Better Homes & Castles : Designing and Decorating |
Step-by-step Instructions |
How to make the pianos
For both the small and the grand piano, we will use the 4 available types of
folded cloth. The different types are referred to as cloth A,
B, C and D as in the picture. You can dye the cloth as you work, but
if you have no black dye tub of your own, you can use pre-dyed cloth (which
makes stacking and locking down a bit harder). I use undyed cloth in the
examples for clarity. All items are dyed black.
The small piano
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First, place a writing desk, back side facing south
- Place 3 spacers on top of it (fish steaks, black pearl, etc.)
- Place 2 of cloth C on it
- Place a wooden crate on top.
- Inside the crate, place 1 chessboard, 2 of cloth A, 2 of cloth C, 2 of cloth
A , and another chessboard
(You need 2 piles of cloth A, and 2 chessboards because the stacking order of
items is not always the same, as you will see later on. The 2 piles of
cloth A are colored differently to demonstrate this)
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Now drag the desk onto your spellbook in your pack. It should snap back, but
the other items will now be lowered.
- Lock down the desk and cloth.
Let the black pearl decay.
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Destroy the crate. You will see one chessboard, and one pile of cloth
A.
- Lock down the 2 C cloth, and the visible chessboard and A type cloth
Now,
walk outside your house (step off the porch completely) and walk back in. Repeat
until you see the different colored cloth A (or when your cloth is pre-dyed,
single click until you see that the visible chessboard is not locked down).
- Lock down this cloth A and chessboard as well.
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Place 2 of cloth B, and 2 of cloth C on top
- Drag the stack of cloth B onto your spellbook and let it snap back. Lock both
down
- Place another 2 of cloth C, and 1 cloth A and lock down
The Grand piano
This
consists basically of two small piano's with some extra stuff. We will
be building this in four tiles, which are referred to as tile I through IV as
shown here. The tiles are built up in numerical order.
Tile I:
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Place a writing desk, with the back facing south.
- Place 3 spacers on top of that, and a crate.
- Place 2 of cloth C, and 2 of cloth D inside the crate.
- Drag the table onto your spellbook and let it snap back.
- Destroy the crate, lock the cloth down
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Place another crate on top
- Place 2 of cloth C, and 2 of cloth D inside the crate
- Drag the table onto your spellbook and let it snap back
- Destroy the crate, lock the table and cloth down
- Place 2 of cloth C on top
- Place 1 cloth D on top
- Lock everything down
Tile II:
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Place three fancy shirts and lock them down
Tile III: (continuing with black cloth)
In
this tile we start by building a small piano, but after placing the table, place
a body sash underneath it (here shown in red for clarity). Then build
the rest of the small piano as usual.
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Place a fancy shirt on top of the stack
- Place an oilcloth on top
- Drag the fancy shirt onto your spellbook and let it snap back
- Lock the shirt and oilcloth down
It's beginning to look like something!
Tile IV:
- Simply build another small piano in this tile
And we're done!
Some variations (for whcih I didn't have time :-)
- Try letting the tables decay, and build the piano legs using hats (bonnets)
dyesd black
- Try building pedals out of something. Someone suggested a tall candle
for the pedal pillar
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