Piano frames can be heavy things, we think that this frame weighs around 200Kg. The addition of a rather chunky crane to the toolkit has made a big difference (to the health of our backs if nothing else). This Bechstein Grand is the latest project and restringing is under way.

This week sees the addition of a new piano to the stock (Stock list coming soon, honestly!) and some good progress on the stringing of this 1920’s Chappell overstrung upright

After a month of travelling, this was my first week back at work and today I moved in the last of 9 pianos!

It’s been a bit back breaking for the last two or three days getting things in and out of the van but it’s great to have it done and the old storage unit emptied.

Now it’s time to start in earnest. The summer holiday is out of the way and there’s a serious amount of restringing to get done and a detailed stock list to compile.

Pianos in

Disassembled and ready to have strings removed/replaced. This is a delightful little tabletop instrument which has 6 different tunes on it’s barrel and is hand cranked. Spain continued to make these charming instruments decades after production had stopped elsewhere in Europe.

This is a customer’s piano and will not be for sale.

The new larger workspace (about twice the size of the previous place) has it’s first piano. Much to and fro-ing will now ensue, while we move in tools, boxes of felts, stocks of wood and most importantly another five or six pianos.