Fitting a new Steinway action, keyboard and key frame to a 1906 Steinway model B.
Building up a brand new Key frame, keyboard and action for a 1906 Steinway model B. The key frame has been cut and shaped to size in order to custom-fit into the piano.
All the beechwood parts (mountings, ends, domes, key-slap rail fixings) are sent loose so have to be cut, shaped, planed and fitted precisely to the key frame in order for it to fit into the piano correctly.
A new ‘top action’ mechanism has been built up in the workshop and new hammers tailed, bored and glued on to the shanks to ensure a precise fit.
New modern Steinway key frame cut, shaped and built to fit this 1906 model B
Completed piano with new bridge cappings, repaired soundboard, new dampers, re-strung, new action, keys & key frame. The client wanted to preserve the original casework finish rather than have it re-polished.