Mahas Brighton Cabin Piano
This was her mom’s grandmother’s piano. It has been in the family for 100 years! Future rebuild ($9k + refinishing and moving). We’re doing this soon as we just received the green light today!
BYU’s Kawai KG-5D Surplus
Kawai KG-5D s/n 1337491: Purchased new in 1983 this 6’8″ Semi-Concert Grand piano is going to be surplused soon. The model KG-5D is no longer being manufactured, but I did some research and the comparison model being manufactured today is the GX-5 and ranges in price from $30-40k. I tuned and thoroughly cleaned the piano…
Upright Piano Cleaning
I already had the piano apart… so I figured I’d just go ahead and clean it all out: No one would ever know, but I think it makes a difference, if nothing more than in how I feel about the service I’ve rendered. (And of course I always enjoy taking the opportunity to give an…
Broken Music Desk
Does anything look wrong with this picture (in 11M at the MTC)? That’s how this particular piano looked when I got to it. I have no idea how it ended up in this condition. All I knew is it needed to be fixed and I was the man to do the job. Here’s the end…
Aural Tuning
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” Theodore Roosevelt Interesting quote considering I tuned 6 pianos today by ear! I believe I am improving in my skills, and I am not afraid to leave a piano imperfect so to speak. Here’s a demo of tuning the entire…
1890 Knabe 7′ Grand Restringing – Day 3, COMPLETE
Took almost 20 hrs to do the restringing alone (with a few detours here and there!) but it looks great: Complete!: Vinny’s LAST day in his Utah shop – going to Lawrence, KS. W’ell miss ya Madelyn & Vinny!
1890 Knabe 7′ Grand Restringing – Day 2
It takes a good while, and there are almost always unforeseen set backs (especially when you are dealing with historic instruments) but the end result is worth it! (Yet to come…) Me:
Key Leveling – Yamaha P22
I was notified that there was somewhat of a “smile” in the keyboard on this Yamaha P22 in 19M at the Provo Missionary Training Center. I was able to take care of it by using a 3′ piece of aluminum for leveling, and inserting appropriate sized center rail punchings underneath the keys to yield a…
Antique 1909 Erard grand piano from France
This belongs to Marti and Ellis Nuttall (Provo). I’ve taken pictures because they are considering getting fully restored to original new condition. It’ll take about a year, and they’ll have to have it shipped to the Antique Piano Shop, but if they decide to move forward with the job I think it will be totally…