Piano Reconditioning

• General cleaning inside
• Strings & pressure bar cleaned
• Plate tightened
• Trap work tightened and greased
• Casters tightened & lubed
• Bench hardware tightened
• Bed of felts replaced (if needed)
• Piano case cleaned and scratch-covered
• Cabinet waxed
• Brass pedals & hardware buffed
• White keys buffed
• Front & balance rail keypins prolubed
• Capstans prolubed
• Tuning pins chemically-treated & driven (if needed)
• Treble & bass bridges repaired (if needed)
• Sounding board repaired (if needed)
• Fallboard felt replaced (if needed)
• Rubber buttons and knobs replaced (if needed)

• All action screws tightened (butt flanges, butt plates, whippen flanges, damper flanges, sticker tongue flanges, misc. hardware)
• Hammer sanded & action blown out
• Bridle straps replaced (if needed)
• Butt felts replaced (if needed)
• Back stop buckskin replaced (if needed)
• Key bushings replaced (if needed)
• Back check felts replaced (if needed)
• Spring felts on butts & dampers replaced (if needed)
• All action flanges chemically-treated, including butt flanges, whippen flanges, jack flanges, damper flanges (if needed)
• Regulating button felts replaced (if needed)
• Damper lifter rods cleaned & prolubed
• Hammer rail felt replaced (if needed)
• All loose flanges repinned (butt flanges, whippen flanges, jack flanges, damper flanges)
• Spring rail springs replaced (if needed)
• Hammers reinforced (if needed)
• Jacks reinforced (if needed)
• Rubber grommets oiled (replaced if needed)
• Plastic elbows replaced (if needed)

• Keys eased
• Hammers aligned
• Key tilt and alignment adjusted
• Hammer striking distance adjusted
• Capstans adjusted
• Keys leveled
• Let-off adjusted
• Key dip adjusted
• Aftertouch adjusted
• Back checks adjusted
• Bridle straps adjusted
• Pedal rods lubed & adjusted
• Damper lift adjusted
• Spoons adjusted
• Check that hammer springs are in place
• Pitch raises
• Fine tuning
• Fallboard adjusted to keys

Final overview to check quality of work.