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its taken a while but Jochen has received the right wood and parts and made them ... and we now have some spares as well

hi everyone :o We have made it almost to the finish line - the joiners have made a super job of restoring the case, and Jochen my piano engineer has restored the action and strings .. and the soundboard is cleaned and pristine. We have one more thing to go. We are one hammer short - so the contest o...

hi again

the sound board has come up nicely - we haven't taken off the strings so it has been really time consuming to clean - a good night time job. How to clean up the strings ...the next challenge ... steel wool, really fine sandpaper ...?

I had been searching google images for months - so I am most pleased to see the real thing - thank you thank you thank you. I have also been reading with interest this blog - http://erardpianorestoration.blogspot.co.nz/

yes that is the Erard that we are restoring - the fretwork has a bit missing in the middle of both sides (it looks like it is meant to be empty but it is simply missing) ... I have seen similar fretwork as per the shaffer picture ... but not the sides ... hopefully someone has a Erard in one piece

We have run into a difficulty in that the centre carved piece on the 2 candle holder carved stands (either side of the main stand) are missing. I have a carver ready to go but need pictures of what it looked like on the 1870 model. Same as this model
http://shafferpianos.com/erardb.sm.JPG

hi All We are in New Zealand and I have been reading and digesting (trying to) all the really helpful advice given. It has been great reading it all. I have been organising the restoration of a full Erard Grand (with the "Patent Erard London" lettering and the serial number 12248. The make...