Pianos
Care and Restoration
by Eric Smith
Paperback (No longer our product)
(September 2024)
ISBN: 9780718897833
Price: $35.00
On back order
A comprehensive guide to repairing, adjusting, and maintaining a piano, Pianos: Care and Restoration is suitable for pianists, amateurs, and would-be craftsmen. Eric Smith discusses the tools and materials required for restoration, and provides instructions for the repair and adjustment of the resonant parts, actions, and keyboard most often encountered. The book explains both upright and grand pianos in detail and includes explanations of toning piano hammers and purchasing and restoring older pianos. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs and including a glossary of terms, Pianos: Care and Restoration is an accessible guide which will enable anyone to improve the performance of their piano.
Eric Smith was a freelance writer whose interests included horology and pianos. Other books by Smith published by The Lutterworth Press include Clocks and Clock Repairing (2005), and Clocks: A Guide for Owners (1993).
- By (author) Eric Smith
"Mr. Smith, who writes clearly if with understandable caution, charts a bold course through this unknwon territory. Every step is spelt out, every tool accurately described." John Cox, in Southern Evening Echo "Unlike many compilers of such works he writes with economy and style, and demonstrates musical sensitivity when discussing such matters as touch and tone production." Musical Times
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