# Sign of the Times: More Pianos are Being Dumped; too costly to maintain **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-times-more-pianos-are-being-dumped-too-costly-to-maintain/629842 "2012-07-30T12:44:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-times-more-pianos-are-being-dumped-too-costly-to-maintain/629842/61 "2012-08-02T20:07:40Z")
[Here is one way to dispose of a piano.](http://museum.mit.edu/150/53) I was there for the very first one, and it is still going on 40 years later as a tradition. We all do our part. BTW, there is a similar problem with horses, in that people who can’t afford their horses have no place to get rid of them any more. Worse, because you can’t put a cover over a horse and let it stand in the corner. ---
**Author:** ![allyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allyn)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-times-more-pianos-are-being-dumped-too-costly-to-maintain/629842/62 "2012-08-02T20:16:41Z")
Another use for acoustic pianos [http://www.streetpianos.com/](http://www.streetpianos.com/) ---
**Author:** ![BlueOhio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BlueOhio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueOhio)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-times-more-pianos-are-being-dumped-too-costly-to-maintain/629842/64 "2018-04-20T13:45:52Z")
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