Smiths Polishing is a family run and owned business which has been professionally finishing wood and restoring furniture throughout Stirlingshire, Edinburgh, Perthshire and Glasgow since 1990.Our polishers are fully time served with over 35years experience in such a classic and historic trade and hold contracts lasting over ten years with many top piano retailers/restorers, timber companies, furniture retailers, construction companies, upholstery firms and many more.
We provide a highly personal and honest service to meet your requirements from scratch removal on a small piece of furniture to fully restoring your piano, dining suits to staircases. We have the ability and experience to surpass your expectations and various methods to suit your budgets.
At Smiths Polishing we take great pride and personnal satisfaction from every job we undertake, we fully understand the importance of sentimental and valuable airlooms and give them the greatest of respect and profesionalism whilst working with or within your home.
Please browse our gallery to give you an idea of some of our most recent work carried out in our worshop and on site.
Furniture Modern
We can re-polish, restore, re-colour and laquer living room, dining room, kitchen or bedroom suites at a fraction of the cost of replacing including Nathan, G-plan, Mcintosh, Ercall, Reids or custom furniture such as Tim Steadmans, imported and or foreign furniture.
Antiques
We can hand polish or sympathetically restore all antique furniture be it a georgian dresser or victorian bookcase. We can restore grandfather clock cases, chairs, bureaus/davenports, jewellery boxes and ornaments.
Pianos
We offer full piano finishing services including piano tuning and re-stringing to any uprights or grands such as Bluthener, C Bechstein, Steinway or Broadwood just to name a few. Whether its a high gloss, semi-matt or matt lacquer finish or traditional french polish look we can offer a range of finishes that could sit in any showroom.
Business
We can re-finish or re-laquer conference tables and reception desks, restore, re-finish or finish wood panelling in shops, bars, restaurants, clubs and hotels or sand, stain and laquer floors of any size or shape.Smiths Polishing will work to accomodate your business needs to meet deadlines or work out of hours if needed.
Music Festival for performers and guests Our 10th
18-06-2022 01:30PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
11-12-2021 02:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
08-01-2022 02:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
12-02-2022 02:00PM
Muzio Clementi
Muzio Clementi 23 January 1752 to 10 March 1832 was an Italian-born British composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer. who was the son of a silversmith? the piano firm Clementi eventually became Collard and Collard.
He was encouraged to study music by his father, Muzio was sponsored as a young composer by Sir Peter Beckford who brought him to England to advance his studies in music. Later, he toured Europe numerous times from his long-standing base in London. It was on one of these occasions, in 1781, that he engaged in a piano competition with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Clementi published a highly respected piano method which even Beethoven endorsed him, sending pupils along to Clementi.