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 welcomeadditional support from The Glasgow Educational Marshall Trust.

Read our last newsletter ( Summer 2024 II ) . . . here Website last updated ~ Feb 1st 2025

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.