The key to a successful restoration is patience and being very fussy.
You must NOT take any short cuts if you expect good results. If you have some mechanical ability, and if you are a bit of a perfectionist, you can get your old upright or grand piano back to show room condition-- or very close anyway.
I suggest you read other pages of this book to see what your piano offers in challenges and rewards. Read enough also to learn to think with me. I have a way of saying things that may be odd to you. I am taking pills for it, but you need to get my intentions clear as you read the following instructions. I get a lot of satisfaction out of helping people restore pianos. It is an art form as far as I am concerned.
Question One: Have you already had the musical part of the piano restored? If not, you are approaching the thing in reverse. Why do you want to restore the cabinet, only to later be told by a piano tuner to haul it to the dump? I have seen this happen. As I write, I am waiting for a customer to call whom I know has had the cabinet restored, and the inside works are a rattle trap. I shall have mercy on them and try to get the music back, but it may cost them far more than the beast is worth.
Question Two: Is there serious damage to the cabinet? Is veneer falling off? Has it had serious water damage in the past? If the thing is just ugly and black, and the varnish badly checked, don't worry-- it can probably be brought back. But, if it looks like a trash pile, you are wasting your life to go to all the work to restore the cabinet. You have many many hours of tedious work ahead of you. Start with a piano that has some promise. If it does not qualify, but it is playing pretty good, use it for you or your student, and start shopping for a better piano-- one worthy of restoration.
Make sure all the veneer is firmly attached. If the veneer on the ends of the lower bar, which holds the front casters, is damaged, that can be repaired. If veneer has worked loose, but it is all there, I will tell you later how to reattach it.
If there is scroll work on the desk, is it all there? If a little piece is missing, you can maybe match it by carefully removing the same piece on the other side. But if there is a lot of damage to the scroll work, go shopping for another piano to restore.
If it is a grand piano, are the lure, desk, and lid in good solid condition, and are they all there? You can tighten and restore them, but if they are broken up, you may have a hard time finding parts. We can usually find something to meet the need, but you should contact us before going on and starting the restoration. Grand lids can have ruptured wood at the hinges. This is very hard to repair. I have never even tried it. A grand desk which is falling apart is highly suspect. Can your friend the piano tuner repair the desk for you?
Also, check with a tuner to see if the brand of piano you have really has a good reputation. For example, if you first restore a Winter upright, then later inquire around to see what it is worth, you may be very sorry what you learn. Stick with old trusted names like Fischer, Ivers and Pond, Cable, Brinkerhof, Vose, and other really old uprights from around the 1910 to 1929 era. What fine pieces of workmanship, and what a great starting point. Ask your tuner what you have please. Of course, if you have a Steinway, Knabe, Boesendorfer, Beckstein, Chickering, or Kurtzmann, these are well known high quality pianos. You should not toss out one of these pianos without making a try at restoration.
Beware of pianos made after the 1929 crash. Many companies got into financial trouble, and they lowered work quality to survive. Ask a tuner / technician for an opinion. Consoles and spinets are suspect. They may make good practice pianos, but beware of a full restoration until you have a second opinion. I mentioned Winter above. Before they got into trouble financially they made good full sized upright. But, their later grands and consoles were pure trash. Fischer was an exceptional piano, but after Aeolian bought them out, they became deco junk. Anything with Aeolian on it is highly suspect.
See the classic 1899 Fischer at the right in the home of our customer.
Question Three: Are you prepared to paint it in the end rather than give it a natural finish? If there is no water damage, but you find that the finish has been damaged badly, you can strip it, fill the damaged wood with wood filler, sand it, and paint it. With a new decal on the name board, this can be very rewarding. I did two pianos like this once, and it looked very good, and it got me a good price. One is seen above at the top of the page. Settle for off white or almond right now, unless you have a friend with a paint booth who can spray on black lacquer for you. BUT, you still MUST strip it to have the best results. Paint on top of paint looks terrible.
One reason to paint a piano is seen in the photo at the right. This is a Hallet and Davis with a lot of ginger bread. It was black lacquered from the factory. The owner stripped the finish off, and he found as many as five different kinds of wood, including the legs and veneer. There is no way to finish this in a natural finish. In this case, the side of the cabinet (except the appliqué) and the Top of the lid were the same veneer and could be natural. The choice was to do the side and top with tung oil, and do the rest in black, or even black and dark red. This would give a 20s deco look which was in fashion long ago. Frankly, I would try it if I thought I had someone who would like it. But the safe choice is paint it off white or take it to a professional to lacquer for you.
I have painted pianos with a high quality paint and a fine brush. Go around to a Sherman Williams or Dunn Edwards store, and ask them for a satin enamel paint that is designed to lay down flat and conceal brush strokes. Ask for their suggestion of a paint brush. One last thing. If you do not strip the piano, thinking you will cover the old imperfections with the paint, think again. The imperfections will come through the new paint no matter how many coats you put on. Strip it to paint it, and you will have the best results.
Question Four: Why are you restoring the piano? If it is a family heirloom, and you just have to have it back to perfection, that's a good reason. If you got it from a friend, it means very little to you, you have no budding pianist to inherit it, you are in for a let down. Try restoring an oak kitchen table of a hutch. When you are done, you will not have raised the value of this piano to cover the labor you put into it.
If you dream of making a fat profit, you have to go all the way back to showroom condition. That will cost something in some new parts which you will HAVE to buy through me or your tuner. Also, you are not "in the trade" like a piano tuner. Prospective buyers will NOT take you nearly as seriously as a tuner who can sell it out of a show room, deliver it, and tune it. You will NOT get the same price of the restored old upright you priced in the piano store on the mall. Having said that, I must admit that I have customers who have done this and come out ahead. But, it is usually best to be restoring a high end piano known for very good sound. And, you will have to restring it and possibly put in a new pin block. A piano tuner with a helpful attitude can do the pin block if you are willing to pay him properly.
We are proud of our customers who do restoration work like this.
A. Can you concentrate on a project and shut out everything else while you are working? This is essential.
B. Do you have intuitive mechanical ability? Old pianos have surprises for which there is no instruction manual or technical support. You will have to look and look at a thing and see how it is supposed to function, especially with Grand Pianos.
C. Have you ever restored anything else? Here is what Michael Stromburg restored, among other things, which lead him to believe he could restore a piano. I believe in people who can take a 1958 BSA and make it look like the motor cycle at the right.
D. Finally, do you have the time and space? This old piano will be sitting there for a long time as you putter along trying to do perfectionist work on it. You do NOT want to do this in the living room my friend. Trust me, you could have some very unhappy campers on your hands after a while. Also, I would suggest you NOT try to restore a piano and a BSA motor cycle at the same time. Restoration demands that you concentrate a lot and get your restoration sequence in the right order.
Read Chapter Five all the way through. Note all of the instructions for dismantling your piano. Disassemble the piano as far as you can following the instructions in Chapter Five, then return to this point and proceed.
Now, we want to go on to take off more pieces. The more you dismantle the piano, the nicer it will look in the end. Take off the board in front of the keys (the key slip). It has four screws under it. On a grand it may be mounted on slotted screws and will just lift straight up, or it may be trapped under the end blocks which must come off first.
You may find a real silver dime behind that board. Did you take off the end blocks? You must! Take the top off of the piano. Send it in with $2.00, and we'll send you a Captain Marvel zapper gun. If the top has a hinge down the middle on your upright, remove the hinge. The top of an upright may be screwed down with two screws under the two rubber bumpers on the top. Pry the bumpers out of their holes to get at the screws. Polish the long hinge, spray varnish it, and do not replace it until after you have finished the piano. Some upright pianos have the back half of a hinged top glued on. Sorry, in that case you will have to strip and finish it in place.
For the grand piano, take off the lyre, the desk, and the top. Dismantle the lyre as much as possible. If it is loose, and doweled, parts are moving in their sockets, take it to a cabinet maker, and ask him to knock it apart, and restore it as he would furniture. If you know what I mean, do it yourself.
