Description
Why buy from us? If you’re looking for a Bluthner grand piano, look no further than our expert piano restoration and tuning business. With over 60 years of experience restoring, repairing, and tuning pianos for Radio 4, music colleges, and County Council schools in Dorset, Hampshire, West Sussex, Harrow, and Bucks, our expertise is unmatched. We sell only pianos and pride ourselves on providing exceptional aftercare for years to come.
Description
Our Bluthner grand piano is a rare find – a 36-year-old baby grand in perfect condition inside and out, with a stunning mahogany modern high gloss finish that won’t fade. We’ve restored it to its former glory with new German Heller bass strings, a newly weighted touch throughout the keyboard, hammer rollers that produce an even, sensitive touch, and refaced hammers that produce an even tone. We’ve also finely voiced the hammer felts for soft, medium, and loud playing, and regulated the key bushings and wippen cushions for even, as-new touch.
We’ve fine-tuned this Bluthner to concert A440 pitch and lubricated the balance and front rail pins with our secret technique. We also include a matching adjustable piano stool, fully assembled, and offer part exchange and free delivery and installation to the ground floor in most of the UK (no steps). Plus, we offer two free tunings after delivery to secure its stability in its new home and a 5-year parts guarantee.
This Bluthner is a fine example from the mid-1980s, with perfect key wood quality and no degeneration. Its action aspects, like the Whippens, have the Bechstein type design of double wing springs that can be easily regulated with a grub screw, and all the centre pin bushings are regular in motion. Compared to earlier Bluthner models from after the war up to around this time, this Bluthner represents a rare and exceptional find. Arrange a viewing at Dorset Pianos Ltd and experience the rich and powerful sound of this Bluthner grand piano for yourself.
Whats included.
• Expert in house multi point check by one of the UK’s most experienced piano restores.
• Part exchange welcome.
• Two free tunings after delivery to secure its stability in its new home.
• Free delivery and installation to ground floor, most UK (no steps).
• 5 Year parts Guarantee.
• Matching adjustable piano stool, fully assembled.
What has been restored?
- New German Heller bass strings producing a new bright full bass.
- New weighted touch throughout keyboard.
- Hammer rollers producing a even sensitive as new touch.
- Refaced hammers producing an even surface to the strings producing an even tone.
- Finely voiced hammer felts for soft, medium and loud playing.
- Key bushings producing even and as new touch.
- Wippen chushions.
- Fine regulated.
- Balance and front rail pins all lubricated with our secret technique.
- Tuned to concert A440 pitch.
The above wave form graph is a Db meter reading from this model XI Bluthner grand piano compared to our new Kawai GL30 grand piano, the top graph is from the Bluthner and the bottom graph is the Kawai GL30. This test was done with middle C held down for 16 seconds using the same down force and allowing the note to decay naturally (resting ambient microphone noise just before large spike of note strike), note how on the Bluthner the decay is far smoother in its decay, whereas on the Kawai the decay is more rough and abrupt. The difference in decay is because of the shape of the soundboard on each piano and the different density of Spruce wood. The differences are in this instant quite large and to the human ear would render a more mellow tone on the Bluthner and harder tone on the Kawai.
Please feel free to contact us at our Dorset piano showroom to arrange a viewing and play.
We can offer finance and accept credit cards or BACS etc.
No quibble 14 day return policy or exchange, customer is responsible for return.
