The Restoration of Antique Musical Instruments

The restoration of old, vintage antique musical instruments is a complex and difficult process requiring various techniques and knowledge. First of all, we need to distinguish between the different families of vintage musical instruments, each with its own specificity, materials; therefore requiring particular restoration techniques.

Of these, none are as difficult to restore as vintage pianos and vintage pump organs. The reason is there are just so many different parts. The degree of difficulty for any vintage musical instrument restoration is based on the number of parts and their size and shape. If these parts are no longer available then the part has to be fabricated, and depending on the part, this can be very time consuming.

Fortunately, when it comes to musical instrument restoration, like antique or vintage pump organs, many of these part may still around. The problem is tracking them down. In many cases it requires a state by state search on craigslist or other similar sites to find them.