Take the legs off by the old Vivaldi bribe method mentioned so often in this book. Call three of your friends who are sturdy fellows, and promise them pizza. Have on hand two VERY STRONG saw horses or some cinder blocks and a couple of planks. Have your three friends lift the piano while you bridge up under it. With the ends of the piano legs a minimum of six inches off of the floor, you can then remove the legs and lyre very easily.
WARNING: If you do this with the grand piano, YOU are the one who must be sure that the piano is safe as it sits there. If you have children, be sure the bridging up method is very secure. When you remove the three legs, check the metal mounting plates if it has them. Tighten the screws. If they are stripped, add wood pieces and Elmer's carpenter's glue into the screw holes (half fill them), and replace the screws.
Do not lose any of the grand piano lyre rods please. Remove the pedals from the pedal box. They will need to be rechromed or new ones used when you reassemble the piano. If you rechrome parts, make sure the people doing it plate with copper before adding the chrome finish. You can rechrome the hinges also. Take the casters off the legs and the ferrules if possible so you can clean them up and buff the brass. Varnish the brass parts with a top quality clear varnish-- very thin coat-- no runs or drips. Make sure to remove all polish before varnishing, and buff the brass well. Wipe all brass off with a solvent and do not touch the brass before spraying in. Your fingers have body acid on them in tiny quantities, and a finger print can cause tarnish later. Restoration of the grand top follows all the steps you will find below, but please realize that your best work must be on the top, for everyone will examine it. Do it after doing the sides and the back.
If the upright has two or three hinges at the back of the top, take them off and polish and spray varnish them. You can order new ones from my Online Catalogue also. Needless to say, you better be very careful to keep all screws and bits and pieces stored so that you cannot lose them.
Next, take off the two side pieces that held the desk on the upright, if that is how your piano is made. If there are two ornamental half pillars, down below and against the lower front of the cabinet, which compliment the pillars coming up from the front casters, take them off by removing the screws inside the lower box. The two pillars themselves can come off for better results, but you will most likely need to lay the upright down, remove the front casters, and take a screw out of the bottom of the pillar which is found under the caster. The top screw us usually under the end block.
While you are down there, check the two horizontal bars at either end, in the lower corners, which come from inside the piano forward to hold the front casters. Are they tight? If not, can you tighten them with screws? If not, is there serious damage? Yes? You will need to glue them back into place. Remove all the animal hide glue, and use large quantities of Elmer's carpenter's glue to glue them back in place. You will have to brace them while they dry so that they are tight into the corners of the cabinet. They can be bolted to the bottom skid board, but this is unconventional.
Ryan Estep, age 16, completely restored this 1896 Hamilton.
This predates the take over of Hamilton by Baldwin.
We are delighted to see his zeal and the finished product.
The period outfit sure beats the modern ward robes I see lately.
I hope you are combining instructions from Chapter Five with these instructions! Now, take the hinge off of the key cover of the upright and the grand if it applies, and take out the lock hardware and any metal end fittings. If the keyhole brass escutcheon is missing, order one from my Online Catalogue. Take all of the brass or nickel plated parts off, and buff and spray varnish them.
Remove all the old rubber bumpers. On many old uprights, all that is left of the rubber bumpers is the metal tack head. Carefully work this tack head out with a tool without damaging the wood. Patience! Remove the wooden knobs from the key cover and desk. If they are missing, order at once from my Catalogue or your tuner. Order rubber bumpers while you are at it. Remove all felt trim on the outside of the cabinet.. You will want new felt which we supply in our catalog.
Now take the pedals out of the upright piano. Look elsewhere in this section for Repair of the Pedals and their hardware. If the pedals are nickel plated, they probably have a worn spot, and they may be rusted. If they are otherwise still in good condition, can you send them to a chrome plating shop? If you can, I suggest you do so. Chrome looks "whiter" than nickel plate, and is harder. Be sure to include the toe plate if you have the pedals chrome plated.
If you cannot find a plating shop, send for a new set of pedals from my Online Catalog, Upright pedals and Grand pedals. There are differences in pedals for various pianos! Be sure the ones you order are right for your piano. Measure from the horn to the hinge pin especially. If your pedals are brass, that is great. Just clean them up with Brasso. DO NOT buff them with steel wool. You can spray varnish them to prevent tarnishing.
Check the casters. If they are ugly, bent, and sticking, this is a great time to replace them. If they are the old cast iron casters, they are very prone to damage all floors. You should consider the double rubber wheeled casters we sell. They will not scratch tile and score floor covering when you next move the piano. They "trail" better also. To put them in, lay the piano on its back. DO NOT try to tip it up and insert them from beneath, unless that is, you are very well insured. See the section called, Casters- Replacing and servicing in this chapter for more instructions for caster installing. You can order them from my Online Catalogue in the back of this book, or call you tuner. DO NOT order them from a hardware store. They will vastly overcharge you for them, and they may sell you non-piano casters. That will lift your piano too high for normal pedal use, and it will look really klunky to anyone aware of the trade.
If the piano is very old, it may have ornamental picture frame inserts in the desk and in the lower board. Take these inserts out, and treat them separately. You may want to cover them with black or maroon velvet, especially if the inserts are damaged. This was done in the 1800s, and it can add a classy touch. It is a very legitimate option. I like it myself.
If you have a Fischer, Wegman, or other Austrian style upright, it will have a "drop out" desk. Dismantle the whole thing, since it will most certainly need some small repairs, and it will look much better detailed outside of the front piece.
You begin with the finish. Lousy pun, right? I am a Hollander, and you will just have to put up with these puns. Besides, you look too serious right now. Loosen up a bit, OK?
The first step in stripping is in the proper use of the stripper. Any stripper from an established company will do just fine, but I insist that you find one that is not water based. You will also need a medium width putty knife or blade type item to scrape off the stripper. Add gloves for sure. This stuff will stain your hands bad, and some strippers are pretty caustic.
The trick with stripper is, stroke it on with a brush in a medium heavy layer, and DO NOT "paint it in." In other words, don't stroke back over your first pass. Don't ask me why, but brushing it in will cause it to fail about 50%. Let the stripper sit on the wood at least as long as the instructions on the can require, but not a lot longer either. You don't want it to dry out. If you work outside, try to avoid direct sunlight to prevent drying too fast, but also avoid high humidity days.
When you scrape off the stripper, use a putty knife to take up sections of the mixture. BUT, be sure you are going in the direction in which the grain of the veneer is falling away. In other words, you don't want to stroke against the grain. This is pretty hard to determine, so get close to the wood, and look deep into the veneer from several angles to be sure of yourself. If you stroke against the grain, you can pick up an imperfection in the wood, and you can lift a long piece of veneer right out of the wood.
Try to hold the putty knife almost level with the surface as you lift off the stripper. If you get a high angle going, the putty knife can suddenly start chattering, and the result will be chatter marks in the veneer which have to be sanded out. If you are careful, you will not have to do any repair to the veneer after this whole process.
Don't get the stripper which you are removing on a good floor. It stains very badly, and it is nearly impossible to remove. If you have to do the piano in your home, you need to cover the whole area under the piano with heavy plastic. Beware of tracking the stuff around the house.
You may have to do the stripping process two or three times. Rather than putting on one very heavy coat of stripper, do more than one treatment. You will have better results.
To get varnish out of crevices and scroll work, use a tooth brush to scrub in the stripper, and the same to remove it by rolling it out of the crevices. If you started with an old upright which was painted two or three times with 1950s puke green paint, you have many applications of stripper ahead of you. Just use caution as you get down to the veneer itself. You will get impatient with the many applications, and you might get careless as you get to the wood surface. That will result in damage.
The graphic at the left shows a piano which was "antiqued" probably during the 1950s. This process resulted in a very ugly piece of furniture. Of course, the 50s was an era of weird things, right? That was when we wore pink and black-- us guys even. And, all the girls ran around eating celery and with a transistor radio hanging in their ear. The musical classics included Harry the Hairy Ape and The Purple People Eater. Ugh.
