Sunday, May 22, 2011

piano and sandpaper

My ever-so-kind-and-sweet mother-in-law gave me her piano - which originally belonged to her mother. I love that she gave it to me. The piano needed quite a bit of work, though. I called around to piano shops and restorers and it was going to cost around $5,000.00 to refurbish it. Yikes! So, Bruce and I decided to do some research and figure out how to do it ourselves. So we did. And it was A LOT of work. And we never want to touch a piece of sandpaper again. And now I love the piano all the more :)


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What do you think?? Should we quit our day jobs? :)

10 comments:

taryn said...

Wow!!! I'm amazed, it looks so great and brand new! Yes, go into the piano refurbishing business :)

Jennifer said...

WOW! You guys did an amazing job.

Colleen said...

Awesome! You are amazing!

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Unknown said...

I'm a pianist! Love the piano, def should quit your day jobs. haha

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Toni Keltner said...

Beautiful work!

Klassen-Blog said...

Pretty wonderful.
I´m from Germany and I read your Blog and thaught: American familys are great! :)
The kids are so sweat!

Adauto Motta Jr said...

Ficou muito bom o trabalho com o piano. Parabéns!

Jaimie SKS said...

Absolutely amazing job! I'm jealous, that kind of work takes a lot of time, effort and love :) Great job.

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