RevRico
PowerDork
4/16/20 3:57 p.m.
Just spitballing an idea, nothing may come from it, but something may.
As mentioned in the mistake thread, my new house came with an old broken upright piano. Giving it away is an option, but there's free pianos on every corner it seems.
We've also been talking about getting a water dragon or a chameleon or other pet lizard.
I think you can see where I'm going.
How hard is it to gut an upright piano? Any safety things to keep in mind about the strings?
I'm thinking the foldy bit above the keys that lets the noise out could come off, cut out the internals visible there, and build a plexiglass terrarium in the hole. Maybe keep the top on to mount lights and heat too.
It's not super tall, maybe 24", but as wide as it is, would be good for a smaller reptile.
I have an extremely long list of E36 M3 that needs finished before I get into a leisure project as such, just wanted some input on the idea.
Tom Suddard
Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
4/16/20 4:03 p.m.
All I know is you should leave the strings in place so the lizard plays a tune whenever it moves around.
RevRico
PowerDork
4/17/20 4:47 p.m.
Here's some pics of the piano in question. I can't find or figure out any date codes or model numbers, something written on the cast iron bar across the top, and some old patent dates on some hardware.
In reply to RevRico :
That's cool. I see on my local CL people turning old uprights into home bars.
Mndsm
MegaDork
4/17/20 5:00 p.m.
While a really and truly doubt yours is one of the good ones, because that's not the way this E36 M3 works- you may want to contact some piano people before you put a lizard in it. I'm seeing similar pianos from the same manufacturer fetching upwards of 20k.
https://antiquepianoshop.com/online-museum/shoninger-old/
In reply to RevRico :
I agree, that's a pretty enough piano I think someone might actually pay for it.
RevRico
PowerDork
4/17/20 7:29 p.m.
In reply to Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) :
I would agree. Except fishing my phone out of it this afternoon I discovered it previously held mice. I don't even really want it in the house now, but I may still experiment with gutting it, piano wire and hinges can come in handy.
In reply to RevRico :
The soundboard can make a cool art/wall-hanging/thing too.
