Subj : Running on NiMH here
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Mar 20 2021 10:20:00

Hello Shawn!

** On Sunday 14.03.21 - 07:59, you wrote to me:

 AA>> I have an old upright oak piano, never tuned for over 20
 AA>> years and never played (primarily by me) for as long.
 AA>> Maybe easier to rip that apart for wood than to try an
 AA>> move it out of the house.

 SH>   It probably would be easier yes.  The trick to get rid of
 SH>   it is to find someone to take it for free if they move
 SH>   it.  That's how mom got rid of hers.

The problem is that there seems to be no local market for these  
beasts.  Even one local church has THREE old uprights in  
storage!  So, even if I offered it up for free, there would be  
no takers in my neighborhood.

Another thing.. the piano was maneuvered into the house BEFORE  
the front door and frame and walls were completed. We could go  
through the front ground-floor door, up one flight of stairs and  
straight through an internal wall (before all the 2x4's where  
inserted) and reach the living room area.  Now, it would be  
nearly impossible to extract the piano via the front doorway.  
One other way might be straight out the 8x10' sliding glass  
door, but then there would be a 12 foot drop to worry about.

The sound board is interesting to look at though. When I played  
it, I would often lift off the front panel so that I could watch  
the hammers strike the strings.  It sounded louder that way too.

The sound board could look cool as a piece of wall art.

Based on the non uniform colouring, the keys in my particular  
piano appear to be genuine ivory too.  :/   Perhaps I can  
repurpose the keys into an art piece as way to honour the  
proboscidea that made its contribution.

Yeah... I'll probably strip it down, salvage what I think looks  
interesting, smash and burn the rest.

I even have an old worn-out fold-out sofa bed. It's heavy as  
hell. There's no way I can get that out of the house all by  
myself either. That's another one I've imagined needs to be  
taken apart metal-piece by piece.
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  ../|ug

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