Anticipating piano coming home

[owensdad1]

I'm a newcomer to these boards.  Yesterday, I saw and played my renovated 1939 Steinway S at the home of my tuner, Tom Lepinski, about 30 miles north of El Paso, TX (my location).  Tom has done a wonderful job:  repairing the base bridge, replacing all the strings, putting in new (larger) tuning pegs, replacing the damper felts, hammers, shanks, and flanges, refelting the keyboard, regluing the lyre, regulating the action, and doing the initial voicing of the hammers.  This piano has been a part of my entire life (I'm 67; my mother bought it in 1940), and it sounds as beautiful--and plays as smoothly--as I remember from my childhood.  Thank you, Tom!  Because of scheduling problems around the holidays with the best piano mover in the area, it will come home on January 3rd.  I am like a kid before Christmas, and I doubt I'll be able to sleep well on January 2nd!

[hfmadopter]

Conrats ! I used to play on an S years ago.

Some day I'd like to do that to my 1889, 5'11" Henry F Miller Parlor Grand.

[owensdad1]

If you do have your piano rebuilt, be sure you have a good technician to work on it!