Weekly Update - Week Commencing 25th August

This week's update sees the completion of both the Broadwood grand restoration and the repolishing of the water damaged Lambert upright.

The owners of the Lambert have already been to view the piano, and were unable to recognise it in the shop, such is the transformation! In fact, two members of the family have since returned a second time to have another look! The Broadwood grand had some finishing touches this morning, and the customers will be visiting the shop later today for a final viewing. If they are satisfied with the end result, both pianos will be ready for delivery, and this will also allow us the capacity to begin repolishing the Chappell upright which has already been reserved by another customer.

With at least three pianos leaving the shop soon, we have been able to purchase new stock to replace them. So far, we have three pianos which are all expected to arrive on Tuesday 9th September. They are a Grotrian Steinweg upright dating from around 1926, a Bechstein upright from about 1898 finished in black, and a Steinway and Sons grand in Rosewood (pictured at the auction house). All three are from highly regarded makers. More information and photos will be available once the pianos arrive at our workshop.

The summer sale has now officially ended. However, it may be a few days before the prices are updated back to their full amounts, so this really is the very last chance to get a bit of a discount!

Visit our website at http://www.bedhamptonpianoshop.co.uk/ to see details of the restoration work that we do, and to view all of our current stock.

David - Senior Technician

Bedhampton Pianoshop

02392 484802

http://www.bedhamptonpianoshop.co.uk/

Weekly Update - Week Commencing 18th August

A few weeks since the last update, as the shop was closed for a week. We are now open once again and restoration work is back up to speed!

The Broadwood grand is now fully operational! The stringing was completed, and we have had the piano tuned a couple of times already. The action has been regulated to produce the best possible touch and response, and the customers spent a couple of hours looking over and playing the piano. The completed internal restoration is shown in the photo, and there are more step-by-step pictures available via our website. The next stage is to repolish the casework to the customers' requirements, and preparation for this is already underway.

The water damaged piano belonging to another client is progressing towards completion as well. The various removable panels and parts are finished, and the relevant brasses and mouldings have been refitted. Once the main case has been repolished, the whole piano can be put back together, and will be ready for viewing by the client. The piano is barely recognisable from the heavily damaged one that arrived here a few weeks ago, and the natural finish allows the beautiful rosewood grain to be fully appreciated, unlike the much darker colour of the piano prior to restoration.

Other work carried out in the last few weeks includes the first stages of preparing the reserved Chappell upright for repolishing, tuning of the barrel piano before it was delivered back to its owner, and regulation work on one of our own small John Broadwood uprights.

As a final note, the summer sale is drawing to a close. It must end before the beginning of September, so there are less than two weeks left to enjoy a discount on any piano in our stock!

Visit our website at http://www.bedhamptonpianoshop.co.uk/ to see details of the restoration work that we do, and to view all of our current stock.

David - Senior Technician
Bedhampton Pianoshop
02392 484802
http://www.bedhamptonpianoshop.co.uk/