Some people are so clever.

Are the keys ivory?

I admire the workmanship.

Looks like a wine rack in the bottom?

LS-6 said:

Are the keys ivory?

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I would think so, it was an old player piano.

The bar was made from the rest of the piano. The wine
rack on the bottom.

Need to stock the wine rack with a few bottles for starters. :wink2:

Looks really nice! Now I know what to do if I ever run across an old piano that somebodies getting rid of.



Retired guy from Southern Manitoba, Canada.

I like that!

And now I'm kicking myself for not taking my great grandmother's old piano. It was also beyond repair. I love that shelf.

Yes, very clever and creative.

timkoupe said:

And now I'm kicking myself for not taking my great grandmother's old piano. It was also beyond repair. I love that shelf.

Yes, very clever and creative.

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Yes, me too...We couldn’t keep my guy’s Dad’s piano. We already had a piano
and there was no way we could get his piano down our basement.

Taking the keys and making a shelf like this would have created another
creative piece of memorabilia - and his Dad would have been tickled pink.:yes:

LS-6 said:

Looks like a wine rack in the bottom?

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Looks great LS-6 Find out where it is and I'll go visit when he gets it filled......:wink2::vs_laugh: NY isn't that far for GOOD wine..........

I saw one in a used furniture store, someone made the piano in to a ladies make up table with mirrors and lights.

Nealtw said:

I saw one in a used furniture store, someone made the piano in to a ladies make up table with mirrors and lights.

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A pianity!

I guess making over pianos is a thing.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=conv...Ig&ei=vcpXXv7iPNW5-gSPuIDQCw&bih=502&biw=1093

Nealtw said:

I guess making over pianos is a thing.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=conv...Ig&ei=vcpXXv7iPNW5-gSPuIDQCw&bih=502&biw=1093

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It seems many don't want old large pieces of furniture, don't play or don't have room. We pretty much gave away the father-in-laws baby grand. We used to have a pump organ from an old church but no longer had the room for it a sold it for a song (pun intended).
A lot of new urban homes, be they detached or condos, simply don't have the space anymore. Trying to sell or even give away a traditional dining room suite around here is just about impossible.

A beautiful homage to the days of our ancestors who threw out nothing and instead repaired or re-purposed what they had..., a lesson sorely lacking in today's society.

I'm backwards apparently, I've always wanted a baby grand.

Mystriss said:

I'm backwards apparently, I've always wanted a baby grand.

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They can be expensive to buy but when you want to sell one, you can't find a buyer and nearly have to give it away.

Nealtw said:

They can be expensive to buy but when you want to sell one, you can't find a buyer and nearly have to give it away.

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I can't imagine selling it personally so I'm alright with the consequences :vs_laugh:

Also, I'm buying!