If someone stripped and then painted your piano, you really ought to do the same again, and paint it. You will never get all of the paint out of the wood grain without destroying the veneer. Usually though, you will find that they painted over the old varnish, and you can get it all off just fine. There is a wonderful one-coat product which other tuners tell me works well. I am not familiar with it, so you should ask around before experimenting. Call Pat Summerall-- he sells all sorts of goo for some harware store.
Here are a couple of pictures of our $50 garage sale piano. It is a 1918 Lexington player with the player works removed about 40 years ago. This Lexington was manufactured by Conway, a subsidiary of Hallet & Davis. The butterfly veneer is Mahagony and is veneered onto American Chestnut.
This trick of using two kinds of wood is really old world workmanship. I love it, but it has gone out of style in modern times. Mahogany is one of the most rewarding woods to work with. Just be sure to lift out some of the added stain, as I discuss later.
Do NOT sand the surface.
Please do all the way around the edges of flat pieces you restore. Do the inside of the top of uprights, and, of course, the under side of the grand lid. It is ugly to lift the top of a piano and see dribbles of stripper that ran under the edges. Of course, you will have to take the top off the grand piano, and if possible off the upright to do perfect work. When doing the edges, be very careful. Those are not the end grain on the base wood. Old uprights and grands have immaculate veneer work, and you must be very careful not to lift the grain in the end veneer or along the corners as you take it off with the putty knife.
The second major part of the stripping process now starts. Make a 50%-50% mixture of denatured alcohol and lacquer thinner. This is dangerous around flames, so avoid hazard in that respect. Keep your cigar smoking uncle OURSIDE if you are using this mixture. Alcohol often has no color to the flame when it burns. DO NOT use rubbing alcohol! Read that last sentence again please. Denatured alcohol is sometimes called solvent alcohol.
Have two rolls of paper towels on hand (plain, NOT printed), and get a couple of bags of 0000 steel wool from the hardware store. Some steel wool should be left over for the next step. Dip a pad of steel wool into the solution you made, and puddle it onto the surface of the wood. Try to have the surface level. With the main cabinet, this step is tricky since you have to get the surface pretty wet. Be sure you cover the floor to keep from staining it.
Be very careful if you decide to strip a grand piano all the way into the inside of the cabinet. Any stripper you drip on the harp will remove the gold paint. Mask it off if you are in doubt, and be alert. This world needs more lerts, right? Sometimes the inside of the grand piano cabinet has a light wood veneer, such as maple. If it is still looking good, you may opt to buff it with 0000 steel wool and hand rub on a coat or two of tung oil. If you are removing the strings and the harp to paint it, strip the inside of the cabinet and the sound board all at once. Work from the top of the rim downward to pick up all your spills as you progress. Do not do the sound board with the denatured alcohol and lacquer thinner. Hand sand it with very fine sand paper after stripping it. Finally, buff it with 0000 steel wool until is shines before adding a finish. Do not overdo the sanding of the sound board. It is only 5/8 inch thick. If you wish to fill cracks in the sound board, SEND MAIL to learn the tools and technique for doing this.
After you puddle an area with the solvent, scrub it with pressure and slow strokes. You want to lift the last of the varnish out of the wood. Your steel wool will also be polishing the surface through the solvent. Scrub for a while, but do not keep this up until the area is starting to dry. As you see the solvent is starting to dry away, use the paper towels in your other hand to wipe up the solvent. Do this in almost a panic fashion. See how much you can pick up very quickly with the paper towels- broad sweeping strokes. Also, see if you can bang your elbow in the process.
You will have to do this process over and over. After each pass with the solvent and paper towels, the surface will completely dry up. Look deep into the veneer. No, you will not see guru Maharishi, but you will see shadows or clouds here and there. Lest you go weird on us, this is serious-- that is varnish you have not yet lifted out. You MUST remove it all to get perfection. Since there is no water in the mixture you are using, you will not damage the wood, and it should not lift grain.
With mahogany pianos you will also be lifting out muddy red stain. Piano factories, due to Victorian notions, added this red stain at the turn of the century because people wanted mahogany blood red. Get all the stain out that you can. The natural wood is very beautiful.
Again, repeat this step over and over until all clouds are gone. You will have to use fine tools and tooth brushes to get the varnish out of the grooves in ginger bread or scroll work, but do it. A sure sign of amateur work is to see a line of old black varnish in the creases and crevices of the scroll work. Please take the time to pick out every bit of the old varnish. I mean, if you don't, I may have to send the boys around and "busta you knuckles, huh?"
Strip the name decal off. You can order a new one from my Online Catalogue, and I give instructions how to put the new one on in Decal Application. However, and I give you this in caps, TAKE A DIGITAL PICTURE OF THE DECAL BEFORE YOU STROP IT OFF. We may need this in order to match your decal perfectly. Please replace the decal. Do not strip around it and leave an ugly patch of old varnish and aged decal. Personally, if the decal is not available, I would still strip off the decal. I hate the look of an old grungy decal right there in the middle of the fall board.
Do not strip the inside of the upper sides of the box in an upright if it is veneered. There is usually no way to do it part way down and make the stopping point look nice. Also, try not to dribble stripper down over this wood. If inside wood veneer is bird's eye maple, clean it and polish it with lemon oil after the whole restoration process. Do not be tempted to use solvents or solutions to clean up the tuning pin area. Read that sentence again please!
Here is an Ivers and Pond, 1918, restored by Kurt Kretschmer of Scituate, Massachusetts. He used our instructions on this page, and buffed the pedals instead of buying new ones. See them here.
The patina is seen to be furniture and satin. Kurt took the tung oil to the number of coats that would bring the maximum high polish found on well done furniture. Any more coats would start to give the polyurethand look, or the look of lacquered bowls from Japan, which is not desirable on furniture. The mahogany throws light in interesting ways, as can be seen in the lower areas which are reflecting some yellow hues. All in all, exceptional work on an over built piano which is not nearly as famous as it should be. You cannot go wrong with an old era Ivers and Pond.
The third step in stripping is buffing the surface. Get 0000 steel wool for this purpose. Buff the dry veneer and all areas you intend to re-finish. Buff and buff in long steady strokes with moderate pressure. Buff until you can't stand it anymore. Use NOTHING but 0000 steel wool. NO sand paper. It is possible to buff all the way through the veneer and spoil it. Use some common sense here. DO NOT USE POWER TOOLS ON ANY OF THE STRIPPING PROCESS. You are done buffing when the wood shines with a near furniture finish. If you never got water on the wood, you may be surprised to find that the wood shines very easily, and little buffing will be needed. When you put the final finish on this surface, you may have a better finish than the manufacturer had.
Perfectionists: You can go around to a cabinet shop, and ask the owner for some wood chips of the same kind as the wood used for your veneer. Buff the veneer with these wood chips. This will insure that, if any bits of the wood get into the veneer and you varnish over them, they will disappear into the background. Purists tell me that steel wool bits can be left behind, and they can sparkle later after the finish is on. I use steel wool, and I have never seen this happen, but then, you perfectionists may like this touch.
Lastly, dampen a couple of paper towels with denatured alcohol only, and wipe off all of your buffing dust. Do this without wetting the wood heavily. Whatever you do, DO NOT use rubbing alcohol for this work. It is partly water, and it will lift the grain. Disobey this instruction, and you deserve all the trouble you get.
As with all paint work and furniture finishing, preparation of the surface is about 80% of the work. If you take your time with this step, the final finish will be very rewarding.
If you are not sure you have perfection, call a cabinet maker to come and look at your results, and ask him to be critical. He will show you anything you need to improve.
If you are a perfectionist, this will be one of your most rewarding projects of a whole life time. The old piano companies of long ago used the best quarter cut hardwood veneer that could be found, and they put it on with insane perfectionism. In old uprights, all of the veneer and finish wood pieces came from the same tree. Old uprights and grands are a very rewarding base from which to start toward masterful end results. The key word here is, as you guessed, PATIENCE. You just cannot hurry this kind of work.
An exceptional example of "butterfly veneer"
If you have veneer damage, do not panic-- go to the topic of Veneer. You will learn how to make the repair you need. Be sure to do this before you do the buffing process, or Step Two above.
