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A typical Japanese home where most of our pianos come from.   After children grow up and move away, the unit is no longer being used.  Thus, private individuals sell their pianos for restoration

How A Piano Immigrates From Japan To The US

HOW KeyArts CONNECTS WITH JAPANESE FAMILIES

The piano is taken to the factory in Osaka.  Here trained technicians begin the process of refinishing and reconditioning  the pianos.

Expert care is taken while the fragile action pieces are being repaired or replaced.

Each key is assessed and extracted.  Key tops and fronts are replaced as necessarry

Polishing of keys and brass fixtures is needed to bring back that like-new look.

Beautifully restored action!

Meanwhile, the piano cabinet undergoes repair work for pits, dents and scratches.  afterward, the entire cabinet is stripped and refinished in the original polyester finish.

Repair work is performed on all other moving parts including pedals and hinges.  Also, great care is taken to ensure that all screws and bolts are in good working condition.

All pianos are buffed and polished to their original glossy finish and final tuning and regulation steps are performed.   This brings the piano back to original factory standards and it becomes a "new" piano.

The above  piano is the final result of the painstaking process of restoration.  It is ready for shipping and another lifetime of use.

Pianos are shipped by container to North America.

Next stop is to a showroom for your selection.

Thanks for visiting the KeyArts website. Call for information.                                          C. Anthony Pessarra

Beautiful Kawai & Yamaha pianos, expertly restored find a home and purpose for American families.  Enjoy owning and playing one of these world class quality professional pianos at half the cost of new.

Mongolian Stewardship Fund

The overseas and stateside companies involved in the restoration and marketing of Kawai & Yamaha Professional Pianos believes that recycling helps ensure the availability and enjoyment of our planet's natural resources for future generations. Buying a large item such as a used piano and re-introducing it to another household is a perfect example of an ongoing commitment to save the environment. Through the process of refurbishing and reconditiong, unused instruments are continually saved from wasting away or ending up in landfills. A portion of the proceeds from every piano is donated to the Gobi Desert Stewardship Fund, a non-profit organization working to stop desertification in Mongolia. As a purchaser of either a Kawai or Yamaha piano, you help to keep the desert green.

Over the decades our business has grown tremendously.  KeyArts has evolved through several phases, from sales of older pianos, rebuilding & restoration to a dealership for Baldwin & Kawai. In recent years I have decided to specialize in just one area...high quality Kawai and Yamaha professional restored pianos, putting all my energy into making these wonderful instruments available. Thanks to our customers who support and cherish our philosophy reflecting our commitment to quality, customer satisfaction, product knowledge and the environment,  we can offer you this great selection of top quality professional instruments that will last a lifetime. It is my fond hope that a generation or more of music students will benefit from the purchase our customers make...so that long after KeyArts is no more and those students have grown into adulthood, someone may remeber how that   piano came into the family and who it was that provided it ....                                                                 C. Anthony Pessarra, owner KeyArts Yamaha-Kawai

One important step of the
process is to thoroughly inspect
and repair the action of each
piano.  Great care is taken to
remove the delicate action
components from the case for
repair.

Skilled hands file the hammers.