a coat of paint

I'm thinking about refinishing a piano.  It has a glossy stain that I'd need to sand and I'm wondering about painting it.  It looks similar to this picture just lighter and way more ghetto...

 
We've had it for a couple years, it's never been tuned, it was free,left behind like a rag doll, from a warehouse my dad owns, and the hubby despises it.  So instead of disposing of it like the man suggested, which hello-it's a free piano, I thought I'd give it some love and try what google search results say is not very easily done and refinish the bad boy.  I'm not afraid of color and I just want the old thing to feel new and chic.  I have a few ideas but want to hear yours and don't want to persuade you by telling you mine.  Paint colors, horror stories, suggestions...Ready, set, GO!