http://www.nashvillepianotuning.com/blog Everything you need to know to take care of your piano. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:34:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Click to Play In the long awaited episode 7 of "The Baldwin Project", we complete the bridges. We will find the proper height of the bridges, mark the location of the bridge pin holes, drill and then notch the bridges. Oh yeah, we'll insert new bridge pins too, just ... http://www.nashvillepianotuning.com/blog/?p=39 Click to Play Welcome to the Keep it in Tune miniseries, The Baldwin Project, episode 6.  Today we will be replacing the pinblock.  We will cut it to the rough shape of the old block and then sand it to create a tight fit with the plate.  Well drill the necessary ... http://www.nashvillepianotuning.com/blog/?p=38 Click to Play Today we will finish the soundboard installation by setting the plate height with hard wood dowels and drilling the various holes for the plate bolts and screws. Once that is done, well be ready to get started on the pinblock. http://www.nashvillepianotuning.com/blog/?p=36 Click to Play In episode 4, we see the soundboard get glued back into the piano.  First we have to finish prepping the board for installation.  This includes putting a finish on the underside as it would be much more difficult afterwards.I also start playing with some fun video effects in ... http://www.nashvillepianotuning.com/blog/?p=34 Click to Play In this episode we finish preparing the piano for the new soundboard. Once we recieve the new soundboard, we'll do some final fitting. We will locate where the bridges need to go and get them glued on. http://www.nashvillepianotuning.com/blog/?p=33 Click to Play In episode 2, we finish making some templates and carefully remove the soundboard. Once the soundboard is removed, it is shipped to a soundboard maker to be duplicated. New bridge caps will also be installed and will then have to be planed, drilled and carved.In this episode, I ... http://www.nashvillepianotuning.com/blog/?p=31 Click to Play A Keep it in Tune miniseries on rebuilding a Baldwin grand piano. This series will cover everything from taking measurements to replacing the soundboard. In this episode we start taking measurements and take some notes as we get ready to pull the plate out.Hopefully, my video editing is ... http://www.nashvillepianotuning.com/blog/?p=29 Allright! It's here, the premier episode of Keep It In Tune. In this episode I explain the 3 main parts of the piano that affect the tuning and tuning stability of the piano once it is in your home. The steel strings, the tuning pins and pinblock as ... http://www.nashvillepianotuning.com/blog/?p=26 Click to Play My first foray into video podcasting. A brief description of myself and what I do, as well as what I hope will be upcoming.This video was originally shared on blip.tv by mackknife with a No license (All rights reserved) license. http://www.nashvillepianotuning.com/blog/?p=17