About us

We are a not-for-profit social enterprise, based in Shawlands on the south-side of Glasgow, aiming to reduce social isolation and loneliness by increasing access to acoustic pianos and repairing / restoring used piano donations ready for re-sale at reasonable prices.

 

The place to be, the thing to do 

We are one of a growing number of social enterprises recognising and responding to social isolation and loneliness, issues that affect the health and wellbeing of us all. Through the GSEN Health Network we are among 39% of SENSCOT members supporting the ongoing development of a national strategy to tackle this issue effectively. Through our work we aim to give people greater permission to play. Irrespective of age or ability, we encourage people to come along to our Lids Open Days, get involved in decorating a piano and play one of a number of our public pianos. These are all donated to us, repaired, restored and thenredistributed back into the community.

 

Where it all started

We began life at the 2013 Festival of the Piano with our first Lids Open Day, at City Halls and also a wee tour of Glasgow's Museums with two decorated pianos: Floyd & Calisia. Glasgow Piano City was constituted as an unincorporated association on April 1st 2014 and, with 'Celebrate' funding from Awards for All, we facilitated Play me I'm Yours during the Commonwealth Games for the 1st time in Scotland.. Since then, we have grown into the social enterprise & community interest company: The Piano Project CIC. Our home base is on the southside of the city in Shawlands Arcade. As a result of the last 12 years of shenanigans (and bucket loads of piano donations ) there are many more acoustic pianos for people to play freely around the city and the number of piano-friendly venues is growing steadily. 

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