishments to major rebuilds.

No one Piano is the same so each instrument has a custom designed restoration service catering to the needs and budget of the customer and the Piano.

Here are some examples of some recent projects,

2008 Kawai RX-2 Grand

This Piano required restoration after in received damage in storage from exposure to Rats, Mice and the elements.

Besides being exceptionally dirty the Piano had ruined Strings, Hammers, Agraffs and needed extensive restoration.

This Piano was brought to the workshop were over the course of a month it received the following,

Replacement Hammers and shanks from Kawai, Japan
Replacement Roeslau Strings and a specially fabricated set of Bass strings from Lou Parke in Sydney
New Agraffs supplied by Kawai, Japan
New Laoureux French damper felts
Complete regulation
Tuning and Voicing
An extensive cleaning!!!

Restored Schiedmayer Upright

This 1878 Piano had been owned by the same family since new and showed a great deal of wear due to age and extensive playing.

The Piano was overhauled with a great deal of the action mechanism and keyboard being rebuilt. The Piano was also restrung with repairs undertaken to the bridges and soundboard.

This Piano was brought to the workshop were over the course of a 6 months it received the following,

Complete action mechanism disassembly and cleaning
Complete restoration of the Keys and Keyframe including new felts, new bushings and new keytops
New WNG action components
New Abel hammers
All flanges recentered
Tuning, Regulation and Voicing
A coat of period appropriate polish to the shellac finish