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Title: Bramton London Upright Piano
Post by: choody on November 07, 2015, 06:50:35 PM

Hello,
based in UK how much could I sell it for?

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Title: Re: Bramton London Upright Piano
Post by: KC on November 07, 2015, 08:36:33 PM

Hi!

I am not sure what they will sell for in the UK but here in the US the uprights don't sell for very much.  Depending on who made it can make a matter of dollars.  Can you look inside the top/back and the name of the maker should be on the metal plate and tell us who it is?  Does it have the original ivory keys?  What shape are they in?

Many people are buying them to 1) play the piano, 2) turn into :  bookcases, bars, aquariums, desks, Hideaway beds, etc.  I have even seen a baby grand made into a garden planter with water flowing over the keys!  :O

Title: Re: Bramton London Upright Piano
Post by: mart on November 08, 2015, 04:33:09 AM

Here in the U.S. its hard to give them away much less sell them except as projects to turn them into something else like KC said !!  They make nice bars though !!

Title: Re: Bramton London Upright Piano
Post by: cogar on November 08, 2015, 06:00:21 AM

Anyone that is a “fixer-upper”, restorer, renovator, etc., can dismantle an old piano and salvage a “ton” of hard-to-find hardware (wood screws, hinges, etc.) of all different sizes …. as well as wood “panels” that can be re-purposed for other projects.

If one is refurbishing an antique ..... they can't go to a "local" store and purchase replacement wood screws.

Title: Re: Bramton London Upright Piano
Post by: ghopper1924 on November 09, 2015, 06:34:37 PM

KC and Mart are right. In the US you can hardly give them away.

Title: Re: Bramton London Upright Piano
Post by: Jlsherf on December 09, 2015, 07:47:36 AM

Yes I fell victim to this!  Had to give mine away to get rid of it!  Its sad but oh so true.