Yup, tears my heart out. A well used Baldwin that nobody wants and nobody plays any more. Gonna repurpose what I can.
Knocking a piano in the head
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It's sad, really. It's rare these days to see kids taking piano lessons anymore. I always wanted to.
The cool thing is that electrics can duplicate all kinds of instruments all in one. My niece is gifted. So beautiful to listen to hear her play.
Yes they can......BUT, if you have a good ear for music, you can tell the difference.
Just to do a little harping... lol My niece can play the piano backwards. Its amazing.
My sister used to be that good, but she never plays anymore. Sad.
We have a beautiful old mahogany upright. A 1909 Price and Teeple. Made in Chicago. It need some work and tuning. Finding someone to fix and tune it will cost upwards of $1000 we found out. The wife plays and asked for a keyboard last Christmas. Lauren and I wouldn't mind plinking around on one either. Next Christmas there will be one here.
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I took piano lessons for years. I was never really good, probably cause I hated it. I haven't played in forty years...... but the piano is still here.
I've tried to find a home for it. We bought it for my wife and kids enjoyed it but those days are over. I really like the stringed part. not sure what you call it but it is all very artful.
enjoyed it
I took piano lessons as a kid, I still practice the finger exercises 60 plus years later. They help a lot with hand/eye coordination and manual dexterity.
The soundboard.
Ours collects a lot of junk and dust. It is a beautiful.old piece though.
Mama had a Betsy Ross Spinet, made by Lester. She sure could play it, too. I had it for a time and gave it to my sister. It's one of the hardest ones to keep in tune. It's an upright, but it's a short upright, so the frame isn't very long and those are tougher to keep in tune than a full upright or a grand. It needs work on it now, but at least it's still in the family.
That is beautiful. There is no way I could knock that one in the head.
I know that's why it still sets in the library.
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Earlier this year I helped the Pops in Law cut the upright Piano into several pieces to get it out of their living room after none on the Grandkids would come get it after saying they wanted it for 10 years. It was a shame but I will never lift another one, Been there and done that.
The old uprights are easy to take apart. I can have mine in managable pieces in a half hour or less. Lots of big pieces of wood screwed together .
I've got a big early 1916 Krell that's going to donate its heavy oak timbers to a workbench solid enough to rebuild a Cummins Diesel
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When Pops In Law has something in mind He is a 78 year old freight train.
He had sawzalls and he cut all the strings with fencing pliers..
I just carried parts outside and stood back so not to loose an eye.
It was the end of the road for that keyboard and He made sure of it.
He had sawzalls and he cut all the strings with fencing pliers..
I just carried parts outside and stood back so not to loose an eye.
It was the end of the road for that keyboard and He made sure of it.
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I have seen some pretty handsome bars as well as Gun cabinets made out of them.
Id like to keep and display the sound board. I'm not too sure that is the right terminology because it is not a board.
Pops and I are very tempted to hang the cast iron bed plate up in an old swing set with various “wind driven items” to make what must be the most annoying set of wind chimes in human history.
They are a fascinating piece of engineering.
My wife and daughter both play. They wanted the piano moved upstairs this winter so we got estimates and it was $300-$500! Nope-not for a piano that was free! So, we bought a keyboard for upstairs instead.
Smart move!
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