Pianos Inside Out

General information

PIANOS INSIDE OUT offers a coherent, unified view of the advancements of the last 30 years, covering topics such as:
• Touch improvement
• String leveling
• Soundboard performance
• Coincident-partial tuning
• Interval inharmonicity
• Modern lubricants

The book is written for hobbyists and piano technicians, but it will also help pianists and owners understand their pianos, and better communicate with their technicians. It contains clear and concise, step-by-step instructions with over 600 illustrations and diagrams.

Discover how to evaluate the piano, assess what you need, and develop a rebuilding plan. You will learn how to restore a keyboard and action, how to select and install new hammers, rebuild dampers, restring the piano, replace its pinblock, repair and recrown the soundboard, regild the plate, and refinish the case.

ADVANCE PRAISE for Pianos Inside Out:

“Very well thought out.”
—FRANZ MOHR, former Chief Concert Technician, Steinway & Sons

“Very comprehensive and full of valuable information.”
—PAUL BADURA-SKODA

“The most clear and accurate inharmonicity discussion ever published for the layperson crowd.”
—DAVE CARPENTER, RPT, designer of Verituner®

“An excellent stab at the geometry/touchweight issue.”
—JIM IALEGGIO, RPT, piano rebuilder

“A very useful introduction to the profession.”
—LAURENCE LIBIN, Editor-in-Chief, Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments

“A sort of encyclopedia of pianos and piano construction and service.”
—ALLEN WRIGHT, RPT, consulting technician and restorer for Period Piano Company

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MARIO IGREC, a native of Croatia, taught piano technology and served
as piano technician during his eight-year tenure at Louisiana State University. As an independent concert technician and master rebuilder, he has serviced and rebuilt many pianos in southern Louisiana, and has worked for Richard Goode, Jon Kimura Parker, Garrick Ohlsson, and other renowned pianists. Himself an award-winning pianist, with a Master of Music degree from SUNY Stony Brook, he brings to the field a unique perspective that bridges piano technology and pianism.