Assessment of a Steinway 210cm c1883 + heavy action due to backchecks catching:

The three main ways we can improve this piano are by reducing the hammer blow, strengthening the repetition spring and weakening the pedal leaf springs.
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[@garygu1707]

What a lovely piano! If the ivory keys were to be replaced, what about the ebony keys? Would they have to be replaced as well?

[@RobertsPianos]

Normally there is no need to replace the ebony keys. Marcus

[@OE1FEU]

Too many "experts" have already screwed this piano up. And that piano isn't a "real" B anyway; it has different scaling. Only after 1884 has the scaling been redesigned by Theodore Steinway and Henry Ziegler and are actually model Bs with 211cm. This one is 208cm and it simply is not a B. Add to that the "rebuild" by non-experts, this piano's value is approaching Zero. Unless you find a buyer who is dazzled by the (horrendously botched) Steinway logo on the fallboard.

[@RobertsPianos]

Thank you for your useful comments This is a client's piano, so we are assessing it with a view to trying to improve the touch and tone without fully restoring it. We agree that while there are many Steinway grands well restored, there are also those that haven't been restored correctly. Marcus