Refinishing the piano is the part of the rebuilding process that in the end, dazzles the eye and excites the visual field. For all pianos, but especially grand and baby grands, it is the piano's finish that triggers an aesthetic response where we see the form of the piano itself as an expression of fine art. The goal of piano refinishing is simple: the piano refinisher attempts to restore the piano to it's original look. But, in the piano refinishing area in our shop, restoring the finish is one of the more exciting stages of piano rebuilding because with refinishing it's possible to bring a piano's surface to an even more perfect state than it was when first purchased.
The best approach to fine piano building is to "slow down the line," as they say, but in the manufacturing process, only the finest piano companies can afford to slow down production enough to assure the consistently highest quality finish. This is a major difference between high volume manufacturing and a specialized refinishing shop like ours. We take a much more meticulous approach to piano refinishing. The piano refinishers at our shop are encouraged to take their work very personally. Our philosophy is that each piano is an original work of art. And we have proved time and time again that our piano refinishers are able to actually produce a finish on your piano that is even better than it was when first produced.
Certainly pianos refinished with sedulous care inevitably delight and impress because the thousands upon thousands of tiny specks of weathered corrosion have been rubbed away. The newly refinished wood glows in its clarity, the sheen polished perfectly.
If the process of piano rebuilding can be divided into three major stages, refinishing the piano's wooden exterior would be one of the three. When we refinish your piano our goal will be to return your piano to its most highly developed state, finished, refined and matching the quality of the wood it highlights and protects. Our modern shop is large enough to allow our piano refinishers the space and the tools to perfect the refinishing stage of piano rebuilding.
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In the factory, piano refinishers know that many will see the piano's "finish" before they hear it's sound, that the condition of its surface is often the "lure" that will seduce the artist or admirer into its musical presence. A beautiful sound will then only highlight the beauty of the finish. Piano owners know, too, that a large portion of a piano's life is spent not so much a musical instrument, but as an admired piece of furniture. It's a piano, but people often interact with it simply by looking at it, by admiring it's beautiful glass-like finish. In fact, many people who are not musicians at all, people who don't play the piano want one in their home. This is especially true with grand and baby grand pianos. People enjoy them simply as an interesting feature, as something beautiful to look at, as something sensual and inviting. It's true, pianos invite culture into your home. They gather people together with heartwarming music and beautiful lines and contours. Our customers tell us about how the light in the room comes alive from the refinished wood, and although there are many factors involved, much of the lure of a piano in a living space of your home is in the refinishing.
In our shop, the goal of our piano refinishers is to finish the piano to its original color and sheen. A refinisher can do this by stripping the wood entirely of the deteriorated finish, lightly sanding and feather sanding the veneers, then applying 22 coats of lacquer. To insure the best possible finish, our piano refinishers use only high quality finishing products.
Grand and Baby grand pianos built in the 19th and 20th centuries were built to last from generation to generation, not as antiques in the general way we use that word these days, but as working instruments to be played and enjoyed again and again. Even though they may be old, the parts were made from the finest woods and industrial strength metals. Nevertheless, there comes a time when your piano will need an overhaul. Refinishing surfaces now clouded, replacing strings and felts that have worn out over time and use, such changes to the piano restore its usability. Unlike "restoring" or cleaning pieces with the intention of catching history, of freezing the piece within a particular nostalgic moment, piano refinishing tends to the fact that pianos were made to be maintained, rebuilt and refinished like a fine piece of ingenuity. Like the Golden Gate Bridge or a 300 year old violin.
Let our piano refinishers bring the finish on your piano back to life!
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