Whatever repair you do on the veneer, you must remember that veneer is very high quality wood, but IT IS VERY THIN. NEVER USE POWER TOOLS ON THE SURFACE OF A PIANO. I have seen pianos that had a real future for restoration, but some poor soul took a belt sander to the thing, and that sander went right through the veneer instantly. You better do what I tell you here, OK?
Also, you DO have veneer. I don't care how convinced you are that your piano is solid walnut-- no such thing ever existed. In fact, walnut would be terrible as a base wood for a piano. There have been some old oak pianos which had a lot of solid wood, but even there, don't assume this in order to be safe. On recent pianos, say since about 1955, a lot more solid wood was used in order to lower the cost caused by veneering. Consoles and spinets almost all have solid wood.
If, after you strip the piano, you see that the veneer is badly broken, and pieces are missing, I suggest you go ahead and glue the veneer back as below, but fill the bad places with Weldwood. Sand the Weldwood repairs, and paint the piano. It will look better in the end. Otherwise, you will spend the rest of your life trying to hide the end with the disgusting veneer.
If the veneer is loose, you will want to glue it back before you strip the old finish off. Use a long blade to apply Elmer's carpenter's glue under the veneer. Get a pretty generous application of the glue.
The trick in this operation is to clamp the veneer flat. Bungie straps, long strips on inner tube rubber, and cord can be used. We sell some huge rubber bands which can be used to hold veneer on the piano. Veneer on the ends is most easily clamped by upending the piano on a flat floor, but this is dangerous. Have plenty of help.
If you can't get it real tight, before you glue it, try the following: 1. A supply of wood screen molding. 2. Some smallish finishing nails. 3. Pieces of cardboard. Check out the Diagrams. Cut the screen molding into lengths which will more than cover the area you want to glue. After gluing the veneer down, tack the veneer to the piano by driving the finishing nails through about four layers of the cardboard and the screen molding.
This sounds terrible, but after the veneer dries, you can pick the cardboard away from the nails, and you can pull the nails with pliers or a claw hammer, rocking the claw hammer on the screen molding. The holes from the nails can be filled with carpenter's wax pencil of the color of the veneer. Find it at your hardware store. I did this once, and the results were very good, Nobody could see the nail holes.
The front ends of the lower bar that holds the front casters are often ruined. This is usually done while moving the piano. Go to a wood specialty store, and buy a piece of veneer to match your piano. Strip one of the end blocks at the right or left end of the piano keys, and strip and buff it as in the directions above with the steel wool, but do not add the finish coat. Take it along to match the veneer repair piece.
Get down on the floor with a good ruler, and measure the end of the lower bar. With a small square, draw a picture of the piece you need on the veneer you bought. Use a pencil. Next, find the best set of sheers you can to cut the veneer. If you can get away with it, your wife's sewing sheers will be the best.
When you cut the veneer, you HAVE to cut away from the grain. If you cut against it, the sheers will try to follow the grain. Cut the piece just a little bit bigger than the area you want to cover.
Glue the piece onto the end with the Elmer's carpenter's glue. DO NOT dress the edges of it until after it dries. To clamp it on, you can run bungies and our monster rubber bands around back of the piano and from inside the lower box. Cut a block of wood just a bit larger than the veneer piece to place against the veneer, and run the straps around front to the block of wood. Do not use the wood strips and nails as above.
Again, Check out the Diagrams. After the piece dries, dress the edges with fine sand paper on a wood block or with a fine toothed file. Again, you MUST sand away from the grain of the wood. Slightly bevel the edge and corner, as in the illustration, so that folks won't snag the veneer with their feet or clothing.
As I suggested earlier, if a piece of scroll work is damaged on the desk, see if you can take off a corresponding piece on the opposite end of the pattern. If not, it is very hard to fill it and make it look good. An old timer cabinet maker could do it, but the pizza bribe may have to be exalted to a steak dinner for two.
Gouges and burns in the veneer are a real problem. They can be filled with lacquer stick, but the task is an art form. We can supply the lacquer sticks, and you should SEND MAIL for instructions on how to do this.
Water stains are nearly always right on top of the piano. Wherever they are, buy some stain that matches your veneer at the hardware store. AFTER you have stripped the surface, strain the water mark. With a cotton swab, carefully paint only the area of the stain. Take your time. You might want to only slightly stir the stain so that you are not getting too heavy a dose with each application. Let it dry and buff off the excess with steel wool, and give it another coat if needed. Be sure to let the piano sit for a good period of time before applying the finish so that the stain carrier has dried out of the wood.
This step is much neater and dignified than the previous steps. If you have done good work in preparation, putting on a finish will make you feel like an artist.
I thought you might like to see a photo of my recently completed piano project. I got all my parts from you and appreciate your tips on the website.
The piano is a Haines Bros made in 1902 that was purchased by my Great-grandfather in 1906 from a theater in Pittsburgh, Pa. It plays and sounds very nice.
The photo is before the second keyboard leveling so the keys look out of level and the molding on top of the case was not yet installed. I made the bench to match the old bench that was just too beat up to repair.
Be sure you DO NOT try to do any re-assembly before putting on the finish. Also, make sure you have a dust free work area. If you live on a dusty road, you MUST wait until the wind is blowing away from your home, or after a rain. If you work outside, spray down the lawn around the work area before you start refinishing. The best time to re-finish the piano is in the winter when the ground is covered with snow and the inside of the house is dry-- working INSIDE of course.
You folks in the Southeast will have to be sure you have a dry day. Fat chance, right? Humidity will fog a surface, and even if it doesn't, each coat of finish can take up to three days to be really dry. All that time, any dust or cat hair that makes it onto the surface is there to stay. If you use tung oil, you can buff down any such junk, and add another coat.
If you have a friend with a paint booth, you might want to haul the piano there, and pay him to spray it for you. You can even put on black lacquer in that case. NEVER try to put on lacquer in a garage or in your home. It is the hardest finish to get right.
I use Tung oil. Also, please use the best product, which is Formby's Tung oil. That old rascal has some secret formula, and it is the least troublesome of all the brands. Also, hey, are you going to do as I say???? Get the GLOSS tung oil. You will say, "Oh no, I want a satin finish." Right, you are going to get one, if ye faint not. With the GLOSS stuff you put on a coat, then take a look at it. The first coat will disappear anyway. Then you go on to add coats until you have a satin look, and you stop adding coats. Some pieces of the piano will need more coats than others in order to match all the parts of the piano. Just do as I say.
CAUTION: Do NOT apply the tung oil if it is below room temperature. Also, the wood you are applying the tung oil to must be at room temperature. If the tung oil is cold it may be too thick and not dry for some time. Again, do not apply the tung oil if the day is very humid. Mid winter with the heat up is the ideal time. Beware of wood stoves-- they put a fine ask into the air which cannot be seen, but it could slightly cloud the tung oil. If you get into trouble with the tung oil you can call the Formby's people and get counsel. They may tell you not to apply tung oil to veneer. Don't believe it. I have done it many times, and so have others. Just don't put it on too heavy at first.
Enjoy! Dribble a little, not a lot, onto the palm of your hand. Turn your palm down on an area to be coated, and start rubbing it in. Cover the area evenly, spreading the tung oil as far as it will go, and DO NOT leave puddled effects. Rub and rub. Rub and rub some more. Rub until your hand starts getting warm from friction. That helps the tung oil to "set up." When your palm is good and warm, and your are feeling the drag increase, get off of it.
Yes, I know it doesn't shine. That's OK. It won't ever shine just as you quit rubbing. Go have a cup of coffee. If it is a dry day, the surface will dry in as little as a half hour. Now, look at it. Isn't that beautiful? Wow! What wood. I like this because you, the artist, are working with the Divine artist, God, who gave you that piece of wood to glorify. I feel sorry for these nut cases who think that creating beauty out of a piece of wood is murdering a tree.
Well, the first coat really didn't make it shine at all, right? Be sure the surface is totally dry, even if you have to wait three days, then give it another coat. With tung oil you can put on coat after coat until you have the wet look of Chinese lacquered bowls. Why? Because that is exactly the process you are using.
