The Console
The console had been moved around various storage locations in Stockholm, some with questionable quality. The console was finally located in the Musical Museum storage in a location outside Stockholm.
The inspection revealed severe water damage. Some ivory had come loose and was missing. Lots of rust and dirt. The veneer had come loose in different places and all metal parts were rusty. Curious people had been poking around and many tin tubes for the combination action were bent and nicked. All bellows for the combination action were unusable, the zephyr skin destroyed.
Despite all this we considered that it was possible to restore.
The inspection revealed severe water damage. Some ivory had come loose and was missing. Lots of rust and dirt. The veneer had come loose in different places and all metal parts were rusty. Curious people had been poking around and many tin tubes for the combination action were bent and nicked. All bellows for the combination action were unusable, the zephyr skin destroyed.
Despite all this we considered that it was possible to restore.
Here it can be seen that the veneer had come loose due to water.
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Most cables had been ripped out. A local blower (vacuum cleaner?) had been installed inside the console to deal with the combination action.
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Loose ivory due to water
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Detail of the EP combination action. Dust and other particles.
Tin tubes for the combination system. Many curious fingers have examined the soft tubes. Tubes were removed, straightened and formed to original shape.
New contacts and cables in the keyboards. One contact block for each key with bent wires for 2nd touch.
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Cleaned, releathered and new contacts. Reassembly started.
Mounting of releathered bellows for the combination system.
Assembly of the combination system.
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Console in Fredriksson's paint shop
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Console parts in Fredriksson's paint shop
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Restored blowboxes.
Restoration of the pedal assembly
Pictures below are clickable.
Here is the result