I just made a new bottom board for a 20 year old Kimball studio (water damaged) from the bottom board I had saved from an old upright. Solid red oak and strong as steel - one run through the planer and it looks like new! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Mulik" <tubist@swbell.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 10:28 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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