Absolutely amazing skill 🙌🙌❤ Always love to learn piano repair work but unfortunately in my country there’s no any resource. Great job enjoy the video and the Haina Rani’s background music is perfect suitable. ❤
Great Video. I'm really enjoying these videos. As a pianist, it's great to see all the work my technician puts in to maintain my instrument. What do you use to clean/polish the white keys?
That's a Hoffmann of the 1980s built by the " Euterpe -Group (together with Euterpe and Feurich). Much better pianos than the Hoffmann- pianos built later under the guidance of the Bechstein- Group, first built in the Czech Republic, later (from ca. 2002) in Indonesia.
The staffs who glued the hammers in the Langlau/Gunzenhausen factory did not assume hammers to be glued at 90 deg but looking for the maximum clearance to the their neighbours. And the glue joint between the hammers and shanks was much tighter.
Great video of your process Coen! I've actually got a couple of Langlau uprights. I'm curious how you found the Abels compared to the Renners in terms of dynamics/tone/volume? Thanks!
@@CoenvanDongen thank you so much for replying I'm starting in my country in Latin America I am learning by myself and I wonder if I am charging too little I wish I could know
Great video and great music, looks like quality work! Is that steam you used to weaken the key bushings? There's no chance that would warp the key slightly? Or I guess you would have to leave it there a long time for that...
The steam is not necessary. Just leave a thin wet strip of cloth on top of the bushings let it rest for a night and the worn bushings can be removed with pincers. Is minimally invasive.
Hello sir, kindly suggest good quality complete piano maintenance tool kit. I am a carpenter & I did the carpentry and mechanical engineering work a lot so I will be able to do this as I understand each and everything very well. As I said unfortunately I don’t have resources of learning here so I will start learning by my self your videos will definitely helpful to me. Also suggest me the oil and other thing to lubricate the moving parts in action. It would be great help to me. Thank you so much for sharing your skill. 🙏
Absolutely amazing skill 🙌🙌❤ Always love to learn piano repair work but unfortunately in my country there’s no any resource. Great job enjoy the video and the Haina Rani’s background music is perfect suitable. ❤
Really cool video and interesting to watch!
Great Video. I'm really enjoying these videos. As a pianist, it's great to see all the work my technician puts in to maintain my instrument. What do you use to clean/polish the white keys?
Thank you. I used Innotec Foam glass clean. It's a product that is normally used in the car industrie.
That's a Hoffmann of the 1980s built by the " Euterpe -Group (together with Euterpe and Feurich). Much better pianos than the Hoffmann- pianos built later under the guidance of the Bechstein- Group, first built in the Czech Republic, later (from ca. 2002) in Indonesia.
Some of the Czech ones are nice to. Just like Petrof, they accidently made some very good ones ;)
I was at the factory in Gunzenhausen/Langlau in 1987. Saw ever phase of production there. All first rate stuff
The staffs who glued the hammers in the Langlau/Gunzenhausen factory did not assume hammers to be glued at 90 deg but looking for the maximum clearance to the their neighbours. And the glue joint between the hammers and shanks was much tighter.
Wat een schitterend ambachtelijk werk. Petje af.
Prachtige video, en vakwerk. Petje af!
Great video of your process Coen! I've actually got a couple of Langlau uprights. I'm curious how you found the Abels compared to the Renners in terms of dynamics/tone/volume? Thanks!
...also nice choice of hania rani as background :-) Did you know she uses cheesecloth between the hammers and strings!
If you usethe regular felt it's about the same as Renner. In my experience the natural felt is somewhat unpredictable.
Is missing knag in last key (05:04) part of weight balance of key, or not? ;-)
Great job! I’m about to do the same on a 1963 Steinway Model 45. Abel hammers, too.
Thank you for video. Can I ask you, please - what you used for coloring of black keys?
I used black dye with french polish
Prachtig Coen 👌
What is the music being played? It is hauntingly beautiful to hear while you work. ♥
Most of it is Hania Rani. I like it a lot.
Coen - This is excellent: not just turning the 'cricket bats' for you!
How much time?
I'm not sure how much time this was but I estimate 3 days of work excluding drying times of steam and glue offcourse.
@@CoenvanDongen thank you so much for replying I'm starting in my country in Latin America I am learning by myself and I wonder if I am charging too little I wish I could know
@@CoenvanDongen I Love you work and I love the professional listen you put into everything
Great video and great music, looks like quality work! Is that steam you used to weaken the key bushings? There's no chance that would warp the key slightly? Or I guess you would have to leave it there a long time for that...
Thank you. The steam is very local so it’s save for warping.
The steam is not necessary. Just leave a thin wet strip of cloth on top of the bushings let it rest for a night and the worn bushings can be removed with pincers. Is minimally invasive.
Music: Hania Rani👍🇵🇱
Hello sir, kindly suggest good quality complete piano maintenance tool kit. I am a carpenter & I did the carpentry and mechanical engineering work a lot so I will be able to do this as I understand each and everything very well. As I said unfortunately I don’t have resources of learning here so I will start learning by my self your videos will definitely helpful to me. Also suggest me the oil and other thing to lubricate the moving parts in action. It would be great help to me. Thank you so much for sharing your skill. 🙏
Sweet hammer line👍 You lost the nut off your shank reducer?
Haha, with the nut it removed to much from the shank.
useful video!
Prachtig