Repurposed piano

[Charlie E]

My dad was a Baptist minister. 50ish years ago he brought a discarded upright piano home from the country church he was pastoring and refurbished it. It stayed in my mom and dad's home till they passed away. Then my sister had it for awhile, but it's been stored in a garage for years now. My sister saw something similar to these somewhere and asked me if i could make her one of the key holders. I made her and her daughter the key holders and my son and daughter-in-law the one that says, "Love is the key." All the materials except for the text and the hangers came from the old piano. The little brass buttons are part of the key/hammer mechanism of the piano, called capstans.  Felt like my dad was smiling while I worked on them.   The chips on the keys were done by my mischievous son and nephew with a toy hammer. Maw Maw wasn't happy.   

Edited April 6, 2024 by Charlie E

[preprius]

very nice keyboards.

 

[Scrappile]

Great idea!  Awesome.

[Dave Monk]

I totally love it. 

[ChelCass]

Great idea and a great remembrance of your dad.

[TAIrving]

I sympathize with Maw Maw.  But that is a great idea and very well executed. 

[jerry walters]

Nicely done Charlie and what a great remembrance of your dad to be enjoyed by members of the family.  To use parts of the piano for making is wonderful.  Everyone gets a piece.  Again Charlie, nicely done.

Jerry

[Charlie E]

9 minutes ago, jerry walters said:

Nicely done Charlie and what a great remembrance of your dad to be enjoyed by members of the family.  To use parts of the piano for making is wonderful.  Everyone gets a piece.  Again Charlie, nicely done.

Jerry

Thanks Jerry! So glad my sister had the idea. Otherwise it would have wound up in a landfill someday. 

[rjweb]

Excellent craftsmanship, RJ

[wombatie]

What a great recycling idea, well done.
My grandmother had an upright piano that no one could play.  I just held junk under the lid where the keys were.  When she passed we took it outside and chopped it up for firewood, recycling was not a thing then. 

Marg

[MarieC]

Excellent idea!  Hopefully you can find another idea for the use of the other piano parts as well.  Great keepsake!

[Denny Knappen]

What a great way to repurpose.  Wonderful.

[OCtoolguy]

Well done! A very unique idea. Not many of us will be able to copy them. For sure!

[rdatelle]

What a great job you did Charlie. One way to keep the old memories alive.

[Hawk]

I will echo what others have said, that's a very cool idea, and great job!