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Permalink Reply by Greg Dow on January 16, 2016 at 5:51am

Haven't you heard the saying?. There's no such thing as a free piano. ;-)

I got my piano tuning pegs by walking into a piano repair shop and asking for some.  It cost me a few coffees for more than a dozen pegs.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Morris on January 16, 2016 at 6:40am

Lots of work hauling and tearing apart a piano. I did it once long ago and salvaged some real nice wood especially spruce from the soundboard. The bonus was it was an old one and had actual ebony and real ivory for the keys. Don't think I'd do it again unless I had a couple of younger backs to help with the whole thing. If you're up to the lifting and all it is a good source plus the wood has been "pre vibrated!" The cabinet is most likely plywood and veneer but the inner structure uses decent hardwood and, as I said, usually spruce for the soundboard.

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on January 16, 2016 at 9:21am

I moved on for the kids to play 10+ years ago so my back has healed.  I have a small trailer so if is on the ground floor it is not so bad.  But I would still want four capable people at least.

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Permalink Reply by Daryl on January 16, 2016 at 4:33pm

The piano I parted out yieled some nice pieces but sadley, most of the body was greenish poplar with a vaneer skin. I get a lot of "fillers" for between kitchen cabinents. Maple, oak, cherry, hickory. The shops start to get overrun and are happy to get rid of the excess for cheap. Some of them are 8 foot lengths.

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on January 17, 2016 at 2:11am

do you guys have double glazing companies?

if so why not ask them for old wooden doors.

I'm thinking of doing that here,most doors here are either mahogany or oak.

these doors get replace with plastic ones much easier to maintain so folks replace wooden doors for these.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=double+glaze+doors&oq=double+...

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