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Many churches who have not had their pews refinished with modern refinishing materials have suffered severe finish damage due to Covid-19 sanitization practices. The Keck Group realizes that most churches with older wooden pews will need to be refinished as a result. Therefore, we are beginning to schedule the refinishing work at this time! Jump…

Old wooden church pews are a valuable asset to a church sanctuary and provide effective communal seating for a tight-knit congregation. If you’re responsible for cleaning the wooden church pews, especially during seasons when sickness is prevalent, you may be wondering how to clean wooden church furniture. Use this guide to care for wooden church…

If you’re wondering whether it’s time to update your church sanctuary, the answer is likely yes. As one blogger for Christianity Today points out, churches renovate their building every 30 years on average — a remarkably long time when you consider how quickly styles change and how much wear a church can experience. 

Fortunately, in these surreal times, churches are beginning to realize it may be a good time to have their pews refinished!  Since they are closed down, when is a better time.  We just contracted two projects which will keep our crews busy through Easter, at which time we hope all of us will be back to…

Trinity Church Wall Street is an active Episcopal Parish that has been an integral part of New York’s history for more than three hundred years. The church has not undergone a major restoration project since the 1940s. Planning began in 2014 for the restoration project that would include all elements of the church property. This…

As the Christmas deadline nears for the installation of Pews and Wainscot, we have been busy finishing the new parts and beginning re-assembly. The mating of existing ends and backs with the new seats and supports has proved successful with the long and short pew version samples completed.  No matter how much time and effort…

St. John Church in Goshen New York, a welcome nearby project for a change after Boston, Virginia Beach, and multiple NY City projects, underwent a full renovation beginning in June and completed in early September. The Keck Group was chosen to restore the pews and install new kneelers, and the job came out perfect, as…

It’s been an exceptionally busy winter and spring as we move into our really busy summer months. The first of the year saw a grand beginning with the start of pew refinishing projects in four large churches, and continues with the following churches either just completed or now under way… St. Anne Church, Garden City…

The Keck Group has moved through the years from pew refinishers to pew restoration specialists as the need arises for ergonomic adjustments in pew design because of the increased size of church attendees. Many of the older church pews had flat seats, straight backs perpendicular to the seats and short seats.  Historically significant pews generally…

After 150 years, the Cathedral of the Holy Cross is undergoing a much needed restoration. Cardinal Sean O’Malley and Rector Msgr. Kevin O’Leary chose Baker Liturgical Arts of Plantville CT to partake in the historical restoration, who in turn contracted The Keck Group, also known as “The Cathedral Pew Restorers”, to do the complicated refinishing…

Once again, the busy month of August for end of summer installs, included the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Syracuse.With the close cooperation of Ed and Mike King, the installation was concluded in one week without a hitch.The original plan was to purchase new pews, but with our persuasion to have an existing pew refinished as…

The Keck Group is once again back at St. Patrick’s in 2017 employing a modern epoxy-based anchoring system.  Additionally, the Lady Chapel has been removed, as well as all of the South Transept Pews, to facilitate a heavy duty ramp from 51st street, through the south doors, across the nave, and up the stairs to the…