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1924 Steinway Model A3 #225631

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6' 4" of potential. Here she sits at 225 Stadium Way - Stockton June 2022
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Larry Garman, owner of Valley Piano Movers, beginning the move to Sonora
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Away she goes!
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The case, sanded and prepped for priming at Bepler-Hillemeyer Restorations in Sonora
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The lid is ready for priming
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One of three legs resting on the lyre, both ready for the spray booth
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Here's the action back in my shop, first context photo.
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Action ready for disassembly.
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Woo hoo ! ! Decades of dirt.
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Ready for new parts installation.
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Original parts on the top stack.
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Installing new let off buttons.
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New shanks installed.
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Sneak peek at the lovely key set. Just returned from Grass Valley renowned piano ivory technician, Yvonne Ashmore. Stunning, as you'll soon see.
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New whippens getting installed (I know, funny name for a piano part)
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Regulating sample keys in the bass, tenor and treble. If these parts work, all the other parts will too.
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Refreshed keys returning home.
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Today is Sept 27, 2022 and I returned to the refinisher's shop in Sonora to confirm the action measurements were correct.
​They are correct!
The last coat of lacquer has been applied but not yet rubbed out so it looks shiny.
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This was the first time I got to hear the tone produced with the new Renner hammers. Sounds like a Steinway!
The hammers are not yet glued onto their shanks so they aren't perfectly aligned and vertical as they soon will be.
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The legs are finished in hand-rubbed satin ebony. Going to be real eye candy.
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Hammers in the jig getting glued on.
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TA DA ! ! !
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Your Steinway was delivered to my home on October 5. I'm waiting for a date from the refinisher when the last parts of the piano are to be delivered (fall board, lid and hardware).
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Dampers being removed to receive new damper felt.
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We're waiting for you.
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See you SOON ! !