Repinning Steinway Upright with verdigris--suggestions, estimates?

[Jerry Cohen]

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Dave,

A year ago I worked on a 1920 Steinway V. All the hammer flanges had very
bad verdigris, but amazingly none of the other flanges had it.

I replaced hammers, shanks, butts and flanges.  It has double flanges.

 

The tone is quite nice, so it was worth the effort.

 

Jerry Cohen

NJ Chapter

 

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Subject: Repinning Steinway Upright with verdigris--suggestions, estimates?

 

List, 

While tuning a nice 1942 Baldwin L yesterday, the owner mentioned that she
had an old piano in the other room that had some notes that didn't work, and
wondered whether I could look at it and see if I could fix it. 

Turns out to be a Steinway "V" from around 1920, impeccably refinished in
deep red Mahogany.  The hammers have been replaced within the last couple of
decades, but probably have never been used all that much, given the state of
the hammer-flange centers. 

I didn't have to do much examining to figure out that the piano is infested
with verdigris (I forgot to note whether there are double flanges, though
:-(  ). 

I am going to take on the job of repinning this beast if the owners decide
they want it done, but I have a few questions. 

1.  Will I need to replace bushings as well as the center pins?  I certainly
suspect so, since the cloth is the culprit.   

2.  Will it be cheaper/easier to just replace all of the flanges in the
piano?   

3.  Is it likely that all of the flanges in the piano are verdigris victims?
The whippen and jack flanges don't seem to be binding, but I would suspect
that Steinway used paraffin in all of their bushing cloth. 

4.  Time estimates from anyone who has done this project before would be
most appreciated: 
      A.  Repinning all flanges 
      B.  Replacing all flanges and subsequent fitting involved 
      C.  Rebushing and repinning all flanges 

I will also consult Joe's "G" Piano Works labor guide for ETs for these
various operations. 

Thanks in advance for your expertise, 

Dave Stahl 




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