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Yea! Done! We've made it, everything is working. And it looks great and souds even better!

Yea, the whole piano is black. High gloss.

The wood what was on it was damaged a lot.

Can u see the (crappy) picture now?

And u cant see anything of that paint Bill. Its just when u look at the keys u cant see some light trough it.

Well, we've worked hard and the result is... https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/105426546259106907540/albums/5692213308284277617 It works, looks great already and fits perfectly. Next saturday we'll hope to finish everything. The control panel wil be under the piano. So when u see the piano... u can...

Wow, learnd something new!
Didn't know that!

I'm looking forward to keep going on the piano!

Yep, thats the idea. We've just finnished all the measurements on the old piano! The cover of the new piano is almost complete removed, only the rear of the piano will be used in the old piano. Why? Cause al electronic parts are screwed on it. And less cutting in the old piano. Only the small contro...

OEM = Original equipment manufacturer. It is nog original but it looks like... :) The speakers are facing the string side, Facing towards the pianist means cutting the wires, and thats not wat we want. When the piano is broken, we can rebuild it as it was. (3 years guarranty). The piano is 1.26m wid...

Its all empty, including all strings!.

And thanx for the support.. I know its hard to see, but when we're done we can play piano agian!

It was a complete new piano (and the old one to the scrapyard) or this. And this is much more fun! Here some pictures of the start: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gk2MLgOgTiM/Us0CRNpHYaI/AAAAAAAADT4/zduwsTLLxMw/w389-h219-no/P1140105.JPG Yeah.. thats empty: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-isa8...

Well, here I am... its a long time ago, bought a house, married in june last year and now... its time to build in a digital piano in the old piano!

Last saturday we'we bought an Roland F20
This evening we've started to remove all the parts on the old piano.

Photo's will follow tomorrow!

Bill, We've had an piano tuners in our house, and he've tried it. Not just an amateur. The colour is dark indeed, but we like it this way (a lot). We've bought ourselfs a house last month and the piano will be in te livingroom when we've finished the house. The inscription of Claydon is imprinted on...

Hello there, It's a long time ago, i've bin online. Today I've made some pics of our finished piano. Its painted twice, almost everything is ready.. but what that is I'll write on the bottem of this reply, first some pictures! https://plus.google.com/photos/105426546259106907540/albums/5692213308284...

First we put it in a black primer. Than we sand the piano light again. Finally we will have the piano black paint. I do not know if this gloss will be, or that we work with a clear coat over the black paint. Someone tips? And photo's will follow tonight I think! There already on my laptop. Edit: I'v...

Yesterday we've finished sanding the piano!
The entire piano sat under a thick coat, and the dust caps have their work well done.

I'll upload some new pictures this week.

Next week the painting starts!

I suppose there must be some kind of photographic 'self adhesive" acetate to print it on - but the question is how thick is it. Does anyone know the actual thickness of a decal? .... must be fractions of a mill! I could probably quite easily touch - up a decal on my Photoshop Elements, but the...

Thank you Colin, we have lots of fun in the restoration. As regards the tuning ... We first want all broken and damaged parts replaced. The felt and the hammers are all to adjust and replaceable. This is the first priority. We bought the piano for later (when we married), as a piece of furniture in ...

I've uploaded some new pictures! (date: 07 januari 2012) Link to pictures Last Saturday we almost sanded all parts. Upcoming Saturday, we want sand the final parts. Then we will put the items in the primer. Now is the sticker on the top cover, except I think it is difficult to keep it in connection ...

I wish you get well soon!

The lock is a great idea! I will ask my father in law the unscrew it!

And if there are more numbers on the keys?? I do not know , but I'll ask, I'm at work now.

In my web are more pictures on the forum because I have them scaling.

link to album

My father in law told me yesterday that a key can be something else than something to open a door with...
My English is'nt that good

He's busy with the piano, cause I've worked this week

On the most left key there is a number.. 63

Here some new pictures!

Link to pictures

I have no keys.. thats the problem

Thanx already for the answers! This afternoon I wil make some pics of the piano!

Thanks for the explanation! So the piano is between 133 and 151 years old as I understand. The exact date will never be uncovered i think! :) I will have some clear pictures of the piano as he lies apart. I am now looking at where I can find pads and cork to replace everything. Some things need to b...

Asked it, and had already an answer!

Thanx for the tip!

Here are some pictures! https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ECBMDiulRxE/TvnDBtlirfI/AAAAAAAADGI/S2pCjNgXuJE/s365/Piano%2525201.JPG https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ANFflSJr1FI/TvnDBmrAKgI/AAAAAAAADGI/gR2tbnS2n3s/s324/Piano%2525202.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DpcFvLliAt0/TvnDCDul0KI/AAAAA...

Ive uploaded some pictures in the 'advice' corner. I'll make some more pictures from the inside and put them on pucasa with the original sizes! The piano is already under construction. It looks great on the inside! It will be a long way to restore it, but with al the tips and trick of this forum.. G...

Ive uploaded some pictures in the 'advice' corner. I'll make some more pictures from the inside and put them on pucasa with the original sizes! The piano is already under construction. It looks great on the inside! It will be a long way to restore it, but with al the tips and trick of this forum.. G...

Hello everyone,

I've buyed an old Hastelow Piano to restore it!

Can someone tell me when/where it's made?
There's a number inside: 5294

Thanx already!

Edit: Link to pictures

Hello everyone, My name is Frank, I'm from the Netherlands and I've some questions! I've buyed an old Hastelow Piano to restore it! Can someone tell me when it's made? There's a number inside: 5294 Here some pics of it (sorry for the picture quality, better pics wil follow): https://lh6.googleuserco...