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7 July 2013

Austrian piano forte from 1822.

This piano forte was entrusted to us by a collector.
This is an Austrian 3-legged mahogany veneered piano forte with a carved dragon lyre.

It arrived to us all gray, with a broken mechanism for half; a keyboard to be restored, a warped soundboard and the whole cabinet having worked.

6 months of work were necessary for us to manufacture the missing parts of the mechanics. The base and the table have been straightened, the keyboard restored, the furniture varnished with a buffer.

Some pictures of the evolution of the piano :

In the process of restoration.
In the process of restoration.
Restoration of the bed base and feet.
Restoration of the bed base and feet.
Restored biretta and reconstituted linkage.
Restored biretta and reconstituted linkage.
A sublime mechanism. Even the hidden parts are plated.
Sublime mechanics. Even the hidden parts are inlaid.
A sublime mechanism. Even the hidden parts are inlaid.
Note the inlay on each sharps.
Note the inlay on each sharps.
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End of the restoration.

 

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