©2015 Barry Smith - Strings and leaves |
So yesterday afternoon after 3 hours of unscrewing and gently removing components the main part of the job was done and the whole piano was loaded onto a trailer to be delivered to our place today. Below is a photo of the dismantled piano unloaded near the shed-studio this morning.
©2015 Barry Smith - Dismantle piano - looking pretty good. |
©2015 Barry Smith - One of the boxes of keys |
©2015 Barry Smith - Detail of key end |
©2015 Barry Smith - Detail of hammer connections and springs |
©2015 Barry Smith - Detail of pins and felts for keys |
©2015 Barry Smith - Pedals and return springs |
©2015 Barry Smith - Some of the many rusted screws |
©2015 Barry Smith - Odd small bits of timber |
©2015 Barry Smith - Neatly stacked large planks of timber and long brass hinges |
©2015 Barry Smith - Heavy duty wheels and bolts etc |
©2015 Barry Smith - Looking tidier - almost three sculptures in their own right |
©2015 Barry Smith - Beautiful |
©2015 Barry Smith - Detail of plain steel strings |
©2015 Barry Smith - Detail of copper sheathed strings - base |
I was asked to use a mix of components from the piano to created a wall art piece to honour the memory of the piano and the joy it gave to the family - the learning and the playing of music.
©2015 Barry Smith - Love how quite a lot of the keys still had different systems in place for the children to learn to play - will be preserved. |
Well, the owners know their beloved piano is in good hands, B, couldn't be better. So much wonderful "stuff" to be rescued; I'm envious but I'm also happy to watch what you decide to do with it all.
ReplyDeletei am SO glad to hear that you've taken this on. what a great resource...and seriously, what a great instrument or engineering feat it once was!
ReplyDeleteWonderful stuff there. Every photo is a masterpiece.
ReplyDeleteThe music endures with your amazing care and light touch.
ReplyDeleteI'll be interested to see what you come up with.
ReplyDeleteHi C, V, P, T & JM - thanks for checking out the start of this next recycling challenge and leaving encouraging comments. C, V and JM - I think I will gift on the main body of the piano as it is such a great piece of art as it is - I can see it sitting in a field or under a tree visited occasionally and having its strings caressed and sending music to the trees, garden, fields. C and JM - work won't start on the bits until next year. P - the strings etc offer some good photographic opportunities. T - as you can see from my reply above I totally agree about the music enduring in many ways. All create well and go well. B
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