Introduction

This blog is dedicated to recording the progress of partial restoration to my Apollo baby grand piano. I purchased the Apollo in the spring of 2009 for $200 from an ad on Craigslist, mostly on a whim. The piano had already been waiting in a woodshop to be restored, but the shop had been foreclosed on and the Apollo forgotten. The man who had later purchased the shop explained that the piano's original owner information was unattainable and that he wanted it gone ASAP.

The Apollo certainly wasn't much to look at especially being partially disassembled, but sounded great and was in overall excellent working condition. The man didn't seem to think his piano was worth much save his big selling point - the grand piano dolly. He explained that the dolly was worth a whopping $400, but he would sell it to me for half price. I did not argue nor try bargaining, it was already a steal. I paid him cash, and with a little help, came to pick the piano and dolly up within the following days.