I have a question about a piano I hope you could help with. The house I live in came with a piano in the basement when we bought it. I'd finally like to get rid of it. It's a tall upright (Baus is the brand) in terrible shape. The wood and pedals have water damage, many keys don't work, and it sounds terrible. So I really just need to get rid of it. I called the two local piano movers. One wouldn't take it for disposal. The other will move it and take it to the dump, but they want $250. If that's what it costs I'll pay it, but it made me consider other alternatives. I took a look inside and it doesn't look like it would be that hard to dissasemble with a combination of a screwdriver, crowbar, sledge hammer, etc. If I did so I could carry it upstairs in pieces, and have it hauled off with some other things. However, I know the strings are under heavy tension so I suspect I don't want to go after those this way. What I'm wondering is whether 1) you think disassembling is even a good idea; and 2) if yes, can I just detach the soundboard/strings from the wood backing and leave it in one piece safely? I could probably reuse some of the wood for other projects, so that would be a benefit to the disassembly method as well. Any other suggestions are appreciated. thanks!
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