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Clarendon
The Clarendon Piano Company was established in 1901 at Rockford, IL, by the Haddorff Piano Company. The Haddorff Piano Company started using Haddorff serial numbers for their Clarendon name-brand pianos after 1930.
Original Manufacturer of this brand-name--The Clarendon Piano Company.
Established--1901 by the Haddorff Piano Company in Rockford, IL.
Other brand-names used by this manufacturer--Haddorff (1930-).
Other manufacturers of this brand-name--
49 1/2" Clarendon Upright #106782
Dark Walnut, Built in 1925, Restored by Ray's Piano Service, Fall 2003
IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED:
Rebuild—Repair soundboard, refinish soundboard & bridges, restring and repin.
Recondition action—Complete cleaning, install new hammers, tighten action screws, replace all defective parts.
Regulate—all adjustments to ensure that piano plays like new, install new underkey punchings, tune to A-440.
Selected pictures of the improvement process taken in our shop
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Dismantle, remove bass strings |
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Remove plate bolts |
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Soundboard repaired & refinished |
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Plate re-installed |
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Cabinet stripped & stained |
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New hammers installed |
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New bridle tapes installed |
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New dampers installed |
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New strings & pins installed |
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Keybed & legs installed |
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Pedal mechanisms rebuilt |
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Bass dampers installed |
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New sharps installed |
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New keycloth & punchings installed |
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Regulating key heights & leveling |
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First tuning |
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From: Pierce Piano Atlas, 12th Edition (2008, Larry Ashley Publisher, Albuquerque, NM).
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