It began with my lovely old Heintzman piano. 

This big upright furniture piece that never needed tuning was taking up half my apartment, and I didn't have time to play any more.  It was time for a new home.  I had tried to sell it, to give it away, but no one wanted it.  It's too big and heavy.  It needed to go!  Hmm. 
​What are my alternatives?  I could take it apart - after all, it's made of wood, and I'm a woodweaver.  I did my homework to learn how.  It can be dangerous with so much tension on the strings.  I listened to the guy who fixes pianos, as his objective is to take it apart carefully, not to break anything or anyone.  Two days later I had a lot of pieces and a new appreciation of why a piano is so heavy.  I saved all the wood and now am making new things with it.  What a way to upcycle!