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Customer Info
Abbey Piano Services
Unit 5,
New Rock Industrial Estate,
Chilcompton,
BATH,
BA3 4JE.
Piano Maintenance in Bath and Bristol

Piano Maintenance

Your Piano is made up of over 5000 parts; there are over 100 components to
just one note!

Piano Repairs & Refurbishment

The workshop at Abbey Piano Services is equipped with high quality, efficient machinery to aid the devoted craftsmanship that goes into the repair and restoration of every piano. Our dedicated team ensure that the very best materials are used, sourced from a variety of suppliers from across the world.Piano Sales and tuning in Bath and Bristol

We are able to cater for all works from minor repair to major restorations.

As every piano is individual, so too are the needs of our customers. Whether you are a beginner or professional we are able to offer professional advice on all aspects of piano repair and restoration. Following an initial assessment of your instrument we will clearly explain your options.

We will draw up a quote detailing all of the work that we advise to be carried out and explain the costs involved upfront.

Piano Sales and tuning in Bath and BristolWe will be happy to answer any questions that you have at any point during your relationship with Abbey Piano Services.

We are proud of the fact that we are a small family run buisness that can offer a more tailored and personal solution to your needs.

Restoration work can include: replacing the original wrestplank that holds the tuing pins, reguilding the frame, replacing all the strings, reconditioning or in some cases replacing the action, drying, repairing and refinishing the soundboard and repolishing the case. The piano is then finely regulated and has many tunings to stabilise it. Once the piano has been returned you wil recieve three service calls in the first year to help the piano settle down.

 

Here is an example of the work that we have done. This is a Broadwood Grand that came in for complete resoration... 

When it first arrived it was tired, dirty and in need of a lot of work...

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Then once the frame is finished its on to the tuning plank, that needs replacing now due to loose tuning pins that will no longer hold. This involves getting a new plank made to match the old one, then carefully drilling out each hole individually to line up with the holes in the frame ...

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Next attention is needed for the soundboard, which needs cleaning, a complete scrape, the splits repairing, and then re-varnishing ...

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Then begins the process of putting all the pieces back together, starting with the tuning plank and the frame ... 

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Then new felts and strings, and carefully cleaned dampers ...

Then once it is all back together, it just needs a final polish. Once we are happy it is then wrapped up and carefully delivered back to its home ...

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First we took it all apart, taking out the piano frame, carefully sanding back any rough edges, then a complete respray, building up layer after layer, and then final coat of gold, followed by laquer...