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Gee how much is a piano sound board worth? Can I sell my Mendelssohn piano soundboard?

hey there, i know this says 5 years old on the video but you wouldnt happen to have keys for sale would you?

Excited to see this channel as it progresses!

We need more updates! Hope your family is well!

I've always wanted to do this!!! Good job.

Thanks for sharing this video, What is the difference of the V-braced top in a final guitar tone? Thank you!

sept 29 , its meant to be....if only i watched this a few days later i could have viewed it on the 29th! haha

Nice! I just got my mom's piano made into a super nice guitar by Neil....I highly recommend his guitars!!

Just think of how many vibrations werenmade on that soundboard .. pretty much a guitar with the wood already broke in

Do you purchase soundboards? I could be a source for ya.

Amazing and awesome

I like what you're doing with these pianos. The initial reaction is some bit of dismay over hacking apart an old instrument, but the fact of the matter is that they will ALL end up in the dump or the wood turned into a bar or a desk or firewood. I've been at the dump dropping off a load of trash and seen 4 pianos tossed off the back of a piano shop's truck. And not gently. My late Mom had a 1928 Baldwin baby grand, beautiful, and we could put $5.5K into it and have a $3500 piano. I know we'll spend $2K on storing it for years before we give it away. There are a bazillion of these old 1900-1910 uprights and 95% of them can't be made to work/play well for any reasonable amount of money. When you rip down the soundboards, do you try to cut on the old glue lines and do you care how many pieces are re-glued into the new guitar tops?

Very clever! The re-utilization of the soundboard is admirable, there is so little else salvageable out of an old piano. And there are zillions of them. And of course refurbing them as pianos is completely hopeless. My late Mom had a 1928 Baldwin baby grand (horizontal), beautiful carved walnut skirt that she loved. And there's nothing you can economically do with these things, we could put well over $5K into it and have something worth $3500...maybe. I am sure it will consume $2500 or more in storage fees by the time all the siblings croak. And it will end up busted up in a dump anyway.

I love this, this is doing something incredible, thanks for sharing

What happened to the rest of the videos?

Awesome videos. Is it hard to make a living as a luthier with all the overseas big names pumping out volume? Thanks

how old does the piano need to be? I take it newer ones have plywood mostly?

That is quite a great way to recycle a Piano. Yes that Piano was played by the great Ella Fitzgerald

You still building guitars out of pianos? I have a knabe. 1800s baby grand that I'm thinking about having this done with.

do you ever consider using the rest of the wood from the piano to make the back, sides, and neck?

I have a good looking piano from 1913 we're going to convert into a bar. Perhaps I can get you the sound board if you're still doing this kind of work?

I have a cedar top guitar. The tone is fabulous! but I don't know how anyone can afford one of yours...Kudos on Great skill and workmanship.

We have try it on x and v brasing let me know your opinion thanks

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Love this, such a great idea. Apart from the soundboards, what other parts are salvageable, and what can they be used for??

Lovely!!

Your 100 year old piano has a soundboard which was probably about 200+ years old when installed

Will you be uploading part 3 of this build please........thank you.

Would y’all be able to build one in the twin cities, Minnesota? It would be nice to have guitars made from my grandmother’s piano some day. I don’t think I’d be shipping a whole piano out to ya. If you know anyone here, let me know. 🤣

For that first guitar I would have loved the back on the top instead.

Are you selling those guitars?

Beautiful pieces, can’t wait to see the guitar done! I’m building my first classical guitar myself and it is very important to see more experienced artisans work

I realise that this was a while ago but this is what I do, I make ac guitars from completely recycled materials. facebook.com/mchardyguitars/

LOVE that rosette !!! Beautiful, folks.

Good tips and good videography.

Just beautiful. Lovely pieces of art. I've especially enjoyed your piano reclamation clips. Had four freebies lined up over the weekend but they've still got my truck in the shop. There's a really good "feel" to y'all's operation that comes through in the videos.

How thick is a guitar soundboard as compared to a piano soundboard?Do you have to adjust the thickness?

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Heard Marshal Tucker's 24 Hours At A Time and subscribed.

Love the guitar and Hollin.

Really enjoyed the video. Beautiful work.

Thank you - I want to hear more of your guitar's sounds!

Sweet!

Do you always bookmatch, or is it possible to have a full single piece for the top or the back?

Looks great - I love the idea. The question keeps coming up, how do your guitars sound? Can you do a simple picking and strumming video of 5 of them or so, perhaps compared to a Martin/Gibson/Taylor. It would be fun to see them blown out or at least a comparable test...

I'm working on getting a bandsaw and a few other tools, but I have a spruce soundboard in my garage now from a 1906 piano. Is it worth it to use the spruce, or are the strips too distracting (visually or audio wise) in comparison to buying a full traditional top online?

Looks amazing - how do they sound?

Please show me the guitars - and close ups of the soundboards completed! I'm trying this myself at home and so excited about the potential!

Awesome work! I have a 1906 piano in my garage now. I've pulled much of it apart. My 7yr old has had a fun time (homeschooled) learning how a piano is actually built - amazing! He plays piano very well. But now we plan to build guitars from the piano. I've restored numerous vintage guitars and re-braced them to a more resonant and strong engineering than what was common in the late 1800's/early 1900's. All have come out well. So, it's time to build one from the ground up. We're excited and appreciate the encouragement from videos like yours. I thought I might be the first to think of re-purposing unwanted pianos for guitars...but apparently not! That's great - great minds think alike. I look forward to more from you! Look me up at soundrestoration.org if you care to see some of the stuff I've done. Thanks again for your inspiration!

I didn't know anyone else was doing this. But it makes sense - great minds think alike :) I'm pulling apart a 1906 right now. I haven't done a build with the soundboard spruce yet, but I'm noticing the strips are tightly glued together. Do you think that shows in the top - that it's not one piece? Does it matter once it's finished? I want to build a quality instrument. Yours sure look great!