piano desks from old piano frames - The Steampunk Tribune

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Piano Desks… from old piano frames!

Trying to catch up with some entries this weekend, but for the time being, I found this novel entry on Lifehacker regarding re-using discarded pianos as work tables… very nicely done, especially as many of these beautiful pianos are simply discarded if their musical interiors are no longer of use. The above work was nice (albeit the “haters” were out in force in the comments – nothing new there, I suppose). Still, I’d say worth a look, with the associated breadcrumbs to their links…

Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/featured-workspace/

Mrs. Amber Apple: http://mrsamberapple.com/piano-desk

NY Times article on discarded pianos: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/arts/music/for-more-pianos-last-note-is-thud-in-the-dump.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

and an intriguing previous article on said topic: http://lifehacker.com/5697234/computing-across-the-keys-the-piano-case-mod

5 comments:

Kittybriton said…: As sad as I am to see a piano repurposed as a desk, at least it is comforting to know that the craftsmanship that went into building the case was not discarded thoughtlessly. And since I have a piano which may never play again, after being subjected to essence de chat and left in the garage, perhaps it will receive a new lease of life someday…; August 9, 2012 at 8:59 PM
Kittybriton said…: I was going to comment, but Im afraid the CAPTCHA defeated me until now, by which time my comment had been erased >:(; August 9, 2012 at 9:01 PM
Kittybriton said…: CAPTCHA impossible until now!; August 9, 2012 at 9:02 PM
Kittybriton said…: I am finding the captcha almost impossible to read, and even when I think I get it right, it is refused!; August 9, 2012 at 9:03 PM
RF said…: My apologies for the issues the captcha is causing – Ill be looking into it straight away!; August 9, 2012 at 10:11 PM