Piano falling over--are you serious about this???

I think its great that you rebuilt an old piano but am rather concerned about it falling over on you as was suggested by one commentator. Why on earth were the toes cut off the piano and is the piano falling over a real possibility? It is certainly a possibility that would frighten me as I do not think that I could survive an attack by an old upright. They weigh a ton!!

I think that you should look into this further.

'H. Emmerson Meyers' wrtoe:

I wish I knew why the piano was butchered. Especially cutting off the toes! I agree!

I will. The piano will probably not fall over. I've gotten pretty rambunctious with it while playing boogie woogie and I think it's okay. Nonetheless, it IS dangerous and if there's an economical way to replace the toes, (and the original front legs) I will definitely do so. If it's too expensive, then I'll probably give the piano for whatever trade-in value I can get for it, along with a chunk of cash for a Kawai upright. (I think I'm going to do this anyway)

Frank, let me give you an idea of the true value of this old upright, trying to help you save money.

A trade-in out of necessity involves lots of smoke and mirrors with money, from both parties. The dealer must look at every trade-in in terms of what it's truly worth, regardless of the number games that you both end up playing. If a tradein is only really worth 100 bucks, you might get told you're getting a thousand bucks for it on trade, in truth they're simply overpricing their piano by 900 bucks to make the trade sound good. I call it 'Mickey Mouse money'. I'm sure you already know all that.

What you may not know, or haven't thought of is this: if the piano isn't worth anything, they are going to actually charge you more for the piano you're buying than they would without the trade. Reason? Handling a piano costs money. If the dealer is going to spend 100 bucks paying to have the piano picked up and then hauled to the dump, he's going to actually add that 100 bucks to the selling price. He might tell you he's giving you 500 bucks for it on trade, but he's really adding 600 bucks to his bottom price.

Now, let's see what your piano is worth:

Of all the old uprights out there, only a rare few are worth any money. None of those have been cut down and a mirror added. Of the few dealers who might actually be interested in an old upright, most all of them won't be once they find out it has a mirror on it.

Of the few that *might* actually place any value on an old upright with a mirror on it, not one of them will place any value on one that's had its legs cut off. Bottom line, your piano is a liability. Take it to the dump yourself and save the money. Then go buy a piano. Just hoping to help...