Yun's Piano Tuning & Repair
  • Main
  • Tuner's Life
  • Bio

Old Screw Resurface or Reshine

9/12/2025

 
The old slotted screws are of very good quality, worth cleaning and polishing. The hardware stores sell mainly Philips crews and those with all different types of heads, but slotted. The resurfacing method here is taught by Mr. Jude Reveley, shop owner of Absolute Piano Restoration.

Read More

Hammer Mating to the Strings

8/29/2025

 
When the hammer top hits all strings of one note at the same time, the maximum power is transferred. To make the adjustment, the action must have been finely regulated and the piano freshly tuned. The cheekblocks are better in place to make sure the action is at the correct position. This hammer to string mating process is learned from Mr. Eric Schandall. 

Read More

Damper Wire Offset By The Strut

8/8/2025

 
This is a figured-out-by-self note after all sorts of failures and damages. I do wish to learn how factories and other workshops offset the wires by the plate strut. What damages have been made? All that one can think of.
(German practice on the first paragraph: Diese Methode habe ich selbst herausgefunden. Ich möchte gerne erfahren was die Manufakturen und die andere Werkstätten machen. Ich habe so viele Teile zerstört, die man sich vorstellen kann.)

Read More

Damper Timing

6/28/2025

 
When pressing the sustain pedal, the dampers shall rise at the same time as a union. This timing adjustment method is from David Betts. Usually the process takes 1-2 hours when the dampers, wires, and regulation are in decent shape.

Read More

Damper System Installation Practice

5/26/2025

 
It all starts from nightmares that the damper system was put in wrong, or the parts were broken in pieces, and there were dust in the package where worms crawled everywhere eating and chewing happy.

​We try our best to replicate the backaction exactly as the original unless where were flaws in the old system. Every screw hole has to be marked and drilled precisely and spaced evenly. Usually music, podcast, or any distractions are banned for the day. The assembly process takes about 8 hours. This is a Renner Backaction. The assembly training material can be found on the Renner USA website :
ttps://rennerusa.com/training-manuals/

Read More

Rib Crowning Practice

4/19/2025

 
Jude, the shop owner, uses several species of softwood for ribs. One piano usually has two kinds depends on the area, load, and more. After his calculation of ribs on each piano, we start the milling process. Each time of milling is a new practice. And each time is nerve racking to make it right, or almost right.

Read More

    Categories

    All
    Fieldwork Notes
    Shopwork Notes
    Stories
    Tool Maintenance

    Archives

    November 2025
    October 2025
    September 2025
    August 2025
    July 2025
    June 2025
    May 2025
    April 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    October 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    September 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Main
  • Tuner's Life
  • Bio