DIY Piano Bar: Upcycled Upright Piano Build

[@aaronfrechen7201]

We have an old piano that my brothers and I are going to convert into a bar, but a multipurpose one. Not just for holding wine, but also for holding glasses for things, a few types of liquors, a place where you can mix drinks, and even maybe a tap with a couple mini kegs in it. But this is really cool as well!

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

Great idea! My buddy made one with a kegerator, and I built another one for more that’s more like what you described.

[@maricruzmendez2446]

this is by far the best upcycled piano project i've seen!!. Great job !!!

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

+Maricruz Mendez thanks!

[@GSGGage]

Great job. A piece of junk turned into a work of art with a valuable function.

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

David Harris thanks Dad.

[@calleeharris4182]

Love the completed video! I look forward to the next piano bar project you bring home.

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

Callee Harris thanks sweetie, me too!

[@GPWoodworks]

That is a great project man! I really like seeing the guts of the piano. Very cool!

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

GP Woodworks thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@sgsax]

Cool upcycle. Pianos are frequently made from high-quality wood. Hopefully you got some good scraps from the leftovers.

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

+Seth Galitzer thanks! I didn't have many scraps left over from this because I reused the wood as much as I could in the project. The shelves and wine rack are all from stuff I took off the piano. But you're right, lots of oak and poplar.

[@Itsthatoneguy371]

Getting ready to do this with an old player piano. Looking at a lot of ideas. This is really cool! The music kept dropping out, was that just me?

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

Nah.. this was one of my first videos and I think they made me remove the music.

[@Itsthatoneguy371]

@@YouCanMakeThisToo you would think they would like the exposure?! I don’t understand that.

[@orlandoexporters949]

Me seeing the title "DYI Piano Bar" \o/ ..... Me after watching it: : ( .... Dude, you just made it impossible!!!

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

Sorry :/

[@fermanyoder5427]

I have a client wanting me to convert their old upright piano to a bar and wants a estimate. Do you have any idea what you would charge for this with labor and materials or how many hours labor is involved?

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

There's only a few hundred bucks in material. I probably spent about 20-30 hours on the project.

[@Itsthatoneguy371]

How much is your time worth? $50-$75 an hour. This is custom work you will be doing so don’t be afraid to go big!

[@DrBlues76]

How tall is the piano total?

[@eddiehockey14]

I’m working on one of these and I find talking is enough vibration to shake the strings and make a sound, did you do something to prevent this?

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

Mine isn't like that.. I suspect if you loose the strings it'd fix it though.

[@eddiehockey14]

I’d like to keep them though for the look! Did you mean loosen?

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

Yep! My bad. Loosen. No lose. Whoops

[@NYPAULY1]

I like the build very much but would have removed the sound board aka harp. Yes it's attractive but the weight of this thing still must be too much.

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

+Paul St George it is very heavy. I think that's a personal thing. To me the weight is worth it, otherwise it would just be a piano shaped cabinet. Besides, it's not the type of furniture you would move frequently and the weight makes it stable.

[@terrywilson1813]

What name brand lights did you use I want to use these on my piano project

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

I added a link in the description for you to the ones I used for this.

[@terrywilson1813]

YouCanMakeThisToo cool thanks I can't wait to try these

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

+Terry Wilson you're welcome! Let me know how they turn out for you.

[@terrywilson1813]

YouCanMakeThisToo I'll do it

[@korumann]

Personally I hate the Idea, I think the piano should have been restored, your execution was pretty great though.

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

Thanks! I get that, but there's a reason there's so many old pianos for free hanging around - I've done a few of these and never paid for one. Sad reality is its repurpose or landfill.

[@pieter-matthijsbolt9750]

If this is the second piano bar then where can we find the first one? :p

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

+Pieter-Matthijs Bolt in my living room! But don't go looking, that would be creepy.

[@belladonna771]

Варварство 🙈 если нельзя было отреставрировать как инструмент-то да, вдохнули в вещь вторую жизнь. Что поделать☹

[@HSkraekelig]

Interesting repurposing of a piano. Poor old thing. On a purely technical note, the music level is much higher than your voice, so every time you spoke, I had to stop the video and turn up the sound, then why it cuts back to music, turn it back down again. Picky, I know, but I thought you'd like to hear about it.

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

Thanks, I appreciate the feedback. I'll make sure to check that next time, definitely don't want to viewers to have to mess with the volume.

[@georgequalls5043]

It would be better without the annoying off and on and off and on background noise.

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

Sadly too late to change that, hope you otherwise enjoyed it or took away something though.

[@VuTunes]

The strings😢 and keys 😢

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

Yes, very sad