Services Offered By Ackroyd Pianos Ltd.

Rebuilding work on fine quality grand pianos

Ackroyd Pianos Ltd. undertake full and partial rebuilds on quality grand pianos. We are a team of highly skilled and experienced technicians that work together to produce work to exacting standards. We aim to restore pianos to factory condition and original manufacturers specification, in fact we usually give more attention to the final finishing off process of voicing and action regualtion than the factories can afford to do.

A rebuild is always done using genuine parts; through years of experience the final result is a piano that looks and feels like a new piano; in the case of vintage pianos, retaining their 'golden period' sound is always aimed for.

If needed, pianos are fitted with complete new actions and keys; most are fitted with new dampers, strings and tuning (wrest) pins.

Soundboard repairs, casework re-finishing etc. are also undertaken.

Piano Servicing

Servicing work is very important and needs to be done once a year; this annual service is often a half day's work. Your piano will be cleaned inside and out, the regulation of action checked and adjusted, friction points in the action treated with anti-friction compound, hammers checked over, tuning and voicing evened up.

A full service (every 1 to 3 years depending on amount of use the piano gets) can take from one to two days and will include all the above work but will be far more intensive and includes hammer re-shaping.

To bring your piano back to 'as new' condition and to protect your investment, make sure that you get your piano serviced regularly by an experienced technician.

These pictures show a new action being fitted

to the original keys and key frame.
The original parts of the key frame have been
cleaned, fitted with new felts and touch washers

and the keys have been re-bushed and cleaned.