To get in the crevices of the scroll work, use a soft bristled tooth brush-- NEW one please. Work tung oil into the recesses, then rub it out as much as possible with your wee fingers. Try to avoid the gloopy puddled look. I told you in the front of the book that we would use hill billy technical terms, right?
Between each coat, the surface needs to be rubbed. The first coat can be rubbed out with the finest sand paper you can find, or you can use the 0000 steel wool. Don't do a lot of rubbing-- just take off any rough prickles. This is not like rubbing out car paint. Be sure to wipe down with a lint free paper towel just barely damp with denatured alcohol.
Before the last coat, I want you to use wood shavings, but the surface MUST be dry as a bone. Get the wood shavings from your cabinet maker friend, and try for shavings of the same wood you have for veneer. If you can't do this, don't rub it out at all-- go on to put on the last coat.
If for some reason the tung oil clouds, let it dry for several days. If that doesn't help, buff the cloud out with 0000 steel wool, and give it another coat. You may have left some of the old finish in the veneer which is having an argument with the tung oil. I have a new product to be posted soon in the Online Catalog which is supposed to take out these clouds-- watch for it.
To put on the decal (which you ordered from my Catalogue) turn to Name Decal Application earlier in this Table of Contents, and read it all. One note though which is not in that section-- apply the decal when the surface is dry to the touch but still a bit fresh. The decal will stick better. After you put on the decal, use a fine bristled soft artist's brush, and wipe over the decal with tung oil. Do not work hard at it or rub it with your hand, or the decal may lift. Feather the tung oil away from the decal area, NOT touching the decal, but using your fingers. This removes the puddle-edged effect. If the decal lifts and breaks, you must let everything dry for days, and buff it off with 0000 steel wool, and start over. By the grace of God, I have never had to do that.
Reassembling the piano is now very different from when you took it apart, right? You are going to take your time and do NO scratching. Be sure the parts are very dry before you reassemble. You don't want to leave finger prints, and tacky tung oil will glue the pieces together-- This is not good!
Read the section on dismantling the piano in Chapter Five, and reverse the process. Be sure to glue (if you don't have self-sticking) the new red nameboard felt strip on the key cover before you put it in place. It should show out from under the edge of the key cover about one eighth of an inch but not quite touching the back of the sharps.
Also, order a piece of felt for lining the holes the pedals go through. Cut a piece of your this felt an inch wide and long enough to run around the inside three sides of the hole for each pedal. Glue this with Elmer's Carpenter's glue to the sides and top of the hole, letting it protrude about an eighth of an inch. Do all of the pedal holes. Dark green seems to be traditional here, but red matches other felt on most pianos.
With grands, have a friend or two on hand to help you put the top on. It is just too easy to lose control alone. Also, have Harry hold the lyre up while you set the screws and rods.
Put the rubber bumpers on last (see below), and take your time. You can order new rubber bumpers and knobs in the Online Catalog. Don't be nervous when you hammer them into place. Don't hit your fingers. Hold your tongue right, Don't let anyone watch.
Put your new wooden knobs in. If the wooden knob screw holes are worn, add toothpicks and Elmer's glue.
The last step in this whole process is to threaten the kids if they ever scratch the piano. Again, bribe them with pizza or chocolate if they do right. Give them a lesson in touching the keys rather than pounding them.
You could then celebrate, and call the friends together for a Gospel sing. Don't wash all the stain off of your fingers. That way, your friends will ask what is wrong with your hands. HA, you can then take them and show them the piano. Humbly, of course.
What next? The piano stool of course, then the closet doors, and on through the house. Restoration is addictive. Be careful.
Again, this is the FIRST step really. I have put it last only because this is a page on finishing a piano.
So, READ THE MENU of mechanical and musical issues, and identify what you need to do and how far you want to go doing the inside of the piano. After you finish those tasks, and if you like the music, come back here and finish the cabinet. You may need help from a good piano technician to do some of the musical restoration work. Smart people will mix their skills with those of a helpful technician.
The piano below is an Evanstatt.
This is the shortest spinet I have ever seen.
when they were young girls and taking piano lessons.
The author restored this piano.
HERE IS A PIANO IN PROGRESS-- This is amazing veneer. I never saw such picture-like images.
This is a great example of quarter cut veneer which was all taken from the same tree.
SEE BEFORE AND REFINISHING PROGRESS -- SEE IT ALMOST DONE.
All of those rags and scrubbers you have been using have volatile solvents in them. Be sure to dispose of them properly so that you don't get spontaneous combustion. I saw it happen once. You can't imagine how it feels to grab a waste basket roaring with fire and try to get outdoors with it without burning off your eyebrows.
European pianos as well as North American pianos. Check out the finished product.
They serve mostly Canadians in the West of Canada.
Their list of customers is very impressive. Some even allow you to contact them.
This gentleman is an exceptional servant of the customer. He has many years in restoring of players.
He also supplies parts needed for you to restore the mechanical works of your player piano.
John gives you a great volume of information to read and learn about pianos.
of the improved materials now available in the trade.
in restoration skills. His ethic is refreshing. This also gives anyone in Texas a local option.
musical instrument. Take a look at this mahogany masterpiece.
I don't know anything about Keith. His reference to people he has restored for is impressive.
If you contact him, ask for personal references whom you may contact.


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Home Tour Ideas Destinations & Attractions Enjoy a show with Maine State Music Theatre
Enjoy a show with Maine State Music Theatre
This year marks the 60th anniversary for the Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT). Catch one of the shows during its milestone celebration season.
"We operate our summer season out of Bowdoin College's Pickard Theater, located in the picturesque town of Brunswick, Maine," said Olivia Wenner, communications outreach & group sales manager for Maine State Music Theatre. "Patrons often enjoy strolling around the Bowdoin College campus in addition to shopping and dining downtown. We've been in the same spot since 1959, and coming to MSMT has become a summer staple for our patrons and community members."
Guys and Dolls, Maine State Music Theatre, Brunswick, Maine
The 600-seat theater has Gothic-style granite, a stained-glass exterior and a proscenium stage with a full fly system.
"We offer discounts for groups of 20 or more," Wenner said. "Groups of 25-plus also have the option of arranging a talk-back after their show with the artistic director. Maine is a great place to vacation, especially in the summer, and there is a lot to do in the midcoast area, in addition to visiting MSMT."
This year's summer shows include Million Dollar Quartet, Beauty and the Beast, Saturday Night Fever and Singin' in the Rain. The lineup for 2019 will be announced in August.
Maine State Music Theatre will also have a Monday Performance Series that will include shows like I Love a Piano and Bye Bye Birdie. Late summer of 2018, Maine State Music Theatre and the Portland Stage will collaborate to put on Nunsense, a tale of five nuns and their antics.
The theater is located in an area that is within walking distance to a variety of dining choices featuring a wide range of culinary options.
Motorcoaches can drop off and pick up groups in designated spots, with parking available nearby.
For more information, call 207-725-8760, ext. 18 or visit msmt.org.
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed the so-called "birther bill" on Monday.
Arizona governor vetoes presidential 'birther bill'
Arizona's governor has vetoed a bill that would require President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove they were born in the United States before their names could be placed on Arizona's ballots.
Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, said she could not "support designating one person as gatekeeper to the ballot for a candidate."
Under the measure, if there were any dispute about whether a candidate had proved he or she had been born in the United States, Arizona's secretary of state would have the final say.
The Arizona "birther bill" got final approval by a vote of 40-16 last week in the state House. It now will not become law unless legislators vote to override Brewer's veto.
Filed under: Arizona • Barack Obama • Politics
Stocks drop as S&P slashes U.S. outlook
Some highlights from the day's business news:
Stocks sink after U.S. outlook slashed
U.S. stocks cut some losses late Monday afternoon, but still finished the session sharply lower after Standard and Poor's cut its long-term outlook on U.S. debt to negative.
The Dow Jones industrial average sank 140 points, or 1.1%. The S&P 500 fell 15 points, or 1.1%, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 29 points, or 1.1%.
