Thursday 31 October 2024

Tuning at the Memorial Centre

Tuning a Petrof Czech upright at Kigali Genocide Memorial in Gisozi today for Masharika. A play about survivors' experiences as part of Ubumuntu Arts Festival.






Tuesday 10 September 2024

Getting Rid of Mould in a Piano


One of our family pianos has a white mould issue, so I'm taking it apart, cleaning it up and spraying it with a liberal amount of mould killer. 

This is the same piano a couple of months later...



Friday 16 August 2024

Found Clothes Moths in a Piano!


Doing a little piano repair in the UK at the moment and came across the craziest thing!

Tuesday 25 June 2024

Restoring a Player Piano Playlist

Hi guys. Here's the full lowdown on the restoration project so far. We'll add more to this if the project goes any further. In video one we're putting on the new strings, in video two the piano's owner takes us through restoring the bellows and mechanism, and in the final one there's some unhappy tuning news. 




Saturday 4 May 2024

New Workshop and Player Piano Restoration

Hi guys. Sorry for the silence, we've mostly moved over to YouTube now - you can find us on the Kigali Keys channel. Here's what we've been up to lately.



Friday 23 February 2024

Restringing at the Music School


We've been doing a bit of restringing for our local Community Music School. They're a fabulous place that offer free lessons to local kids who wouldn't otherwise be able to learn music. If you're living in Kigali, check them out.





Wednesday 7 February 2024

Assessing a Broken Vintage Piano in Bugesera



Took a drive out to Bugesera, about 40 minutes outside Kigali, earlier this year. Struggling to date this unbranded piano, but happy to help restore it.