Chicago Piano Restoration, Inc.

ANtique Piano Restoration & Repair

At Chicago Piano Restoration, Inc. We Specialize in the Art of Restoring Antique Pianos as well as Modern Pianos. We Offer Piano Tuning, Piano Appraisals, Piano Moving, Piano Rentals, Piano Refinishing, Minor & Major Piano Repairs, Piano Restoration, and Complete Piano Rebuilding

Belly Restoration Including

Soundboard repair or replacement. New or restored soundboards are varnished with high-quality custom varnish and hand-rubbed. Bridge repair or recap, new bridge pins, all plate screws, bolts, and hardware cleaned or plated including the nose bolts, agraffes replaced or cleaned and polished. The plate or harp is gilded with a gold finish over the epoxy primer and finished with a clear coat finish to give the plate or harp a shiny surface. The plate or harp is then felted and lettered, a new custom pin block drilled and fitted, new custom strings, and German Klinke Neuenrade turning pins—two colors to choose from, blue & nickel, plated. Damper heads are refinished, felted, installed, and regulated to complete this process.

Keyboard and Action Restoration Including

The keyboard is repaired, cleaned, and felted; key center & front pins are cleaned & polished or replaced with new pins; keys are cleaned, repaired, re-bushed, and recovered with new plastic; white keys and black keys are refinished or replaced with new custom tops. Backchecks recovered or replaced, and key end felts replaced, key button repaired or replaced, let off screws cleaned & polished, let off buttons replaced, action stack repaired, cleaned & polished, action bracket cleaned & refinished, action screws cleaned & polished or replaced, action parts replaced with all new genuine or custom made action parts. Including hammers, shanks, flanges, and wippens (repetitions) Regulation & Voicing professionally done to concert level completes this process.

Piano Refinishing

Includes taking apart all case parts then striped to bare wood, we will treat the wood and sand it down, the piano is then stained to costumer preference, after allowing the stain to fully dry one light coat of sealers is applied, once the sealer has dried, we will sand it down and apply 8-10 coats of lacquer (sand between each coat) piano then is stored in a special room to dry for 30 days, after drying procedure we will sand it down using 320, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1000 grit sandpaper, we will then rub it out using special compound.

Piano tuning & Appraisals

We Tune, Appraise and Service Pianos in the Following Cities, Chicago IL, Downtown Chicago, Oak Park IL, Elmhurst IL, River Forest IL, Forest Park IL, Elmwood Park IL, Riverside IL, Franklin Park IL, Park Ridge IL, Glenview IL, Niles, Winnetka IL, Lake Zurich IL, Arlington Heights IL, Wilmette IL, Skokie IL, Palatine IL, Northbrook IL, Highland Park IL, Evanston IL,   Lombard IL, Bensenville IL, Rosemont IL, Downers Grove IL, Westmont IL, Darien IL, Burr Ridge IL, Brookfield IL, LaGrange IL, Westchester IL, Western Springs IL, Willow Springs IL,  Willowbrook IL, Oak Brook IL,  St. Charles IL, Wheaton IL, Geneva IL, Winfield IL, Clarendon Hills IL, Oak lawn IL, Palos Hills IL, Palos Hight IL, Aurora IL, Joliet IL, Berwyn IL, Bloomingdale IL, West Chicago IL, Carol Stream IL, Naperville IL, Near Me, Piano Tuner Chicago. Chicago Piano is your One Stop Shop for All Your Piano Needs & Services. We Restore Pianos Locally and Allover USA…