Earlier in the session, all three indexes were down 2%.
5 options for down-to-the-wire tax filers
Still haven't filed your tax returns? Americans have until midnight Monday to send them in, and even the worst of procrastinators still have time and opportunities to meet the deadline. Here are five ways to do it:
1) Did you make under $58,000? File electronically, with software assistance, free:
Electronically filing federal and state returns with tax software isn't just swift - it can be free for people whose adjusted gross income is $58,000 or less. Twenty companies are offering their tax software for federal returns through the IRS' website. Some other restrictions - such as age, state and military status - may apply, depending on the company. Some of these companies support free filing for state tax returns; some offer state service for a fee.
Post by: CNN's Brad Lendon, CNN's Jason Hanna
Filed under: Taxes
Incumbent won Nigerian presidential election, commission says
Incumbent Goodluck Jonathan is the winner of the presidential election in Nigeria, the chairman of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission declared Monday.
"Goodluck E. Jonathan of PDP, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner," Chairman Attahiru Jega said.
He said the ruling Peoples Democratic Party won 22,495,187 of the 39,469,484 votes cast Sunday, far outstripping the Congress for Progressive Change, the main opposition party, which won 12,214,853.
In addition, Jonathan won the needed 25% of the vote in two-thirds of the states plus Abuja, the capital.
Only the PDP certified the results by signing them; representatives of the other parties refused to do so.
Filed under: Nigeria
Overheard on CNN.com: Tea and controversy
"I loved 'Three Cups of Tea.' It made me feel good about donating to charities. However, finding out that the author (may have) lied was like eating half of a delicious chocolate cupcake and finding a booger in the other half. I'm a lot less trusting after this experience." - allmosttoast
"Three Cups" author threatened with lawsuit
The author of the best-selling book "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations ... One School at a Time," is facing accusations that key sections of the story aren't true. Critics also are questioning how money Greg Mortenson's foundation raised to build schools for girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan is being spent.
Some CNN.com readers, like allmosttoast, felt let down by the reports, while others defended Mortenson and dismissed the allegations as gossip.
hillbilleter said, "Now you're passing judgment that is ruining a man's life, all based on unsubstantiated gossip from a competing author, and feeling pretty virtuous about it, too, aren't you?"
oddjob3422 said, "He's lying through his teeth, claiming to have built schools that don't exist, etc. Sure, SOME of the money he's collected has gone to help, but that's why you rate charities. Just because he spent some of the money there doesn't excuse rampant dishonesty and fraud. He came out today with a response that essentially goes for the scare mongering that getting the truth out of him will harm school children in those countries. How completely classless."
MannyHMo said, "Believe but verify ! Mr. Mortenson should explain and publish his expenses publicly. Never mind his stories and attempts to make himself superman. Just follow the $$$ he received. I'm sure the FBI and IRS know how to do that."
ScreenName71 said, "Great, the Taliban must be laughing with glee. Anyone else going to go educate girls? Nice move, (critic Jon) Krakauer. You've done the work of the Taliban."
decora responded by asking, "So, telling the truth makes one an ally of the Terrorists. Wow, that's - what country do i live in again? "
FAA chief "infuriated" by sleeping air traffic controllers
Federal officials have issued new work rules for air traffic controllers after a series of reports of controllers falling asleep on the job. FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said he was "infuriated" by the safety lapses and said that sleeping controllers would not be tolerated. CNN.com readers agreed there was a problem, but many said it wasn't just with the air traffic controllers.
TimGreer said, "How difficult is it to stay awake for such an important job? I never got people that just fall asleep, even if you're (tired). People that fall alseep working, doing things, or often worse, driving, unless you have a health problem, it's just stupid or lazy. Promptly replace these people with someone else that will do the job. It's simple."
erich2112x said, "The problem here is so obvious: Their schedules are completely whacked. They get off work and have to be back in 8 hours. Why can't these guys work regular hours? seems to me like they need a change in tradition and culture rather than 1 extra hour of sleep."
PeaceofWar said, "You want to stop this gross negligence? Start by charging a sleeping controller with a crime for endangering human lives. If a train engineer, or subway/bus driver, or truck driver, fell asleep they would be criminally charged, so why should an air traffic controller be treated different? If anything they should be treated more severely since the potential for harm is so much greater. "
goinmad2009 called it a "classic case."
Manager: "I need a baby in one month, here's 9 women. Now go get it done."
This is why they need a education in organizational behavior and human resource management. Painful to see people like this thinking that its only the people who are to blame."
Make Charles king for a day
The upcoming wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton is focusing lots of attention on the royal family, and the future king of England. CNN contributor Bob Greene says William's father, Prince Charles, isn't getting any younger, but shouldn't be passed over for the throne. CNN.com readers had mixed feelings on the idea.
TreeTop said, "As people live longer, of course the monarch is going to have to wait longer to take the throne. I don't think it bothers him. It's not like he doesn't have plenty of engagements and responsibilities to keep him busy. He will be king one day, he just won't be a young king."
SarahB12345 said, "What a ridiculous waste of type. Who cares who becomes king of England? The British royal family are the world's most successful welfare recipients, and what do they do? Suck up gin and shoot grouse. Whoopeee. "King" is a ceremonial role with no real power. So make my Yorkshire Terrier king of England. He's cute, personable, and housebroken. I'm sure he'd do a bang-up job."
FlowinEddie said, "Better idea here: Make him a peasant peon for a year so he can see how the other half live. Maybe he'll lose some of his stuffiness."
Miraflores said, "I've been waiting for Prince Charles to become King as long as he has. He has a resume that is fit for a King, and someday his son will, too, but he hasn't got it yet. Queen Elizabeth would do well to retire, and then watch her son take over the job he was meant for. As a mother I think it would be a top achievement of her life time.
After a loss to the Hornets, pressure on the Lakers swells.
Sports Update: Can Lakers recover from Hornets sting?
A 109-100 loss to the Hornets? Not exactly how the two-time defending champion L.A. Lakers were hoping to kick off their quest for another national title. But that's precisely where the team finds itself, one game down and facing the explosiveness of point guard Chris Paul, who racked up 33 points and 14 assists during a shocking Game 1 in the Western Conference.
As SI.com's Lee Jenkins explains, despite having a relatively lackluster season and going 0-4 against the Lakers, the Hornets blasted past a defense incapable of shutting down Paul. "He sandbagged the sandbaggers with a combination of crossovers, floaters and step-back jumpers that left the Lakers wondering who they had spent the past three days watching on film," Jenkins writes. "This was Paul, circa 2008, when he led the Hornets to 56 wins and ran figure-eights around the Mavericks in the first round."
While the Lakers acknowledged that Paul had the ability to dominate in at least one game of the series, the fact that Los Angeles saw their expected Game 1 win go up in a 41 minute blaze of Paul shooting was, well, surprising.
But the question pressing forward will be if the Hornets and, more specifically, high-scoring Paul, can keep up the performance that they showed Sunday at the Staples Center. If the Lakers are lucky, the answer will be no. NBA playoff action continues tonight.
Philadelphia 76ers vs. Miami Heat (7 p.m., ET) - "Will he or won't he?" is the question when it comes to Dwyane Wade and whether he'll join fellow Heat players when the team faces off against the 76ers tonight.
Indiana Pacers vs. Chicago Bulls (9:30 p.m., ET) The Pacers may have fallen 104-99 to the Bulls, but their performance definitely showed that the team is one to reckon with in Game 2.
41 - Number of points scored by Kevin Durant in the Hornets upset of the Denver Nuggets Sunday night.
.002 - The official margin in seconds that Jimmie Johnson took the Talladega checkers over Clint Bowyer. It ties the closest finish since NASCAR went to electronic timing. Brant James recaps the race.
115 - Number of times the Boston Marathon has been run. The historic race kicks off today.
Filed under: Basketball • NBA • Running • Sports
Douglas Kmiec resigned as U.S. ambassador to Malta.
