Free Piano in Hull area
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Soldato
Meh, shame you're abroad, I'd love a Piano to practise on and I'd think my old man would love one too, he played it a lot when he was a kid.
Transport wouldn't be a problem either I could easily borrow one of the work vans for a couple of hours (although not to the UK), and travel to the UK isn't worth it I think
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Transport wouldn't be a problem either I could easily borrow one of the work vans for a couple of hours (although not to the UK), and travel to the UK isn't worth it I think
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Man of Honour
I know someone in Leconfield near Bev that might have it... 
Will ask.
Do all the keys work? The frame hasn't cracked has it?
Will ask.Do all the keys work? The frame hasn't cracked has it?
Man of Honour
I know someone in Leconfield near Bev that might have it...
Do all the keys work? The frame hasn't cracked has it?
OT but Leconfield is a hideous, hideous place.
I'm on about DST Leconfield here, not the little town/village attached to it.
New silent pianos from within the last decade
Or electric, but I really want a silent piano. The are fully stringed with natural wood keys, but the hammers can be fully dampened for silent practice with an electronic soundbank taking over.
The main issue with electric vs acoustic is the keys. Yamahas cheapest key quality for their digital piano range is the graded hammer standard, which really as cheap as piano keys can get, excessively heavy, noisy and slow and unresponsive. Even more ideal is the graded hammer 3 standard which have much higher quality keys close to a real modern piano, but these can cost anywhere from 3-10x the cost of a graded hammer standard keyboard.
Accoustic pianos also need annual upkeep for tuning, however their sound quality both when played and recorded cannot be matched by an electric. The closer an elecric piano gets to mimicking an accoustic, the more expensive it also gets.
Its also only recently that Yamaha and Casio have started making capable digital pianos at around the £500 mark, and I picked the cheaper and better featured Yamaha DGX 630 for £415 over a £449 Casio cherry something, and this one has also become the most recommended piano of choice for students due to its price, but is really crappy compared to a proper accoustic.
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Man of Honour
It looks like it will be going bump down some stairs.
I know someone in Leconfield near Bev that might have it...
Do all the keys work? The frame hasn't cracked has it?
All the keys work and its structurely sound..Just needs to TLC
Soldato
Can you get hold of a few chimps and a staircase?
Soldato
Still waiting for those measurements
Man of Honour
Still waiting for those measurements
Length or Girth?
Associate
Can you not just take it out into the garden, and set fire to it?
Video it and let all of OcUK view the piano die.
Video it and let all of OcUK view the piano die.
Soldato
Have put a shout out on Farcebook for you.
Be a shame to have to scrap it, particularly because it's as old as it is, but pianos can be notoriously difficult to get rid of. Your one wears its patina really well and I'd have it if I was a bit closer. Have you tried all your local Freecycle groups?
Soldato
If I was close and had somewhere to put it I'd take it. Would be a shame for it to just be firewood.
Thanks dude