I did this for a while; I salvaged and accumulated parts for unusual or obsolete piano designs. Now I have a shop full of unneeded old parts.
The majority of my business is newer pianos or very old uprights and those seem to be so wide-ranging that finding exact replacement parts might be beyond practicality.
I suspect that the odd-ball spinets and strange uprights, at least in my territory have long been sent to piano Valhalla without my approval. I have taken to burning old upright and spinet parts for my back-yard fire pit on cold nights.
I do recommend salvaging large wood screws and perhaps a sample of any unusual flange or action screws, certainly a few sample parts of unusual design. Hinges, hinge screws and case parts are valuable. Even pedals can accumulate unnecessarily though.
The value of an old spinet these days is so low that most owners are discarding many of them before calling a technician (at least in my area, YMMV).
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Blaine Hebert
Duarte CA
626-795-5170
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-08-2018 17:37
From: Cobrun Sells
Subject: Save Parts?
I have two spinets that are done being pianos. I researched on this community what parts to save, but I thought I'd ask again just in case anyone has any further thoughts. The bench is pretty good, so I'll keep that, I've saved loads of screws already. I still have the action and keyframe assembly (with keys) still intact. I've saved the pins which look good when made into wind chimes or a mobile (almost like wind chimes). What parts of the piano should I keep if I were to need them? What parts should I throw out?
Thank you.
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Cobrun Sells
C.J. Piano Tuner
www.cjtuner.com
cobrun94@yahoo.com
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