Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Piano spray kl



Trying to be funky
A grand piano which original color was black, well the owner feel
Bored about it and decided to spray it
Matte surface purple color.
Awesome!




of course other colour also available apart from just black colour.







We spray all type of piano within kl and klang valley. Upright piano & grand piano.
Call for information detail.

Monday, August 11, 2014

piano keys repair and polish

piano keys can be polished to a better appearance.
in certain situation, when the key cannot be polished, then the key cap can be replaced.
common thing happen to the key is the bushing. if the bushing (balancing bushing and front key bushing) are not sticked properly,  they will have full contact with the key and balancing pins, that will cause friction. so sometime when you press certain keys, you will find that the response are slow or the key will not fudge, well this is one of the reason that cause.
the other is common problem is the silver fish a type of bug which like to eat the bushing felts and clothes.  when the bushing are all eaten up, it will cause the piano keys wobble and shake...it will affect the piano touch.

please enjoy the short slide i have created




Monday, August 4, 2014

bad condition old piano

i came across a tough customer who owns a very old piano which has not been service for many years. at first when i walked in, i saw the walnut upright piano brand which is "Morrison", and i believe it is no longer manufacture.  i flipped up the fallboard, i can see that the entire keys are uneven which goes up and down and sticky, and the tone is extremely out.

then i realised that the piano had actually been restrung 10 to 15 notes, which was not done and coiled properly,  some even over hammered. almost all the wires are rusty, and i also found out that all the hammer heads are heavy worn out, the crown of the hammer heads are going flat. then the tuning pins majority are going loose which unable to sustain tension.

worse thing was, the regulation and the action flanges and hammers are wobbling which make it impossible to tune it.  i did not take many pictures to show here.

the point is, after detected all these problems, i was then trying to explain and show to the customer, which eventually was being questioned back why i wanted to mention all these. she said she only need a tuning and nothing else, "i don't want to spend money to repair or change anything, i want it get tuned only! it is not necessary to make it perfect, i am not a professional, and i only need to get it tuned so i can leisurely play and sing some song, thats all."

i was stopped several time when i was trying to explain what are the major things need to be done before i can actually tune the piano. however, she argue and seem like not believing that what i had mentioned and kept telling that the piano was bought from one of their relatives who used to own a piano shop many years ago and will not simply send someone without experience to service her piano. well,  pictures and video says it all. but even if they are good, it is also time to go through a major service due to wear and tear.

i will definitely won't tune a piano in this condition, as after all, you will make it worse and the result will be the same.  so expect some repair if your piano has not been serviced for many years.






Tuesday, July 22, 2014

piano bench

there are two types of common piano benches where available in the market in malaysia.
color range : black, walnut, mahogany & white

1st is the normal non adjustable piano bench
you can actually flip up the top and store books and other things inside.

non adjustable piano bench



you can store books and stuff inside


The adjustable piano bench is normally more heavier than the non adjustable.
you can adjust the height of the bench to suit your comfortability by turning the nobs clockwise / counter clockwise
on the side of the bench.
normal adjustable piano bench



this is adjustable piano bench with drawer
price is slightly expensive than the normal adjustable bench









Monday, July 21, 2014

grand piano repair and restring

a korean YOUNG CHANG old grand piano situate in a PJ mall had a couple of broken wires, sticky keys, a damaged fall board due to being forced to open.

thank you for giving your trust on me.  action was brought back to go through repining  and we spend a few hour with my assistant after the mall operation hour to complete the job.

sluggish hammer flanges

broken wires

fallboard damage




encounter a few sluggish damper level


old broken wires




after repair and polished, the piano is now in excellent condition







Thursday, May 8, 2014

old piano hammer head repair

some felts of piano hammer heads are purely glued to the head molding,
whereas some are stapled.
from time to time, due to different humidity exposed, hammer head felt may come loose.
if not noticed visibly, the affected key tone will turn mellow or even will produce no sound at all.
attaching back is one of the way to solve the problem.
by using the traditional way of fixing the loosed hammer felt, thread is a very
useful tool.  of course and a proper glue.




with proper glue and the support of thread will solve the problem.




Tuesday, May 6, 2014

piano key cap replacement (old piano repair)



if you find your old piano with crack and dirty white key caps
and you feel like replacing them, yes we can do it.

look at the picture above,  the white plastic key caps are cracking, chipped and the dirt
has penetrate deep into the white area, it is no use to have them clean and polish.






the solution is to replace the old one to new key caps.
we carefully extract the old key caps, clean the underneath surface
and carefully glue and clamp the new parts. 
Filing process will be applied to make the key edge smooth.