On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 9:32:51 PM UTC-4, Electric Comet wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 21:41:32 -0400
FrozenNorth wrote:

My inlaws had a baby grand Steinway, after my FIL died, my MIL tried
to sell it, with no luck, she ended up giving it away, and got a
charitable donation tax receipt for its appraised value.

have seen some really beautiful old pianos being offered for free

i did find a program in japan that acquires pianos from overseas
ships them regularly in containers and refurbs them and then
they find homes for them in japan

great idea

the business model is not clear and it really seemed like someone
with the means was doing it just because they could


might be wrong on that though

I suspect very few Steinways and the like available/being given away. Most of the pianos I have seen are run of the mill, generic uprights left over from the days when most kids took piano lessons (video games and travel sports hadn't yet been invented)