flooded piano

my heart sick pain when heard one of my friend's shop was affected by flood 

many people around that area called us up wondering can sell off the piano which was affected by flood. unfortunately , flooded piano we do not buy.  many pianos were submerged in the water for weeks, the woods and wires are either swell or rust . after the flood, everything inside were covered by mud.

piano cracked bridge

this is an upright piano bridge
it is an old japanese piano brand, maybe around 50 years old.
i discovered the treble area was very weak and almost toneless.
in this case, removing the action part to inspect carefully and found out
the treble end part of the bridge were cracked. you can see the bridge pins position have been
previously "reposition" by drilling  new holes hoping that affected loose pins can hold the tension
of the wire. but it seems to me that it fails.
there is no point to repair unless replacing a duplicated bridge which can cost you high up.

piano damper and felts replacement

felts and dampers in an old pianos will become wear and tear, replacement is a good way to treat them. if nothing to be done, you may encounter weird noise and sound due to uneven damped wires, unbalance touch because of worn out felts and skins.

regulation can help however, when the adjustment were off the limit, the scales and touch will become awkward. so call your trustable piano technician to refelt your old piano.

you may surprise there are silver fish inside the piano where felts and clothes are their favourite.

call 0166604478 (darren) to check your piano if you want improvement.

restoring a YAMAHA G2 grand piano
it was left unattended for many years, poor finishing done by the wrong hands which causes the paint crack, hammer heads , key caps, key leads, felts, tuning pins, wires etc. totally replaced.
job done by: Darren piano service
contact: 0166604478
www.buy-piano.blogspot.com
email: darren.hee@gmail.com

yamaha grand CF3 S Series malaysia

its a 9 foot grand which produces superb sound
serial number 5 million, around 20 years old. (S50000002)
made from the yamaha "S" department, which is one of the top group among .
Keys are made from genuine ivory.
only a few units worldwide.

selling price at RM600,000
CONTACT 0166604478 for a try out

massive broken wires i have encountered

a client who has just moved to malaysia  from middle east country has called me to view his YAMAHA U1 which he had bought first hand brand new in DOHA. " something wrong to the piano when it has been taken out from the container, it seems like all the wire strings have expanded and unplayable!"

i paid a visit the next day,  when i opened up the top lid and see inside, i was totally shock of what i saw.

i immediately then open up the lower panel and cannot believe how did it happen.

the entire bass wires were broken and rusty

the hitch pins are also started to get rust

middle section wired turning rusty and waiting to snap

realised that the internal were still wet and water drops can be seen, but to my surprise that the board and panels are fine without any damage. 

after some chat with the clients, he did mention about silica gel, could be water based, they have no idea how it looks like because it had been removed during unpacking. "it had been placed inside the piano during the shipping. the  weather was extremely hot before we left for Malaysia, it was almost temperature 50 degree or more, i cannot imagine if it is inside container placed under the hot sun." 

from here , i strongly believe that the incident was caused by moisture absorber. when it is too hot, the packing out of sustain, end up bursting which cause the liquid shower on the wires. second possibility is probably the piano has been tilted or lied down, causing the liquid pour out.

in this kind of situation, if immediate action is taken, the piano wires still can be saved, once it is more than 3 days, the wires will started to rust, then snaps one by one.

of course the piano action will be influenced as well. major repair and restring needs to be done!

yamaha u1 

Spring clean piano inside out

To clean a piano properly is not only from the outside appearance , internal area can hide many dust and foreign objects , some time mouse can brought in things to surprise you.

To do it , one must know how to open up all the front panel and bottom panel, remove all the keys carefully .

Use a vacuum cleaner to suck out major dust , with a brush to clean necessary area. Be careful not to direct vacuum the rounded red and green color felt and cloth, as well as the papers underneath them. Once mess up, you need to spend money and time to look for an experience piano technician to regulate and reset the high and dept of the keyboard and so on.

Never use damped or wet cloth to wipe inside the piano . Certain part is sensitive especially the piano wires will get rust if gets water.

If not sure . Call a local piano technician to do it for you.