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Title: Piano piece
Post by: ZigZaggin on April 21, 2013, 08:27:42 PM

Old piano piece.   Im thinking of scrapping it.  Thought I'd check to see if it has any value before I do?

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: bigwull on April 22, 2013, 02:18:34 AM

looking at it...is it made of metal,..can,t see it having any value,piano,wise...but it would make..with a little tweaking..and nice wall hung sculpture....

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: ghopper1924 on April 22, 2013, 05:26:54 AM

Overall, I'd say scrap is your best bet.

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: cogar on April 22, 2013, 05:42:20 AM

Quote from: bigwull on April 22, 2013, 02:18:34 AM

...but it would make..with a little tweaking..and nice wall hung sculpture....

Your kidding of course, ........ a 200 pound wall sculpture? ;D ;D

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: bigwull on April 22, 2013, 05:50:51 AM

Nope!!not kidding...if this is made of metal, then it could be cut diagonally from top right down and the lower section hung,...i,ve seen similar things over her, billed as contemporary Art...with big buck values...

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: ZigZaggin on April 22, 2013, 06:47:14 AM

Thanks everyone for the replies...  and a lil bit of humor!   Funny about the wall sculpture.  Looks i'll be recycling some old metal.  It is ferous (a magnet will stick to it) and yes it weighs around 200 lbs,

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: cogar on April 22, 2013, 10:59:48 AM

Yepper, its cast iron. Has to be, otherwise the tension of the piano wire would collapse it.

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: mart on April 22, 2013, 11:33:03 AM

Scrap yard !!!!

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: bigwull on April 22, 2013, 12:13:40 PM

Wall!!...in years to come..he,,ll thank me for putting him  in the right direction...and his  grandsprogs  can tell there sprogs,..."a mad Scotsman told grandpappy..to put that there" ;D....

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: Rauville on April 22, 2013, 12:57:06 PM

I agree with Bigwull...Once pieces like this hit the scrapyard, they are gone forever. You couldn't afford to hire someone to take a piano apart for what you would get in old iron price. I can visualize this as decorative art in a roadhouse along the way someplace. :)

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: bigwull on April 22, 2013, 01:22:05 PM

Yes I can see this hanging on a wall, with perhaps, a little plaque..saying..."One slightly distorted Baby Grand Piano"...something akin to Mike Oldfield, .."slightly distorted guitar" ;D

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: ghopper1924 on April 22, 2013, 01:39:39 PM

"Tubular Bells!"

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: bigwull on April 22, 2013, 01:58:05 PM

Yes its some Album...and to think he was only 19 went he did it....i love the speed of the music in the finale....Awesome.. .

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: KC on April 22, 2013, 07:00:36 PM

I have seem them made into wall hangings, really cool tables, garden art, etc.

Title: Re: Piano piece
Post by: bigwull on April 23, 2013, 03:14:49 AM

Quote from: mart on April 22, 2013, 11:33:03 AM

Scrap yard !!!!

Care to re-assess...your line of thought.... ;D.