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Nice work!!

Now you can form fit guitar cases.

pianoadoption.com is a site that lists pianos available for free. I have been perusing some of the piano forums on the internet. If you are looking for a start in piano rebuilding, or want to just have one to take completely apart just to explore a piano, they are all over the United States for free...

Nice pair.

I think they are quite beautiful and well done!

And it will dull all of your edge tools quickly, even carbide.

Nice work!!

I imagine the evolution of drilling tools starting with a metal rod which you flatten with a hammer on the end. Then you grind (or hammer) it into a pointed tool leaving part of the width wider than the shaft it started with. Sharpen the leading edge and you have produced an awl or drilling type of ...

http://www.bladesmithsforum.com/index.php?showtopic=10290 Sorry! I am away from my shop for a few days. I did take a steel rod, flattened the end some, made the flat into a rounded shape, curved the nose of the tool, and ground the outside into a rounded contour. Then I sharpened the leading edge of...

Here is a link to a site that demonstrates making spoon bits.

As I was looking for a online tuner, I ran into this site:

Tonometric.com

It has a pitch discrimination test and a rhythm discrimination test.

Somewhat interesting and curious.

I watched your video. I understand that the cost of a set of strings would be a concern. Regarding tuning-- Your Korg tuner works fine. I down loaded a program for my phone (I have a Samsung Galaxy 3 but it is available for I-phones and other phones and computers) called "Tunelab Piano Tuner&qu...

From a chemist standpoint, the material soaks into the pores and fibers of the wood, and cannot be removed. It is a permanent change. From a wood working viewpoint, it is supposed to "tighten" the pin. If you drill a hole in wood (or plywood) and then the wood becomes more humid it swells....

Thanks for sharing. As I get older, I respect older instruments!

I have some other pictures, but I don't think they really add much to the discussion.

If anyone has a question or can add anything, please ask or add as you can.

Another picture simply showing the lower portion of the strings
Pedal work view--

This is the Bass section of the piano-- No pins or strings. Note the discoloration around the pins. Probably from doping the pin block to tighten the pins. bass piano block no pins or strings.JPG Now with the strings in place-- bass section no action keybed open.JPG Now with dampers and some hammers...

New Strings in place. Action removed, keys in place--
Keybed with part of keys removed
Underside of keys --
Closer look at the key bushing--

This is somewhat verbose and lengthy. If you read through the Piano Tools posted in the tools section, you will probably note some concepts repeated. I will present my ideas of the steps to go through with a piano. Later I will specifically give the issues I dealt with as I rebuilt a Steinway uprigh...

Nice guitars. A distinctive style and exquisite taste!

I do like the color of your baked Osage.

The string winder is one of the tools I don't own. I suppose I would like it, but I don't have experience with it. If you have it, use it. I managed to get by without it, but my coils are not as pretty as they could have been. The Pinblock Jack is only for doing grand pianos (as I understand it). Re...