Monday's Most Intriguing People: BP protester, U.S. ambassador, columnist
Douglas Kmiec
The U.S. ambassador to Malta and former legal aide to President Ronald Reagan resigned Saturday following a State Department report that his devotion to his religion was hindering his ability to do his job. In 2008, Kmiec, a devout Catholic, was publicly denied communion from his own priest for his support of Barack Obama in the2008 presidential election. Kmiec told CNN that he resigned, and was not pushed out of his position.
Cherri Foytlin
The Rand, Louisiana, mother of six, who is married to a Gulf oil worker, will protest at BP's Washington offices today to call attention to unresolved cleanup and compensation issues in that region from the 2010 oil spill. Foytlin walked 34 days and 1,243 miles from New Orleans to the capital last week, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported. She claims that oil continues to wash ashore and Gulf residents are suffering from breathing in fumes from oil and dispersants. Her family took blood tests which she says show high levels toxins also found in crude, the New Orleans newspaper said. The compensation fund is not providing fair settlements to many Gulf residents, Foytlin said, and her family is in financial ruin. See CNN's coverage of the Gulf oil spill, one year later.
The former New York Times columnist shocked many when he resigned earlier this year from the newspaper. The Poynter Institute, a journalism think-tank, as well as New York Magazine, report that Rich has launched a second career as producer of the upcoming HBO comedy series "Veep." The program about the first female vice president will star Julia Louis-Dreyfus of "Seinfeld" fame.
Post by: CNN's Pamela Sellers
Filed under: BP • Gulf Coast Oil Spill • Gulf Coast Oil Spill environment • Malta • Most Intriguing People • Oil disaster solutions • Politics
More than 1,300 people have been killed jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge since the 1930s.
Teenage girl survives plunge from Golden Gate Bridge
A 16-year-old girl survived a plunge from the Golden Gate Bridge over San Francisco Bay on Sunday, according to local media reports.
The girl either jumped or fell from midspan of the bridge, about a 220-foot fall to the water below, CNN affiliate KGO reported, citing a fire department dispatcher. The girl was conscious when pulled from the water, the Coast Guard told KGO. She was taken to Marin General Hospital.
It was the second time in two months a teenager plunged from the span and survived.
On March 10, a 17-year-old boy jumped from the bridge during a school field trip, telling rescuers he did it for fun, according to CNN affiliate KTVU. The boy broke his tail bone and tore a lung, according to the report.
More than 1,300 people have been killed jumping off the Golden Gate since it opened in the 1930s. Last year, there were 31 suicides from the bridge, KTVU reported.
Filed under: California • San Francisco
Mail carriers won't be delivering in Loma Linda, California, next Sunday for the first time in 81 years.
Seventh-day Adventist community loses Sunday mail delivery
Come next Sunday, residents of Loma Linda, California, will notice that something's missing on the streets - U.S. Postal Service mail carriers.
The community's 21,000 residents are predominantly Seventh-day Adventists, who observe the Sabbath on Saturday. For 81 years the post office went along, giving Loma Linda on Sundays the mail delivery that almost all of the country gets on Saturdays, according to local media reports.
But costs and technology are forcing an end to Sunday delivery, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise newspaper.
Filed under: California • Religion • U.S. Postal Service
Gotta Watch: Surviving the storm
Fast-moving storms ripped through the Southeast over the weekend, spawning tornadoes that flattened parts of North Carolina. The storm killed at least 45 people in six states, including Virginia, Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas.
In today's Gotta Watch, we're looking at the aftermath of the devastating weather system that crippled the region.
Inside the storm – Get an inside look of the storm that killed 22 people in North Carolina and leveled parts of that state. The damage was so severe, it nearly wiped out an entire rural town.
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Post by: CNN's Imaeyen Ibanga
Filed under: Gotta Watch • Mississippi • North Carolina • Tornadoes • Weather
A series of storms left houses damaged in the Tarawa Terrace II area of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Life and death in path of tornadoes
Police in Sanford, North Carolina, are crediting the manager of a Lowe's Home Improvement store and his staff with saving the lives of dozens of people when a tornado struck Saturday afternoon.
Manager Michael Hollowell looked out the front of the store and saw the tornado approaching, CNN affiliate WRAL-TV reported. He alerted his assistants via in-store phones, and they helped get about 50 employees and as many as 60 customers to the back of the building, where walls of concrete joined to provide strength and there was no high shelving with heavy items. The dozens of people huddled shoulder to shoulder to escape the storm's fury.
"One person didn't save all those lives," WRAL quoted Hollowell as saying. "It was a team effort."
Storms that swept across the South over the weekend killed 45 people, including 22 in North Carolina, authorities said.
Among the dead were three children in one trailer home at the Stony Brook North mobile home park in Raleigh.
Filed under: North Carolina • Tornadoes • Weather
Monday's live video events
Congress is on a two-week recess, but that doesn't mean news is lacking from Washington. Watch CNN.com Live for continuing coverage of the government spending fight in Washington.
12:00 pm ET - White House briefing - The battle over government spending is expected to top Press Secretary Jay Carney's agenda with the White House press corps, along with the situations in Japan and Libya.
1:45 pm ET - Obama honors Air Force football - President Obama takes a brief break from the bruising budget battle to present the Commander-in-Chief Trophy to the Air Force Academy football team. The trophy is awarded annually to the best service academy football team.
CNN.com Live is your home for breaking news as it happens.
Filed under: 2011 tsunami • Barack Obama • Budget • College football • District of Columbia • Dollars & Sense • Earthquake • Economy • Football • Japan • Libya • Natural Disasters • On CNN.com today • Politics • Sports • Tsunami • U.S. • World
Bomb kills seven Afghan police officers, official says
A roadside bomb explosion killed seven police officers in the Ghazni province of Afghanistan on Monday, the provincial governor Musakhan Ajmalzada said. The blast happened in the province's Khogiani district.
Filed under: Afghanistan • World
The White House has an online tool that will let you see where your tax dollars go.
On the Radar: Tax filing day, sleepy controllers, Toyota production
Tax Day: Today is the deadline to file your federal income taxes for 2010.
The Internal Revenue Service has a free electronic filing service available for those who make less than $58,000 a year. Get details on that service here. Other electronic filing options are also available from the IRS as well as information on how to file extensions.
For those filing on paper, the U.S. Postal Service is extending hours at locations around the country so taxpayers can meet the midnight deadline.
Post by: CNN's Brad Lendon, The CNN Wire
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The protest is intended to highlight the links between the aviation industry and climate change, but many have expressed concerns about likely passenger disruptions.
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Man bounces more than 10 miles on inflatable ball for Guinness World Record
Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A British man bounced more than 10 miles on an inflatable ball to set a Guinness World Record and raise money for charity.
David Kay, of Blackpool, said he came up with the idea for his record-breaking journey on a "space hopper," an inflatable ball that allows a rider to bounce in the sitting position, while brainstorming plans for Trinity Hospice and Palliative Care Services fundraisers.
Kay said he has originally intended to bounce a full 13 miles down the Fylde coast, but he decided to stop after 10 1/2 miles due to the number of space hoppers he popped along the way and the strain the 17-hour bouncing session was putting on his body.
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Belarus After Lukashenko: The Next Ukraine?
Situation Reports - October 15, 2018
By Alessandro Gagaridis
Since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Belarus has experienced the uninterrupted rule of President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Under his authoritarian yet stable leadership, the country pursued an isolationist policy and refused steps toward integration with Western Europe. At the same time, it maintained a pro-Russian attitude, even though it retained its autonomy and never became a satellite state dependent on Moscow's will. But Lukashenko will not be president forever. The day will come when he either decides to abandon his post, is physically unable to continue, or simply passes away. And when that day arrives, Belarus will find itself at a crossroad in both domestic and international politics. For its own safety and stability, the country will need to maintain a delicate equilibrium between the West and Russia. If it fails to do so, it may trigger an intervention from its powerful eastern neighbor and become the next Ukraine.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Belarus gained its independence. But unlike other post-Soviet states, independence did not mean democratization. It wasn't long before Aleksandr Lukashenko took a central role in the country's national politics. After being elected for the first time in 1994, his mandate was renewed with a sweeping majority in each successive election. Though formally a Republic, Belarus quickly devolved into an authoritarian system, with fundamental powers concentrated in the president's hands and the parliament dominated almost exclusively by the ruling party. To this day there is no serious political opposition; the police actively suppress activists and rival groups; and elections are neither free nor impartial.
