An Atlanta Upright Piano Rebuilding and Refinishing by experienced piano vintage piano rebuilder specialists

This was an interesting project for an Atlanta resident, where having the experience to exercise versatility in piano rebuilding / refinishing was invaluable.  When the piano came into our shop, she had asked us to ascertain if the piano she was seeking was maple.  Once we'd determined this, we set out to remove nearly one hundred years of finishes one on top of the other.  The last coating (by paint brush) had been that particularly stripping resistant, lead based product that was popular in the fifties and sixties... and it was lime green.  Removing old paint from the maple was not an issue, but when we came to the extremely soft and absorbent underlayment for the scroll work regions, we encountered green dye that had set itself deeply into the underlying wood of all the insets... not to mention the original clay scroll work itself.  As experienced piano rebuilders who have seen what artistic flair can produce, we set out to make this customer a show piece.  That is (I hope you'll agree!) what we ended up with, and an ecstatically happy customer to boot!

An upright refinishing job depicting the before product...

and after...