Upright parts salvage

[gordon stelter]

If you are at all environmentally concious, knock out
the keyleads and donate to the used wheel-weight bin
at your local tire store.
    Thump

--- Dave Nereson <davner@kaosol.net> wrote:
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Paul Mulik 
>   To: pianotech@ptg.org 
>   Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 8:28 AM
>   Subject: Upright parts salvage
> 
> 
>   Hello list,
> 
>   When disposing of an old worthless piano, what
> parts are worth saving?  I've
>   got an old clunker of an upright that a relative
> dropped off at my house
>   when I was out of town for the day (wasn't that
> nice of him?  At least I
>   didn't have to help move it.)  This is one of
> those chopped-down "mirror"
>   jobs, with several coats of paint on it.
> 
>   I figured on saving the action, the pedals, and
> the casters.  Should I keep
>   anything else?  Naturally, if it had ivory keytops
> I would save them, but
>   this particular gem has all plastic keytops (I
> guess I'll save a few of the
>   sharps).  The person who dropped it off told me
> that the old keytops were
>   down inside the bottom of the cabinet, so I opened
> 'er up and sure enough
>   there they were, but they're plastic too.  Why
> anyone went to the expense of
>   putting new keytops on this thing remains a
> mystery.
> 
>   Paul Mulik
> 
> 
> 
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> 
>   The screws!  They don't make screws as well
> anymore.  Action parts aren't really worth saving
> except maybe a few for odd replacements, especially
> if they're a type that's no longer made.  But action
> hardware like damper lift rod hinges and action bolt
> nuts are worth saving.  Bottom boards, as Terry
> said, are worth saving if they're not split -- for
> replacing split ones on other pianos.  And pedals. 
> I save almost all the hardware, especially casters
> that still work OK.  Many times I have had to
> replace only one or two casters on an old upright. 
> But tuning pins, keys, key buttons, strings, capstan
> screws, keyframes, keypins are not worth keeping
> except for making homemade tools, gizmos, or other
> odd uses.  Some techs keeps an old keyframe as a
> rack when refinishing sharps.  Depends what you've
> got room for.  A store I worked for used an old
> upright carcass as a flower planter in front of the
> store.  You'll only get a few cents at a scrap metal
> yard for the plate.   --David Nereson, RPT   
> 


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