scrapping an old pedal organ

[george [dicegeorge]]

scrapping an old pedal organ like one of thousands that used to be in chapels- is anything worth saving?

Maybe converting it into a bookshelf?

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[Halmyre]

not much help to you, but nice.

-- Halmyre

[Jules Richardson]

I think our ancient upright piano's destined to become a drinks cabinet - I can't be arsed with the hours and expense it'd need to make it playable again. The cast frame inside is a beautiful piece of work though, so I'll keep that and hang it on a wall somewhere.

cheers

Jules

[SS]

Organ, It may be worth selling individual parts, I would check on ebay before you do anything. I suspect there are less organs then pianos so may be worth £s as individual parts.

Piano, They weigh a ton I gave mine away free (collection only) to save me trying to dump it ok if you play piano, other than that its a big/heavy peice of furniture.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

Learn to play the heavy harp.

[Andy Dingley]

Harmonium?

Whereabouts?

They're saleable (not for much, but better than nothing) - mostly to steampunks looking for furniture building projects (I'd have it myself if it was nearby) I suggest you post a note about it on the Brass Goggles forum.

[Gib Bogle]

Harpo Marx style.

[Andy Dingley]

Yes, I'm in the market for any of those handy to SE Wales. Mine so far have been sliced into panels and used as mirror frames. The more rectangular panel becomes a frame, the corner curved braces of the other parts go into the corners of something hefty in oak.

[Jules Richardson]

:-) I thought about leaving it 'harpable', but maybe it's better to back the tension off when it's all open like that (although I'd leave the strings on, I think). It came from a school and has obviously had a very traumatic 100-odd years; I suppose I shouldn't assume that it's about to self destruct, but maybe better safe than sorry!

cheers

Jules

[Andrew Gabriel]

The force on the frame when fully tensioned is up to 40 tons.