Restoring older instruments presents many challenges, the greatest of these is to restore the tone.

Phil has developed his own method of restoring the crown on the soundboard which  restores the original tone of the piano.

This was highlighted by Fu Ts’ong when he congratulated Phil on the rebuilding of Alexandra  Zoltowska’s Steinway D concert grand

To produce the tone, the action needs to respond to every nuance of touch.

Phil’s action restoration work has gained accolades from Julious Drake, Frank Wibaut, Fu Ts’ong and all whom have played the Bosendorfer piano’s at the Royal  Concert Hall, where he has rebuilt the action’s on both pianos.

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