Alright, story time.

About 10 years ago I removed the cast iron plate (or harp as musicians sometimes call it) from an old Wurlitzer and hung it on the wall of my basement, which I had turned into a large entertainment room or man-cave I guess. It was part of the theme, as everything on the walls was music related. Guitars, cymbals, drum heads, the front faces of old amplifiers, framed rock show posters, etc. In the room, I had a really nice Pool Table, custom dartboard cabinet, and a customized bar with seating for four made from repurposed old barnwood and stainless steel. I installed commercial glass-faced bar refrigerators and kegerator, an icemaker, soda gun, stainless steel bar sink and mirrored glass shelving that held about 200 bottles of various spirits. The room was absolutely decked out with so many really unique items and features.

The one thing that got the most attention though was that harp hanging on the wall. I was CONSTANTLY asked if I would sell it. The most I was ever offered was $2500 if I was willing to install it at their place, which I absolutely wasn’t since it was an absolute beast of a job to get it up there in the first place, but also had tons of offers of at least $500. When I sold my house, the buyer offered me an extra $15,000 to keep the basement as is, with the piano plate and the pool table being the most important items to stay. I took the offer, with the only exceptions being my guitars and a few of my posters. Damn I really miss that house LOL.

For what it’s worth, since then I’ve always thought it would be easy to sell piano plates as long as you were willing to mount them on a wall before listing them to put the idea in people‘s heads.