Piano Restoration and Rebuilding for Worcester
Restoring pianos for Worcester, MA
Mechanics Hall is one of the finest pre-Civil War concert rooms in the country, and Worcester is a short detour from a Boston collection.
We rebuild fine pianos for Worcester owners, Steinway, Baldwin, Mason & Hamlin and many others, at our own facility: restringing, pinblock and soundboard replacement, complete action rebuilds and hand refinishing.
What we take on for Worcester customers
Major repair and full restoration only, at our shop in Buffalo. No tuning, regulation or minor repairs in Worcester: those belong to a technician near you, and we would rather say so than sell you a long-distance callout. Getting the piano here is our problem, not yours. See how our service area works.
Working with central Massachusetts
Mechanics Hall opened in 1857 and is still used precisely because the room does what a great hall should. A city that has looked after a building like that for well over a century tends to look after its instruments too.
Music Worcester has been presenting concerts since the 1850s, and the colleges across the city keep teaching studios busy. The result is a steady supply of instruments that are played hard and therefore eventually need real work rather than cosmetics.
Because Worcester sits an hour off our Boston route, a collection here usually travels with other New England work, which keeps the freight share of a quote down.
Frequently Asked Questions
New England humidity swings badly. Will that undo the work?
Not if the instrument is looked after. Pianos that spend winters in dry heated rooms and summers in coastal damp move more than most, which is what loosens pins and cracks soundboards. We will talk you through sensible humidity control for your room when the piano goes back.
Can you restore the original hardware rather than replace it?
Wherever it can be saved, yes. We restore original hardware in preference to fitting modern reproductions, which is a large part of why a finished instrument reads as a well-kept original rather than a refinished copy.
Do you take on institutional work?
Regularly. Our reference list runs from school districts to Carnegie Mellon University and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and we can phase work across several instruments for a music department.
What is the ten year guarantee?
It covers a repaired stress crack in the plate. Where the plate has to be repaired during a rebuild, that specific repair is guaranteed for ten years, and it is stated in the quotation.