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Michael Tyack's Steinway Model O
The piano as it arrived back from the polisher.
tyack 01 		The piano as it arrived back from the polisher.
tyack 02 		Another shot on the first day back.
tyack 03 		Still with the masking over the soundboard.
tyack 04 		The soundboard ready for refurbishing.
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The action with new hammers, shanks and wippens. The key-frames felts, balance and front felts have also been replaced.
tyack 06 		The action put back into the piano for keyboard levelling, needed after the replacement of the key-frame felts. This is a major part of regulation.
tyack 07 		Another shot of the keyboard levelling.
tyack 08 		Cleaning the frame, prior to regilding.
tyack 09 		Each brass agraffe needs to be masked before spraying.
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Another shot of the masked agraffes.
tyack 11 		Underneath the frame. The
tyack 12 		A crack in the soundboard has been shaped in the factory-approved manner, to take a shim made of identical spruce.
tyack 13 		The surrounding area is masked, and the shim is glued in place.
tyack 14 		Repair? What repair? After repolishing, this repair will be impossible to find.
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Applying the soundboard varnish.
tyack 16 		The varnish is brushed into the corners.
tyack 17 		... and between the bridges.
tyack 18 		When dry, the varnish is smoothed.
tyack 19 		Finally it is polished with a rubber and shellac.
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The frame has been sprayed. Now the frame-screws are being gilded.
tyack 21 		The bridge notches need cleaning. The soundboard is covered to prevent sawdust from entering the newly applied polish.
tyack 22 		Strings on the first section.
tyack 23 		The stringing is finished. The damper heads are now being fitted.
tyack 24 		There are 70 damper heads. Each one must be meticulously aligned to the strings.
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This gallery documents the progress of Michael Tyack's Model O Steinway.
 
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