46" Haddorff Studio #119658

Beautiful, well cared for brown mahogany cabinet. Restored by Ray's Piano Service, 2006.

This was a truly fine mid-size piano when new! Before restoration, it showed some wear in hammers, it was poorly regulated and tuned, but structurally, it was very sound--the tuning pins were very tight, and the soundboard and bridges were in excellent shape. After reconditioning, this piano will provide many more years of musical pleasure.
IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED:

Recondition action and pedal mechanisms—Clean, tighten all screws, reshape hammers, replace defective parts.

Complete Regulation—Install new underkey punchings. Make adjustments to ensure that piano plays like new: key height, key leveling, hammer blow distance, lost motion, letoff,  dampers, spoons.  Tune to A-440

SCHEDULE:

Picked up piano in Mt. Vernon, WA : September 27, 2006

Improvements completed: September 30, 2006

Sold, delivered to buyer in Glacier, WA: December 19, 2006

1937 Haddorff Studio, "Before Improvements"

1937 Haddorff Studio, "After Improvements"

1937 Haddorff Studio
Additional Pictures
showing the evaluation and reconditioning process

1 – Close-up of ivory keytops and fallboard decal. Keytops are original ivory and finish is in good condition. We'll need to lower the heights of the black keys.

2 – The external lyre is a unique feature of this piano--resembles the lyre of a grand piano!

3 – Side view.

4 – This piano has a large music rest several inches above the keyboard.

5 – The one-piece fallboard closes over the keys.

6 – For extra string length, the back of the piano extends several inches above the music desk--this effectively changes it from a "spinet" to a "studio" model.

7 – The strings, action parts, and keys show minimal wear: they will stand up to many more years of use.

8 – The company name is proudly announced in the corner of the plate.

9 – The Haddorff logo is embossed on the piano plate. A torque test of the tuning pins show them to be very tight--no restringing and repinning required for many years.

10 – We dismantled the piano for reconditioning and regulating--removing the action, the fallboard, music desk, pedal lyre, and lower panel.

11 – With the action on the workbench, we removed the hammer rail, regulating rail, and the spring rail; we tightened all screws; then we used our special Dremel sander and stick sander to "reshape" the hammer surfaces, removing the deep grooves resulting from many years of playing.

12 – We cleaned and lubricated the springs before re-installing the rails into the action.

13 – With keys and punchings removed, we cleaned the keybed and key pins, applied lubricant to the pins, then installed new felt underkey punchings. We corrected the heights of the black keys by using thinner punchings.

14 – After cleaning the keys, we re-installed them in the piano, re-installed the action, then we conducted a complete regulation to improve the piano's efficiency and touch--we regulated capstans, key height and key leveling, letoff, catchers, dip, sustain, and damper spoons.

15 – After tuning the reconditioned piano, we reassembled it, replacing rubber buttons where necessary. We placed the piano in our showroom. DONE! We're excited about this unique instrument--it should provide many more years of musical pleasure to the right home or practice studio.

16 – Close-up view of keys--they're original ivory, still like new!

17 – We were able to locate a used refinished bench for this piano. It's a close color match and the bench leg design is similar to that of the piano legs.