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Regulated & Tuned by Ray's Piano Service

 

53" Steinway Upright #48977

Beautiful, elegant mahogany cabinet with carved pillars and legs. Built in 1883 by Steinway, New York. Cabinet recently refinished--a beautiful job! A Registered Piano Technician member of the PTG recently repaired the soundboard, installed new strings and pins, new Abel hammers, some new wippens and damper levers. Additional improvements completed by Ray’s Piano Service. Sale Price: $7,500 + applicable taxes.

 

IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED:

Recondition action—Clean, tighten action screws, replace defective parts.

Complete Regulation—All adjustments to ensure that piano plays like new. Tune to A-440.

Cabinet repairs, refinish fallboard and bench—Tighten cabinet screws. Repair cabinet as needed. Install new rubber buttons. Install new fallboard decal. Refinish fallboard. Repair bench veneer, refinish bench.

 

SCHEDULE:

Picked up from Mt. Vernon, WA: June 9, 2004

Improvements completed: July 23, 2004.

Sold to buyer in Sandy, Oregon: October 31, 2004.

Delivered to Sandy, OR: December 24, 2004

 

1883 Steinway Upright #48977

 

1883 Steinway Upright
Additional Pictures
taken in our showroom:

 

1 – Taken from an angle from the right.

2 – This piano has huge legs.

 

3 – Left side.

4 – Left end of keyboard.

 

5 – We refinished the bench that accompanies the piano.

6 – The piano legs and bench legs have a very similar pattern.

 

7 – We made two fallboard support blocks and installed them into the sides of the piano.

8 – We installed a new Steinway & Sons fallboard decal and refinished this part of the piano with an additional coat of lacquer.

 

9 – We tightened all action screws and replaced several defective action parts. We regulated key height, hammer blow distance, capstans, letoff, key dip, dampers, and spoons. The touch is now even and efficient.

10 – A previous technician installed new plastic keytops. As part of the regulation, we raised the "sharps" slightly so they would be above the whites when played. Finally, we tuned the piano.