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Openwood: ....each time I read this thread I get more curious to know why you're taking so much trouble over an ex-player piano painted fire engine red! I live in an area that isn't too well populated. The other choice was a Stoltz upright in very similar condition. I was about to buy a Roland fp7 ...

Tom, thanks for the help. The tuning settled in better than I expected after some bad slippage in the first few hours. The higher notes have flattened considerably, since it probably wasn't tuned in a dog's age, at least, before I brought it up about a half step from a whole tone flat. (Is a half-st...

I removed most the player parts and the action seems fine, (a lever was stuck.) I made a few small fixes here and there and tuned it as best I could with improvized tools. (I've ordered a tuning hammer.) It was tuned a whole step low when I bought it, so I brought it up to A410 - quite a leap - the ...

Barrie H: That is a big NO No We traditionally don’t use lubricants on pianos it may be the player mechanism has jammed or not seated on the piano action correct I might have been tempted to start spraying here and there, so I'm glad I checked in. Thanks for the heads up. I'll wait until I've actua...

Greetings, I just bought a turn of the century Marshall and Wendell upright player piano which needs restoration.(Ser# 64510) I'm accustomed to tinkering and probably won't find this too intimidating, and I'll be moving it to my house two days from now, when the weather improves. The piano seemed to...