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ok, finally I got the piano tuned and with other minor repairs (hammers, chords and sustain pedal).
it sounds better, although the keys require a little bit more force than before, but it seams that time bit at bit will settle everything down right.

Thank you very much Pianomate.

That's the name WOODWORM! the past technician injected some poison in the holes with a syringe and i review daily the furniture looking for the sawdust like excrement to appear :wink: . This piano have some wood replacements at the bottom, where the rods are attached, i think (and hope) there are ve...

Moths, sorry for my english, hundreds of holes, the technician cured them but i still see a little excrement of them, but not in the hammers nor dampers, just in the cabinet.

As far as i know mine was hosting a mouse inside :shock: , and have many mots little holes :cry: in large and big economies like your country i think is easier find well kept old pianos than in small and low income countries like mine. lucky you! i will try to fix the sound next month in the meantim...

Thank you Pianomate, i think and i hope the same, yes it is in a very steady environment. Mario, down here there are no much pianos like this, you may find kawais, yamahas, baldwins but not professionals, more like studio ones, also Guatemala have a humid environment with no air conditioned houses o...

Thank you Mario and Bill for your kind advice, yes afination (a word that does not exist) means tune (in Spanish you would say afinación). Since i bought the piano i just tuned it once but is suspicious that it became out of tune in a short period of time, i will try again with another technician an...

Here is the link of some new photos of my H. Kohl piano after a modest restoration.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luisfernan ... otostream/

Mario: thank you very much for your kind post. I already got my piano restored (not professional but enough for the price i paid), i will post photos next week. I also began to take lessons but somethig i noted is that the piano lost its afination quickly, i will consult to another technician to ver...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/luisfernan ... 905747206/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luisfernan ... 904901845/

these engraves were found in the action

perhaps the key say CHANTTELE or CHAETTELE

here a couple of macro pics of the medals
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luisfernan ... 901817793/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luisfernan ... 902644632/

ok, i will take a closer picture, but in the meantime i found this pic in flickr, is the same logo as the one in my piano.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/buratto/392004308/
i found fascinating this kind of investigations

in the meantime i found this marks in the first key and the company seal.
regards.
lfp
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luisfernan ... 900437740/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luisfernan ... 899595839/

ok, thanks, when they arrive with it, i will look
for any marks and back to you.

that piece is where the hammers are?
if so, i sent this part for rectification.

thanx, maybe someone may know about the date of manufacture.

If somebody knows about the brand H. Kohl or this upright piano 53" tall, series #5183. age, etc. thanx
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luisfernan ... 891336318/