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I realise this topic has been covered before but can anyone please give me an up-to-date recommendation for both a wired and wireless remote release for my newly purchased Mark II. Many thanks.
Wired would be any number of 2.5mm jack compatible remotes, often cited as Canon compatible.
As for wireless, there's the WiFi option and using your phone. Or you can make use of flash radio triggers, as many double as camera releases, and again you just need the 2.5mm jack.
If a specific recommendation, I would potentially say any of the Yongnuo triggers, and get their Canon version as it will have the correct cable included.
As for wired, I'd take a look at the main 3rd party vendors, possibly iShoot (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RS-60E3-Remote-Shutter-Release-control-switch-for-Canon-EOS-1100D-750D-700D-60D/172694227537).
Hahnel also do them. Good quality at a reasonable (i.e. Not Olympus) price.
Thanks everyone. I think I'll try the phone app initially and see if I like it.
I just use the phone app, works fine.... though I did have to buy a "new" iPhone 4s for €100 after an E-M1 firmware update a while back that included a newer version of the app that would not work on my iPhone 3. Oh well... I do use the phone now and again for other purposes, like sending an SMS or even making a call, but basically I just use it as a remote for the camera.


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Worker Health & Safety The health of World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers
September 11, 2011 Liz Borkowski, MPH 2Comment
Among the victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks are workers who responded to the scene of the disaster and suffered severe – in some cases, fatal – health problems as a result. Those who showed up at the World Trade Center site for rescue, recovery, and cleanup operations were exposed to a range of toxic and mechanical hazards, as well as psychological trauma. Many of the estimated 40,000 workers have since developed respiratory, mental health, and other medical conditions.
Celeste and I asked freelance journalist Jori Lewis (whose reporting you might have heard on PRI's The World) to create an in-depth case study for us about the occupational health and safety aspects of the WTC disaster: the multitude of hazards, the thousands of workers exposed, the response of regulatory authorities to address the hazards, how the risks were communicated (or not) and both the short- and long-term effects health consequences of exposure to those hazards.
If you're concerned about the health of responders and cleanup workers at this and other disaster sites, this case study is a terrific reference. We're sure it doesn't cover everything our readers think is important about the occupational health and safety aspects of the World Trade Center response and recovery, though – so after you read the case study, feel free to leave comments below about additional information or angles you think ought to be recognized.
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I would like to thanks the rescue and recovery team who saved thousands of lives who were saved to become the victim in world trade center disaster and pray for the good will of the rescue and recovery workers.
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Thanks to them many people survived but the government should give them benefits…


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I could not agree with the other reviewers more. Bob Costas was and is a great sportscaster and was also a great talk show host. Because he actually talked and let his guests talk too! And he knew everything about them and their whole body of work and you knew it was not just from doing research (and that was at a time when there was no internet to do the research anyway!). He is a very intelligent man and seemed very modest and kind; this came through in all of his interviews. I wish the show was still on. It was so much more easy going as a show than Charlie Rose, the only interviewer who did the same kind of show. Tom Snyder's show in the 90's was also very good, but again they were not Bob Costas and his Later show. Mr. Costas never appeared smug and was always a real gentleman. A great show with lots of great guests!


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The results of testing our models D010 and D020 were very satisfactory. The distribution of water droplets is uniform. The most optimal results were obtained at pressures of 0.4 m H2O. The optimum operating pressure in the spray model D020 is in the range of 0.6 to 0.8 m H2O and spraying in an upward direction of the D010 model is between 1.0 m H2O to 1.4m H2O. Higher pressures do not improve the result of spraying. Depending on the height above the cooling fill, the area sprayed is about 1 m².a 1.2 m².
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Our spray nozzles need not fear compared to competitive products. We have found that competition nozzles lack uniform distribution. Instead, some results released nozzles with a higher pressure drop on the air side, resulting in a negative effect on cooling.
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Can a vitamin combo prolong your life?
Published	 Thursday 18 October 2018	 Published	Thu 18 Oct 2018
By Maria Cohut
Fact checked by Paula Field
Vitamins are nutrients that when synthesized or assimilated in the right quantities support our health and well-being. A new review suggests that a set of known and newly categorized vitamins can help prolong a person's lifespan, and promote health well into old age.
A series of crucial nutrients may be 'longevity vitamins' that help fend off disease and prolong our lives.
The review, recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was conducted by Dr. Bruce Ames, Senior scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) in Oakland, CA.
This work analyzes the results of numerous studies conducted in Dr. Ames's CHORI laboratory, as well as those carried out by researchers from other institutions.
In the published paper, Dr. Ames identifies a set of vitamins, which he calls "longevity vitamins." He contextualizes the importance of these nutrients by suggesting that people can classify the proteins (or enzymes) that they need to stay healthy as either "survival proteins" or "longevity proteins."
While all these nutrients are essential for well-being, they play different roles. The scientist explains that "survival proteins" support our basic processes for survival and reproduction, whereas "longevity proteins" play an additional role in protecting against further damage to the human body.
When nutrients are deficient, Dr. Ames says, the body tends to favor the production of "survival proteins," which can lead to a decrease in "longevity proteins," and thus to a heightened risk of disease.
"Longevity vitamins," according to the researchers, are the nutrients which support the function of "longevity proteins," and allow the human body to remain healthy, and live for an extended period.
Over 30 vitamins sustain longevity
Dr. Ames explains that these key nutrients — which include vitamin K, vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids, magnesium, and selenium — contribute to the processes that keep the cells in our bodies healthy.
These nutrients play many roles in the body, including repairing DNA, maintaining cardiovascular health, and preventing cellular damage due to oxidative stress, the scientist argues.
"The prevention of the degenerative diseases of aging is a different science than curing disease: it will involve expertise in metabolism, nutrition, biochemistry, and genetic regulatory elements and polymorphisms," he writes.
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"This approach is critical for lowering medical costs. It has been estimated that the [European Union] would save 4 billion euros [$4.6 billion] from osteoporosis alone by utilizing vitamin D and calcium supplementation," the researcher further notes.
In the current review, Dr. Ames argues that 30 known vitamins and essential minerals, taken at adequate doses, can help extend a person's lifespan and ensure healthy aging.
To these, he adds 11 compounds, which, although not currently categorized as "vitamins," Dr. Ames thinks fit in with the concept of "longevity vitamins" as described in his review.
These substances include taurine, ergothioneine, pyrroloquinoline quinone, queuine, lutein, zeaxanthin, lycopene, alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, and astaxanthin.
'Diet is very important'
Previous studies conducted by Dr. Ames and his team found that individuals with chronic, low-level deficiencies of vitamin K, which is a constituent of 16 different enzymes, and the mineral selenium, which is a key component of 25 enzymes, have a higher risk of experiencing health problems, particularly cardiovascular issues.
Vitamin K is crucial to blood coagulation. When levels of this vitamin are low, the body is unable to produce enough of the enzymes that help keep the arteries clear, allowing blood to flow smoothly.
Considering these observations and the findings of the review, Dr. Ames urges people to be more mindful about following a balanced, healthful diet.
"Diet is very important for our long-term health, and this theoretical framework just reinforces that you should try to do what your mother told you: eat your veggies, eat your fruit, give up sugary soft drinks and empty carbohydrates."
Dr. Bruce Ames
In the future, the researchers believe that specialists might identify even more "longevity vitamins." However, discovering these nutrients requires long periods of observation because their absence from the system does not necessarily cause immediate, visible effects.
Instead, the impact of "longevity vitamin" deficiencies causes disruptions in a person's system over time.
For now, as Dr. Ames notes: "[The current review] may be a theoretical paper, but I hope it can add a few years to everyone's lives."
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