painting a piano?

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hey craftgrrls, i just have a quick question:

My aunt and uncle have just moved cross-country and given me their old piano. It's small, probably about three-and-a-half feet, and incredibly old. A lot of the keys don't even work, and I'm actually not even sure whether I'm going to be able to make it playable, but I've got a repairman coming out next week and I'm going to do my best. My question is this: can I paint this piano? Like, a regular old spraypaint? I was thinking like a navy with little white stars and maybe a quote painted on. I was reading articles online about it, but it seemed like most of them were geared toward people who wanted to paint a nice finish at home to save money but still preserve value; I don't care about value because this piano basically has none. It's actually probably got NEGATIVE value at this point because it hasn't been really played in like twenty years, and it's kind of just taking up space right now. The other thing I read about is altering tone, but I'm not worried about that either because from what I can tell, it's never going to sound that great anyway. I'm young and I'm hoping to be able to buy a better piano in a couple years, but for now I'm stuck with a sort of crappy one and I figured I might as well try to make it look pretty? does it sound like a kosher idea?

(piano will be eventually resting in a climate-controlled room against an interior wall, in case that means anything.)