When we bought our house we “inherited” a piano.
It is lovely looking but ludicrously out of tune (when I play it!). It does have an iron frame so should be possible to retune it but it does make it heavy.
We don’t want it but I don’t think our déchèterie will take it.
Any ideas how to get rid of it.
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Speak with your Mairie and local Associations.
A few years ago, I took an urgent call from a Brit who was moving … a perfectly good piano was 5 minutes away from being chucked - did I want it?… Yes, Please!!!
I called the Maire, who agreed with my thinking. He got the workmen to immediately drive over and collect the piano from its old home and stash it safely in the council workshop.
Within days it was then relocated and is now enjoyed by kids and adults alike in our little village cafe. Hurrah.
Something similar might work in your locality. 
Emmaus, will collect items.
Do you have any local music conservatoires? Quite often they look for instruments to give to children who don’t have the means to buy one,
Nice idea Jane.
I don’t know if this would work in France but when OH had a piano to give away in the UK, it went to a sports social club. Do Salles des Fêtes here have them, maybe?
I wish I could take it but don’t have space! Please don’t dump it, someone will take it!
The problem is that for the cost of moving it, someone could buy a decent keyboard (albeit no weighted keys).
So you’re looking for someone or an organisation that wants a piano for its own sake, as an ornament probably (since it is so out of tune). Sorry if that’s already obvious to you.
Ours went to a music teacher, who passed her old one to an association. It wasn’t overstrung, but it was in decent condition and not too far out of tune.
As well as the suggestions above (where the new owner will need to pay for repeated visits from the piano tuner: you might want to check if it’s overstrung and under damped, which is the best combination), and especially if it’s not overstrung, you might also try cafés, bars, that sort of thing. I’ve also seen people house modern digital pianos (usually Nords) in the casing of a piano like yours, but that would require some evisceration!
Bon courage!
And be prepared to pay for its rehoming yourself.
Put it on donnons, someone will definitely take it!
Not even turned into a bar?
Actually, on reflection that’s both a bad pun and a fairly ghastly suggestion…
My parents had a piano with a thing under the keyboard that swivelled out to hold an ashtray.
It’s okay. No one’s going to get crotchety.
That’s the key…
Do you know what sort of wood it is made from ? There may be an ebeniste or cabinet maker who will take it just for the wood, or perhaps someone who does wood turning. There are some of these old pieces of furniture that were made from woods that are very difficult to obtain these days. I’m envisioning it disassembled into the various panels and then put together in a different way to make a number of other items.
Now that’s a brilliant idea - what a perfect solution. Love these old woods that have a patina. There’s several coffee tables and one or two shelves hidden inside that lovely piano. I’ve just visited local Christmas market - and was chatting to an artist who works in wood - he’s made the most marvellous abstract works of art from wood - small pieces, large pieces, 2ft round pieces with domed top, highly polished - named ‘the sun’ - and highly priced as well !!! Amazing what can be done with wood with skill, and artistic flair.
Absolutely. Here’s a couple of items my brother made from some scrap wood pieces. The black wood stars are Ebony from an old drop leaf table.
You need these blokes …
Moving the piano was almost like in the L&H film 
but the lads managed in the end and without causing any damage 
There’s a jewelry maker round here that makes all sorts of jewelry from the various parts of old pianos. And not just some, but all of his jewelry is made from piano parts. I’ve bought OH a few of his earrings.
Mine had an old HMV wind-up gramophone (inherited from my grandfather) which had a swing-out compartment in the front.
I assumed it was an ashtray at the time, but actually I think it was where you stored the bamboo or metal “needles”!
Like this one - wish we still had it! Somewhat surprisingly there seem to be quite few still around, they go for about £150-£250 on eBay.
