Upright Piano Gut
I had done a ton of research on ways to best house a stage keyboard. Time after time I kept coming back to a piano shell. I knew it was a daunting task and would’ve preferred to build one from scratch, but ultimately for the right look I knew we needed to gut an old upright. There were a lot of steps involved in this process so I’ll detail them below. 1. First step is to find a free piano from searching online or by someone you know who wants to get rid of theirs. The only issue will ultimately be the weight of the piano, so make sure you have the right group of people to help, and also a strong enough vehicle to move it. Here is a picture of the original piano I found which someone so kindly gave away for free. 2. Next step was to take out the piano keys and hardware as safely as we could. This part is actually pretty easy. Basically you will need to look for any screws holding the cover on, wiggle it out, then start deconstructing by pulling out all the keys, the piano bed, the hamm
