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Heckschers are currently stocking "Red Cedar Wood" Balls as Natural Moth Repellent.

You might concider looking at a Sauter Grand. I believe they are the oldest family owned piano factory in Germany, but might be a little above your budget.

You can find the full range of Hidrau stools here (www.heckscherpianostools.co.uk)

You could do a lot worse than trying one of the "Hidrau" stools that are distributed in the UK by Heckscher & co. They are a quality stool made in Spain.

If you have a word with Graham @ Heckschers he will usually give you a one on one polyester repair course FOC if you can drag yourself down to London! May cost if he has to travel to you though.

Hi Cris, Longbow here. You sound like the townie who moved to the country then complained that the animals made to much noise. If you don't like the set up here ...........!

You could ask Heckshers, the're usually very helpfull. To find them, go to piano parts in the left hand column on this page then click on supply houses to find them.

You can probably get them from Heckschers or Fletchers. You can find them by clicking on "Piano Parts" in the left hand column and then select "Supply Houses".

Graham at Heckschers (trained by Konig in Germany) will usually do a basic polyester repair course one to one F.O.C. on the basis that you are an existing customer of theirs & will be buying your materials from them. For others there might be a small charge.

Could have been worse. It might have been called a "Wiltshire" or a "Sussex"!

Go to <www.pianowire.co.uk> for a comprehensive list of piano wire sizes in all formats.

To find Heckschers, use the quick links on the left of this page. Click on Piano parts then Piano supply houses.

If you want to do the job properly ask the guys at Heckschers. They will tell you exactly what to do and tell you what the correct materials for the job are.

An "average" set of graded Damper springs contain 30 Bass, 26 Middle & 16 Treble.

There is a relatively new book out that is a rival to "Reblitz" titled "Upright & Grand Piano Repair" by Carl-Johan Forss. Not a very imaginative title but worth a read. Heckschers stock it.

If, after reading the replies so far, you still want to go ahead and try and tune your own piano, then you could do worse than go to Heckscher & co in Camden Town for a tuning lever to fit your pins. They are usually very helpfull.

On balance I would prefer open forums, but allowing the general public to see what some Tuner/Technicians get up to in this trade, perhaps they should be closed. In the last few weeks we have seen the following being advocated. Ear wax & sweat. Home made wrest plank restorer applied from a genui...

I think the old addage "You get what you pay for" applies here. What you do not get with copies is the set up knowledge or the back up service when something goes wrong or you do not understand how to do this or that ! How many tunings would it take to pay for the real thing ?

For the general cleaning of all keys you could use Key Brite from the Cory-Care range distributed by Heckschers.

Can anybody tell me who brings new "Eavestaff" pianos into this country?

Hi Sharonv11
If you bring the lock to Heckschers for us to look at or you know which key you want, a few pennies in the charity box will get you a new key. Y ou can find their details on this site.

Have a look at <www.pianodesk.com> IKEA eat your heart out.
I've always thought that the Imperial would make a great work bench!

Have you ever tried to Google "Naked Piano" ?

Hi Barrie, you might like to know that Heckscher & Co also run Polyester repair courses & have done for over 15 years. They will sometimes even arrange a one to one basic course at your own premises with a Konig trained technician!

Just a thought. Prompted by Barrie's last post. Was it a real Hydroceel unit found in the garage or one of the copies that used to be sold as genuine Hydroceel units ?

Last week the remains of an old pedal organ were uncovered near the summit of Ben Nevis. Evidentally it should have been a piano but because of the weight the piano only made it about half way up. Both of these feats were carried out in the seventies carried on the back of a Scottish strong man rais...

Does anyone out there have any views on the ammount of pianos that are currently being sent to Poland for restoration. Surely there are technicians here in the UK crying out for the work. Or are there?

The "New York" stool in the Hidrau range of piano stools from Heckschers fits all of your requirements.
sales@heckscher.co.uk for details.