I had the opportunity today to file hammers, regulate, and voice a beautiful Mason & Hamlin grand piano. Now that was fun – especially to see (and hear) the transformation over the course of the 6.5 hours I spent on it. Here are few pics to take you through some of my journey:
After hammer filing (barely visible grooves)
The customer was so nice to leave the following feedback on Google (screen shot below):
“Duncan regulated and voiced our 1966 grand piano (6-1/2 hrs. of labor) and it sounds like we have a brand new piano! It was sounding so loud in our home and didn’t have a soft pedal and we could not open it up to play it as it was just too loud. Now it sounds and feels like we have a real grand piano! The sound is clear and succinct and beautiful and I can open it wide open and the soft pedal works! Thank you! Thank you! I hope to refer you to many others who have older pianos that aren’t as lovely sounding as they once were!”
Hearing this makes my work so fun!
