Author Topic: Wondering what to do with your old upright piano?  (Read 235 times)

gtrguy

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Wondering what to do with your old upright piano?
« on: November 15, 2020, 11:18:30 AM »
Wondering what to do with your old upright piano? Why, you make a 'piano bar' out of it!
I just saw this on CL in nashville and thought it was cute.

elwoodblue

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Re: Wondering what to do with your old upright piano?
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2020, 11:51:16 AM »
That's awesome!


I'm considering taking a little spinet apart.
It'll be much lighter without all that wood  :D

sonicus

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Re: Wondering what to do with your old upright piano?
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2020, 02:15:14 PM »
 " Prepared Piano " modified with tacks on the hammers , perhaps ?

cozmik_cowboy

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Re: Wondering what to do with your old upright piano?
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2020, 03:37:40 PM »
Based on what I'm seeing on Austin City Limits, Bluegrass Underground, etc., it seems to be a thing among keyboardists these days to gut a piano & use it as a stand for an electronic keyboard.


I think I like the bar better.


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Re: Wondering what to do with your old upright piano?
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2020, 03:58:28 PM »
I like the seller’s taste in scotch!

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Re: Wondering what to do with your old upright piano?
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2020, 10:01:08 PM »
I hope it’s only sitting in a workshop area because it was built there. Scotch and using power equipment don’t typically go well together :)

lbpesq

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Re: Wondering what to do with your old upright piano?
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2020, 10:37:18 PM »
It depends on the order in which they are used.

hehehehe

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Re: Wondering what to do with your old upright piano?
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2020, 01:14:54 AM »
scotch first?

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Re: Wondering what to do with your old upright piano?
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2020, 04:39:53 AM »
"Remember, our shop policy is 'Safety Third' !"
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Re: Wondering what to do with your old upright piano?
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2020, 09:35:11 AM »
They found what to do - a pub in Dorchester, UK
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Re: Wondering what to do with your old upright piano?
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2020, 01:54:22 AM »
When I was a kid, every home had a spinet 'furniture' piano.  It's just what folks had in their living room, and dreadfully, I'd get cajoled into playing these beasts which were never tuned since they were delivered.  I guess for 'Alley Cat' or Baptist hymns they were alright, but it made me crazy.  So every one of these that can get turned into other USEFUL ends is just FINE with me, I suppose you can't barge them all out to deep water . . . .

While we're at it, as a piano traditionalist, I'd have to say that for most folks, you'd be crazy to buy something like that anymore, digital pianos have gotten really, really good.  If you are willing to make the spend for a proper studio or some size grand and willing to do the proper upkeep, and have the income for it, go for it, nothing replaces the real thing.  But otherwise, as hard as it is for me to admit it, there are great digital pianos today that are essentially maintenance free and several multiples cheaper than a GOOD piano.  And they're marriage savers:  No headphone jack on a Steinway . . . . .