[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":282},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-4319311":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":5,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":19,"keywords":21,"reception":26,"sentiment":27,"stance_mix":28,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":39,"post_text":42,"what":43,"said":67,"maker_in_thread":136,"shape":148,"grid":153,"attempts":242,"same_week":243,"maker_shows":31,"maker_hidden":274,"reader_version":275,"card":276},"4319311","mrsamberapple.com","Recycled a piano into a work desk","title","Show HN: Recycled a piano into a work desk","http:\u002F\u002Fmrsamberapple.com\u002Fpiano-desk","stephenapple",1343764872,2012,83,35,280,1677,17,"notable","other","furniture upcycling",[22,23,24,25],"piano desk","upcycled piano","recycled furniture","piano furniture","curious",0.136,{"positive":29,"neutral":30,"mixed":31,"critical":32},4,8,1,2,15,{"idea":35,"design":37,"execution":38},{"positive":32,"critical":36},0,{"positive":31,"critical":32},{"positive":36,"critical":36},[40,36,41,36,36,36,41,31,36,31,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,41,41,36,41,36,40,41,36,40,36,41,36,41,36,36,41,36,40],5,3,"With a little paint and 2-3 days I recycled this 1910s piano into a work desk. Cost: paint and manual labor to pick up the piano from craigslist.I'm here to answer questions incase you are interested in doing the same.",{"problem":44,"audience":50,"pricing":51,"motivation":55,"time_to_build":59,"stack":63,"openness":64,"stage":65,"team_size":66},{"value":45,"source":46,"evidence":47},"Reusing an old piano that would otherwise be discarded","maker",[48],{"id":49},"post",null,{"value":52,"source":46,"evidence":53},"Cost was only paint and labour to pick up the piano from Craigslist",[54],{"id":49},{"value":56,"source":46,"evidence":57},"Recycling an old piano into a useful work desk",[58],{"id":49},{"value":60,"source":46,"evidence":61},"2-3 days",[62],{"id":49},[],"unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":68,"objections":88,"requests":108,"questions":120,"alternatives":128},[69,77],{"value":70,"source":71,"evidence":72},"Clever reuse of an old piano instead of landfill","commenter",[73],{"id":74,"by":75,"text":76},"4319448","leeskye","That is pretty freaking cool. I love how people reuse items and turn them into functional pieces rather than discarding them into landfills.",{"value":78,"source":71,"evidence":79},"Looks awesome and well done",[80,84],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"4319443","beernutz","I think this looks AWESOME, but I wonder if there are ergonomic issues with the height of the monitor. It LOOKS like it would be a bit too high up.",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"4319556","arjn","Well done, not bad at all. The only change I would make is to cut away a portion of the back-board under the desk so I could stretch my legs out a bit.",[89,101],{"value":90,"source":71,"evidence":91},"Monitor is mounted too high, which may cause neck strain",[92,93,97],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"4319786","alan_cx","Have to agree. I'd get a very sore neck after a few mins with a monitor that high up. Apart form that, top job.",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"4320698","tgasson","Conventional knowledge says the top of the screen should be eye-level. Just google monitor ergonomics.",{"value":102,"source":71,"evidence":103},"Chair looks low for the keyboard height",[104],{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"4320350","ktizo","Given that almost everyone has their screens too low usually, I'm not so sure. Middle of the screen should be eye level if you sit looking to the horizon with a straight back,…",[109],{"value":110,"source":71,"evidence":111},"Hide cables and add speakers or a foot pedal control",[112,116],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"4319539","fuzzythinker","Really nice. If he wants to spend more time on this, additional hacks would be: - hook up the foot pedal to a KVM or some kind of software switch to switch desktops\u002Fenvironments…",{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"4320389","DeepDuh","Makes me think the pedals should be used for something. 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