Goodbye To This Piece Of History From Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York has a history of manufacturing some incredible things that, in many cases, have become valuable antiques. But what do you do with them when they are taking up space?

The fall is here and we are spending more time inside the house. It is that time for the year when many families wonder, "where did all this junk come from"? It is also that time of the year when you see yard sales and garage sales pop up.

But after the sale is over, and the junk is left behind, what can you do to get the space in the house you need?

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We had a piano in our home that was taking up space. It was a hand-me-down and, after a quick check on Google, is worth a lot of money. However, it is a piano that was most likely manufactured at the Wurlitzer piano plant in North Tonawanda, New York. After a quick check of the serial number, I believe it was made in the 1940's. Likely most pianos, this piano weighed about a million pounds and we were always trying to find ways to move it around our 1200 square foot home. It had to go.

There are places that MIGHT take a piano as a donation. And there are some who get creative and use the old piano as art or for a random public piano. However, we simply didn't have the time, or the resources to do all of those things. I kept the soundboard harp (which is a very heavy piece of the piano), the bench, the music book holder, and the black keys to make a creative decoration with.