Junking 1st Piano Problem

[Ron Nossaman]

>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