>It is amazing. We have no trouble seeing an auto that is worn out and a >wreck go to that great scrap yard in the sky but shed tears over a piano >that for $3000.00 can be made into a good $500.00 instrument. Who would want >to save a Yugo with 100,000 miles on it that 3 teenage boys had learned how >to drive on. > >Save the action, keys and pedal parts, if you have the room. Save 1 set of >ends to use for backing blocks to use to reglue end case veneer and maybe a >post or 2 if they are good wood and you can cut pieces out of them some time >in the future. If the legs, front board, fall board, etc are decorative you >might be able to sell them to an antique dealer. Then take it apart if this >is your first junking. You can learn a lot about how the case is constructed >that will help you in future case repairs. There is a lot of good fire wood >if you have a fire place. Recycle the metal parts you don't want. You can >get rid of a lot of aggression if you pretend the piano belongs to your >customer from hell (we all have at least one of these customers) and use a >heavy sledge hammer. > >John Dewey Aw come on now John, it may not be all BTU potential. The back posts can be used to good effect as auxiliary braces in rebuilds/redesigns of worthy grands. Wouldn't want to waste good resources, after all. Ron N
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