So. My parents have an old upright that is in good shape in our house. It's so old the keys are ivory.
They're having a hard time getting rid of it. Noone seems to want it and it's a shame to just cut it up and put it in the trash(my dad's idea)
So. My parents have an old upright that is in good shape in our house. It's so old the keys are ivory.
They're having a hard time getting rid of it. Noone seems to want it and it's a shame to just cut it up and put it in the trash(my dad's idea)
Put it in the yard and set it on fire.
Local school? Independent Music teacher? BFH?
Where is it located?
I almost bought one at the local thrift store this past week. $100. Name brand (I forget which, but name brand), nothing broken, not a scratch on it. Dr.Linda couldn't think of a place to put it and it's not as convenient as the electric keyboards.
I have been a little surprised by the number of free pianos on CL. 
The local museum probably has a few thousand sitting in storage somewhere. A full size piano is a thing that used to be in almost every home, and now they are just an ovesized pain in the ass.
I have one in my basement.
was that a Morris Marina? Bit thin on the ground this side of the pond. 
Good luck. We had a 100 year old beater piano. Our church has 2 student type uprights. I have a sweet 1960's Wurlitzer organ in my basement that is leaving via pieces soon.
You can't give them away. I've tried many times on Craigslist.
If you smash it up be careful, there's a lot of tension when all the strings are added together.
I'll take it! Free shipping, right? 
But seriously, there are people looking for free pianos. I have one that my little guy plays and I actually paid like a hundred bucks for it. You just need to "sell" it. Describe what a fine instrument it is, what fine shape it's in, and that you and three of your strongest friends will help them move it. Make them pick yours over all the other ones they can have by convincing them that yours is betterer.
But, yeah. Supply definitely exceeds demand at this point in time.
I have a Chickering baby grand player piano in my living room. I wish I didn't but it has been in the family since the 1910s. My mother offered it to us and DW wanted the heirloom, so here it sits. It plays not well and the player mechanism, though complete, hasn't functioned in my lifetime.
I would be happy if someone would take it away for free, but DW is convinced it is valuable. Sigh.
My dad cut our old one up a few years back.
Whatever you do, please do not donate it to a local bar/club/music venue. They will of course be happy to have it, but it will always be on the stage taking up too much space and zero bands will ever use it. They only people who will touch it will be the drunks who decide to entertain the happy hour crowd with a terrible Tom Waites impersonation or bad showtunes.
It might make a really cool fish tank / terrarium. Try marketing it that way.
In reply to Fueled by Caffeine :
There is a family in your neighborhood ( school district ) begging for it. Maybe Don’t have the resources to get it.
Find a music / piano Teacher and make the connection.
Organs and pianos are basically given away nowdays sadly.
Jumper K Balls (Trent) said:Whatever you do, please do not donate it to a local bar/club/music venue. They will of course be happy to have it, but it will always be on the stage taking up too much space and zero bands will ever use it. They only people who will touch it will be the drunks who decide to entertain the happy hour crowd with a terrible Tom Waites impersonation or bad showtunes.
Jazz / Country western bars will want it but they will put thumb tacks in the hammers and now you have a honky tonk piano.
Mini bar.
This was my friends answer:
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
I've gotta say, that little car fared a lot better than I would have imagined. I wonder how high the piano was when they let it go? I figured it would have folded the frame. If you cut the roof off that car, you could drive it away.
Simple. Build a catapult or trebuchet.
Fire is optional.
Didn't you watch cartoons as a kids? There were hundreds of ways to get rid of pianos and most involved dropping them out of a 10th story window onto somebody.
Does your city have a street piano program? Twin Cities has this https://www.mplsdowntown.com/pianos/ they or another group may take pianos. Vancouver has a street piano program, and at times the spirit of the player exceeds talent while others are quite good. From time to time a piano meets an unfortunate demise and a replacement may be needed.
Turn it into a bar.
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