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Michael,
One final thought,
About 35 years ago I took a course on piano repair and tuning. I learned a number of simple and inexpensive things that can be done to "rehab" a piano to restore it to a useful condition. If the "Three Geezers Piano Salvage" get tired of scrapping pianos, you might try fixing them up a bit and giving them to people who can't otherwise afford them. I realize there are limits to what can be done, and the first step is an evaluation of the piano to see if it is a worthy candidate. A book that can help with evaluation and simple restorations is Arthur Reblitz's "Piano Servicing, Tuning and Repair":
https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Servicing- ... 1879511037
As you have said many nice old pianos are heading for the landfill. A few months ago I was offered a fairly modern Chickering upright that appeared to be in good shape. It was in an estate and the person overseeing it was tasked to clear the house of it's contents. I didn't have room for another piano, and I don't know what became of it, but it wouldn't surprise me if it went to the landfill.
Many of the old uprights used fairly standardized parts, so "robbing Peter to pay Paul" is sometimes possible. And there are ways to "brighten up" the case work without doing a complete refinish.
If the "Geezers" are more a group of friends looking for an opportunity to socialize, and do something positive for the community you might consider bringing some of these old dinosaurs back to life.