What we do

We repair, restore, tune and decorate piano donations from our Shawlands workspace. We have a range of acoustic pianos for sale or hire and are open . . . by appointment. We recycle pianos beyond repair in Govan, reusing materials to create artwork / furniture. We also run Lids Open Days / Nights and other events in public venues around the city.

As a not-for-profit social enterprise we sell used pianos with the permission of all piano donors, though neither a shop nor a dealer, we are more something in between. In reality, we offer a kind of 'Piano Transplant Service', connecting people with pianos, offering no-interest payment plans, increasing access & appreciation of acoustic pianos for families & individuals in Glasgow & beyond.

We are delighted to share that our young apprentice piano tuner/technician ( Ellie ) now has grant funding confirmed to support the completion of her intensive 3 years training program. Many thanks to: The Tay Charitable Trust, The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust and The York Consortium for Craft and Conservation with additional support from the The Glasgow Educational Marshall Trust.

Read our last newsletter ( Summer 2024 II ) . . . here Website last updated ~ Dec 1st 2024

We've been busy over the last few years ~ building a large scale piano recycling project in Springburn, in collaboration with The Pianodrome Collective.

Below, you can watch a short 2 min time lapse, made for Lids Open Day 2022, read Jane Barrie's article in the Sunday Post or . . . watch a longer 18 min film of the whole build process, including an interview with Tim Vincent-Smith. You can also read The Guardian article, July 2020, on Springburn Auditorium.