Piano demo and repurpose

[@howardsilver8396]

The tension on the strings is a significant safety factor, increased once the screws are removed from the sound board. if unwilling to loose the strings, a grinder cutting blade takes less than one minute to safely cut them all. Just stay out of the way as the spring off. Just took one apart. Now trying to figure out how to cut the harp. One hour of Saws all time and new blades, has not cut one support section! Grinder will be next, then heat and cold water with sludge hammer assist! Any suggestions, this has been a one person job, to include hauling it up stairs into the truck. 300 Lbs is just over my comfortable lifting weight!!

[@dannywayne311]

This was a great instructional, tons of mistakes to be made while learning the way through the process, we’ve all been there thanks for Sharing, regards from Gotham

[@jloney]

Thank you for commenting

[@dannywayne311]

@@jloney absolutely, keep up cycling my friend, are you still working on projects?

[@beewardrobe]

nice -- but the most important part -- how did u dismantle the sound board?

[@jloney]

I don't think I did. I threw it all away and just kept the case

[@jacksonjacob7791]

At 1:17 you can see a pin/bolt sticking out vertically. Did you hammer those out from the bottom of the piano? Thanks

[@jloney]

I see what you are referring to but I honestly do not remember. I don't think so. I'm fairly certain I did not access anything from the bottom. Too heavy.

[@jacksonjacob7791]

@@jloney perhaps saying under the piano itself was incorrect. I slowed the video down at a certain point. It looks like it disappears after you go under the part of the piano where the keys were. I can't figure out how to safely remove these bolts which are blocking some side screws that are holding other components into place. Edit: I figured out how to get around it. Turns out it's all much ado about nothing. Thanks for the helpful video.

[@arronhartley2606]

I've taken apart probably 10 in a year and a drum key on a ratchet or drill still rakes quite a while

[@jloney]

Great idea. Thanks

[@Landruman2002]

i'm curious what you did with the piano parts. I did this to a piano also. I'm looking for creative ideas of what to build with all my piano pieces. Any video footage of what you were able to use the wood for ?

[@jloney]

i ready need to make video about that. I made it into a shelving unit in my garage and very happy with it. i'm just embarrassed to show my messy garage

[@dannytriplett8625]

@@jloney I'm doing the same thing now with an old piano. I plan on using the 100year old wood to make a guitar. Nice video

[@jloney]

@@dannytriplett8625 sounds awesome. Thanks for commenting

[@haroldclark4485]

Thanks for the great video. I'm about to do same and you saved me some time for sure! I'll go to your home page to see how the shelves came out.

[@jloney]

Unfortunately I never made the video. But I did put up a shelf

[@shiftrk1255]

I remodeled mine into a bar. I used a 1/4 inch extension chucked up in a drill to remove the pegs.

[@jloney]

Nice work. I tried that but it was not easy. You must have more patient. Thanks for commenting

[@ioranaaloha4676]

Here in the same situation! Thank you for helping me

[@jloney]

Thanks for commenting. Good luck

[@nickdryad]

The most valuable part of the piano is the spruce soundboard. Sitka spruce is getting very rare.

[@kpbattlesword6062]

Just tore up my neighbors abandoned one. Ryobi impact driver with a huge flathead was awesome! Unfortunately my harp’s tuning pegs were in the soundboard wood not the harp. Had to cut the strings.

[@jloney]

Good work. Thanks for commenting

[@nullsmack]

I'm curious about how heavy the string board was? Is it heavy from the metal bits or is the wood part of it heavier?

[@jloney]

The metal is cast iron and it is very heavy. Well over 100kg

[@shaunloney8201]

Great video! Entertaining.

[@jloney]

It is an honour to entertain such esteemed company

[@walkthroughvideos8916]

couple of qiestions I cant get the lid off. Is it glued?

[@jloney]

You may need a bigger hammer

[@douglas60040]

Awesome vid...keeping it real-ish. You should get more stuff to dismantle. ✌️😎👍

[@jloney]

Thanks for the great comments.

[@davidcrowson4745]

Great video 👍

[@jloney]

Thanks for the nice comment

[@davidcrowson4745]

@@jloney I have to trash out an apartment next week and there's a piano upstairs just wanted to see if there were any videos that would help me take it apart you did a good and love the sense of humor

[@Godeseternal1]

We have an old piano that no one plays/bangs on any more. You can't give em away. I'll burn it and scrap the sound board. The piano probably weighs around 400 lbs., just a guess. We have two more pianos, smaller ones.

[@jloney]

Thank you for commenting

[@MrSumgi]

If you remove the screws from the sound board, it could literaly explode and remove fingers, windows, and possible worse.

[@jloney]

Great tip

[@girlwalking9908]

hehe love the commentary, nice dancing!

[@jloney]

Thanks for the nice comments

[@doyrayburn2668]

Lmao...those cast iron harps go about 300 - 350 lbs on the baby or upright grands. You got lucky hehe.

[@jloney]

Do as I say not as I do. Thanks for commenting

[@tumbleweed1976]

My turn to do the same. No one wanted and I don’t blame them.

[@jloney]

Thanks for commenting

[@ajdann02]

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