Can You Scrap Pianos? - Page 2

was it a hammond? If so there is a small wire in them that is palladium. Make sure to get that wire.

Thanks PTS but I do not even see a brand name on it !!

Some of these older pianos are made from Walnut and include little to now pressed wood. Wood workers and customer furniture makers would love this stuff, I would think.

got one today fixin to smash will take pics and try to upload photos later with weights

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

was it a hammond? If so there is a small wire in them that is palladium. Make sure to get that wire.

How can you tell if a wire is palladium?

I just processed an old reel to reel and i was a little disappointed when all of the wires looked aluminum, but now i want to know for sure that they aren't something of more value.

I have dealt with a few, I ask for $20 to remove them and then it gets a good shove off the truck which helps soften them up nicely, any bothersome chunks go straight in the burn barrel..some old ones cough up some good brass. Happy bashing ( there are no woodshops left in my area..)

Pianos suck. unless you ger a real old one other wise it's just cast iron.

I've got an Organ. it works, im thinking about selling it as is. but the scrapper in me wants to gut it. the first thing I see when I open the lid is a huge mess of copper wire!

old player piano free on panama city craigs list

Originally Posted by NJSouth

Hey all... looking for advice or information from anyone who has scrapped a piano. Can you really do it first off?? There are tons of free pianos around here and I hear there are some nice and plentiful brass parts but not sure if its true. Getting stuck with a piano you don't want isn't much fun. Thanks for input

I wish we had made a video of the whole scrapping process, but we were so busy in our personal lives at the time we found this organ. BUT this video still give you a good idea what is in an organ and I have found piano's to have more steal weight to them. Hope this is useful:



Elena

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

was it a hammond? If so there is a small wire in them that is palladium. Make sure to get that wire.

I've found palladium in a lot of organs besides Hammond. when a key is depressed it makes contact with a very long wire, the palladium is on the key side a this business. It is the palladium wire from the key that makes contact with the wire.

The palladium wire is smaller in diameter than a human hair, about 1/4 inch long attached to every key mechanism near the end that comes into contact with those long wires., A sharp knife will peel them off.

A family heirloom, a great heavy best that becomes a burden to the heir could be your next jewel.

The old piano, before dismantling any old piano check out the harp plate to see who manufactured it, some brands are worth far more than scrap value.

For instance an old Steinway harp could fetch you anywhere from $500.00 upwards, here's is good place to sell your Steinway piano harps

I recently spoke with a fellow who told me an interesting story where a piano tuner came in to tune a two year old piano. Later that day when the owners retired for the evening they heard what sounded like a shotgun blast go off. Rushing downstairs to hear the piano strings still vibration, on opening the piano found the harp had a 1/4" crack running through it.

In this case the piano was still under warranty, but the point is had the warranty expired they would have been shopping for a replacement harp.

Just so everyone knows pianos are not that hard to scrap....If you are willing to deal with all the wood it is for sure worth it....A piano repair man in town gave me over 100 at one time and I made out like a bandit....LOL

okay well i guess i will see what happens , got one to scrap but didnt know if it was worth the effort

The piano is one of the most popular musical instruments in the world today. It is widely used in all types of musical genres. Thanks for sharing the video.

aalina, welcome to the forum. When you get a chance, please go to the introduction section and tell us a little about yourself. Thanks

Lots of great information here. Thanks to all for posting. I'll see about including piano recycling to my list of services. But i've got a tired back. So only if they drop it off at my shop.....we'll see how that works.