Repurposing an old piano is a creative way to get rid of your old boring piano. A piano is one of those objects that you don`t want to throw them unless it is old and broken. But we have a better idea for you. Even if this idea seems impossible, those extravagant and surprising projects prove the opposite. You can redesign and turn it into a whole new object with a new meaning.
You can redesign and turn it into a whole new object with a new meaning. An old wood piano can be converted into computer desk, bookshelves, library shelf, piano-bar or interesting workbench. But if you want more extraordinary style you can make in your garden a decor masterpiece such as piano fountain or piano planter.
Take a look at those examples and find the right solution for your old piano.
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This is wasteful and sad. Old pianos can be restored by skilled craftsmen, and they are often beautiful and important objects from social and cultural history. If you have an old piano lying around and you don't want to play it, call a licensed piano technician or restoration specialist. They might have a real use for it and may even take it off your hands for free. There are also plenty of young piano students and families who cannot afford a piano, stuck with cheap plastic keyboards, who would love to have a real instrument in their homes. Don't waste an instrument that others worked so hard to build. Pianos are not throwaway objects. They take a serious investment of time and labor to produce. If you value acoustic music and real musicians, and the craftsmen who are dedicated to creating these instruments, please consider this.
This is not wasteful and sad. I tried to give away the old upright we "inherited" with our house, and no one wanted it. It's expensive to refurbish a piano into working condition, and it's expensive to have one moved as well. If a family can't afford a piano, they won't be able to afford the refurbishing and moving. I contacted several piano collectors, sellers, refurbishers, etc., and our piano was of no value at all. There were thousands and thousands of pianos made between the 1850s and World War II, and only a handful are of any real "value". Repurposing a piano is, well, a good thing!
Most of those are horrifying! A piano is a piece of furniture and does not belong outside. In most of these examples, people just stuck plants in them because they couldn't figure out what else to do. More horrifying were those who made their old pianos into fountains! Wood and water do not mix this way! A few were not bad--those that respected the wood and the artistry it took to fashion the original instrument were able to craft wall-hanging bookshelves that have an artistic appeal of their own. I purchased an old upright piano that someone had (shudder) painted with exterior house paint, but which has beautiful craftsmanship underneath. Although another commenter here is correct in stating that old pianos usually don't have any monetary value, their cultural and artistic value belies that. I came here looking for ideas for genuine repurposing that would respect the instrument while making something new and beautiful. Very few of the examples here do that, so I will keep looking.