The last 2 years in our rebuilding department have been mainly focused on

piano redesigning and testing.   We felt pianos could be rebuilt to produce better

cleaner tone.  These 2 years of research involved testing ideas and concepts to

define what cleaner tone is and how to achieve it.  It’s sad to say but for the last

100 years there have not been any major improvements for pianos.  Time after

time it ends up being a matter of money that keeps pianos from advancing. Many

of the piano companies that spent time and energy on research and design have

not been able to survive.  When rebuilding a piano we are able to put forth the

time and effort to improve them. 

    Every day we see pianos which loose a lot of tone because of loose bridge

pins.  The wood many piano factories use for bridge capping is inferior. 

Sometimes it’s only a few years after a new piano is purchased for the bridge

caps to fail.  When the bridge caps fail tonal quality starts degrading.  During the

2 years of research we designed our laminated bridge caps.  These caps are

designed to withstand climatic changes much better than standard solid wood

bridge caps.  They also prevent tonal quality degradation and will last much

longer.  Some piano companies do not spend the time and effort to make sure

that the grain structure for the bridge cap is correct.  In our shop we have

complete control over this because we cut our own laminates. We then lay them

up properly with correct grain orientation.  One goal with the research was to

provide longevity to pianos.  Our laminated bridge caps live up to that goal.

Please take a moment to look at some of the other redesign features in this

section of the website.  If you have questions about these redesign features or

would like to have an estimate on rebuilding your piano please contact us.