Unknown to most Australians, but we have a piano problem.   It is estimated there are more than 4,600 unwanted pianos in Australia right now, with some 1,200 of these in Victoria.  Sadly, the majority will end up in landfill.

Yet pianos can have upwards of 12,000 individual parts, including quality woods often originally sourced from ancient forests and highly prized timbers such as African Ebony which is considered critically endangered.

This project showcases circularity through the recovery, and creative reuse and repurposing of unwanted piano materials.   Pianos Recycled is a social enterprise with a mission to divert unwanted pianos from landfill and create new futures for them.

In collaboration with local artisans and furniture and design students from Holmesglen TAFE, the team from Pianos Recycled will exhibit prototypes for three types of musical instruments made from recovered piano resources -  a lap steel guitar, thumb pianos and Cajon drums. 

The exhibition at the Fishermans Bend Circular Design Collective will be accompanied with a recovered and retuned piano, with an invitation for visitors to look, feel and play the instruments and share ideas for speeding up progress towards circularity in with music.