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Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding
A Guide for the Professional, Student, and Hobbyist
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eBook - ePub
Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding
A Guide for the Professional, Student, and Hobbyist
About this book
For over forty years, Arthur A. Reblitz's Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding has been the gold-standard manual for piano technicians and hands-on hobbyists who want to rebuild or maintain pianos. Reblitz demystifies the daunting prospect of working on a piano as he guides readers through every detail of upright and grand piano mechanics and describes servicing and repairs with understandable, easy-to-follow instructions.
The third edition of this invaluable handbook includes over 60 new and 300 remastered images of piano anatomy, tools, and techniques; consideration of ivory alternatives and the newest adhesives and lubricants; new material covering the art of tuning by ear and today's sophisticated electronic tuning devices; new repair and rebuilding techniques; and a brand new glossary of terms.
Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding provides piano technician and servicing programs, pianists, and amateur players and hobbyists around the world with an essential twenty-first-century guide to achieving peak performance and maximum longevity for their instruments.
The third edition of this invaluable handbook includes over 60 new and 300 remastered images of piano anatomy, tools, and techniques; consideration of ivory alternatives and the newest adhesives and lubricants; new material covering the art of tuning by ear and today's sophisticated electronic tuning devices; new repair and rebuilding techniques; and a brand new glossary of terms.
Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding provides piano technician and servicing programs, pianists, and amateur players and hobbyists around the world with an essential twenty-first-century guide to achieving peak performance and maximum longevity for their instruments.
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Table of contents
- A Letter from John Steinway
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- CHAPTER ONE Introduction to the Piano: Styles, Shapes, and Sizes
- CHAPTER TWO Inside Information: The Names of the Parts and How They Work
- CHAPTER THREE Evaluating an Old Piano: Is It Worth Buying or Repairing?
- CHAPTER FOUR Cleaning and Minor Repairs: Fixing Worn and Broken Parts
- CHAPTER FIVE Regulating: Adjusting the Action, Keyboard, and Pedals to Work as They Should
- CHAPTER SIX Tuning Theory and Terminology
- CHAPTER SEVEN Tuning Procedure
- CHAPTER EIGHT Complete Restoration: How to Make a Piano Perform and Look Like New
- Appendixes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Photo Credits
- About the Author