THE PERIOD PIANO COLLECTION
Performing - Studying - Exhibiting - Conserving
A 501(c)3 Non-Profit Corporation email contact
Bill Shull, RPT, M.Mus. Founder and President
610 Amigos Dr C, Redlands, CA 92373 909 796-4226 PERIOD PIANO CENTER SINCE 2006
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THE PERIOD PIANO COLLECTION Performing - Studying - Exhibiting - Conserving A 501(c)3 Non-Profit Corporation email contact Bill Shull, RPT, M.Mus. Founder and President 610 Amigos Dr C, Redlands, CA 92373 909 796-4226 PERIOD PIANO CENTER SINCE 2006 |
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We seek to rediscover the art of the piano as the composer heard it on the instruments of the time; to collect and study the instruments themselves, conserving many for history, and performing on many, so we might rediscover history’s magic. We exhibit and curate instruments, tell the great stories of piano and society, and study the history of the piano, its technology and its builders. |
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Loan from the William Shull Collection, and currently being given a restorative conservation, nearly complete. This piano was used for decades by a large school district near Los Angeles, and came to us with a 1960 rebuild, which repaired the pinblock, soundboard, and replaced the hammers. Since then abusive cabinet repairs were made by the school district maintenance department. We have retained most original action parts and original pinblock and soundboard, with the least amount of invasive repairs. We have kept the original key leading, which, at first glance, seems excessive, but actually reflects a design which was functional based on the original action ratios and hammer weights. Therefore we have replaced the existing heavy, replacement hammers by having a new set made to specifications we have obtained from an original set of hammers from a similar 7’2” Steinway grand, and this piano has become a responsive instrument. It is an excellent and rare example of the intention of the builder. The restoration of this piano provides the basis for the class to be taught at the Piano Technicians Guild Convention in 2021 in Orlando, Florida. |
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Treble Patent Resonator - soundboard compression hardware in high treble |
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Front duplex with agraffes (first generation duplex) |
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Rocker with whip sticker. Tubular mettalic action frame is only 2 years in production when piano was built |
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Bass Patent Resonator - soundboard compression hardware in bass |
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