When working on a piano like a Steinway B, one really needs to only talk to rebuilders of the highest caliber with extensive rebuilding experience. ![]() This then brings in considerations about the condition of the pinblock, the soundboard, and the bridges. If you get into that part of the action, you really need to consider restringing the piano. This includes the dampers, felts, and the lift mechanism. The other part of the piano action is the damper or back-action. When I had this done on my Steinway B (1981 with Teflon) the bill was just under $8K US in the Midwest - as a reference ONLY. All of this really need to be replaces, reconditioned, and regulated at the same time. ![]() Often the keyboard components and action frame is referred to the action stack. So it depends on what parts of the action your talking about. ![]() When you do a job like this on a piano, it only makes the most economic sense to include other parts of the job depending on your situation condition of the piano. As someone else said, the parts themselves are not all that expensive. ![]() Steinway also used a lot of lead in the key sticks in that era in their approach to action geometry at the time. If the action on the 1975 Steinway B is original, it's a Telfon action.
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