Piano Forum
Piano Board => Performance => Topic started by: sinspawnammes on June 22, 2006, 01:55:05 PM
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I imagine most people will say uprights, but I think there's a correlation between madd skillz and the piano's quality.
I am, however, proud to say that I learned my gangsta repertoire (Pathetique, Bm Scherzo, Partita #3, etc.) on a $400 dollar keyboard with 76 unweighted keys, XD. Sux to be poor.
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Fazioli 228, my god it's beautiful :)
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Steinway L
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Mine is a wreck. I'll post a pic in a bit. But I bet I have the worst piano on this forum, hands down!
SJ
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here is mine (attach) - Ritmuller UP118
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I imagine most people will say uprights, but I think there's a correlation between madd skillz and the piano's quality.
I am, however, proud to say that I learned my gangsta repertoire (Pathetique, Bm Scherzo, Partita #3, etc.) on a $400 dollar keyboard with 76 unweighted keys, XD. Sux to be poor.
But can you play these pieces on a real piano? Otherwise, it's actually easier on an unwieghted keyboard.
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1890 something steinway world fair
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During term time, my practice time is split between my digital piano which is in my room (Yamaha CLP-270), a Yamaha U1 upright, and a Grotrian-Steinweg 7' grand. The grand, incidentally, is the least pleasurable to play on due to its abominable action, harsh tone and the room in which it is situated.
When I'm at home, I practice on my lovely NY Steinway Model B. Miss it a buttload during term-time (and missing it now!).
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Steinway K132 --very good for practicing
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On Friday afternoons, a two-year old Hamburg Steinway Model C, on all other days a Yamaha U1.
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At my parents i play on a yamaha accoustic upright, at my place a yamaha clavinova CLP-950. Cheap but great :)
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A turn of the century upright grand with a name plate that cannot be read, a high B flat that sticks, a chipped key that was bought for $150 5 years ago. It does have Ivory keys though.
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PETROF and yamaha upright, I think it's a U1, dunno, though...
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mine's a carl ecke upright. it's old and the entire thing is flat. and it's way too easy to play, and the tone sucks. but it's aesthetically pleasing so i still love it. i practice more on the kawaii's at uni during session, they have a nice little grand that's in demand by all the pianists (giant catfights of us all scrambling to book the room on monday mornings!)
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AAAAAAAAAAAA YOUNG CHANG!!!!!! NOOOO!!!
When I play on a grand piano every once in a while, and for recitals, it feels like I'm playing on god's piano ;D .... I guess it's ok... I find it much much easier when I am in a recital, because I'm used to such a POS piano.
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Shigeru Kawaii SK-5 (7'0"). It's brand new, and beautiful, and I love it. I even chose it over a Bosendorfer.
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At home I practice on a meticulously maintained WWI era Mason and Hamlin A. At church I play an older 7 1/2 foot Baldwin. When I accompany Suzuki kids I usually play on junky uprights.
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yamaha GA1 and Alexander Hermann...
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Kawai KG-2C
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I play on 3 different keyboard privately,
1) Yamaha C5 (Only got this 2 years ago, used for concert preparation and practicing pieces I have memorised, well understood and need polishing.)
2) Zimmerman baby Grand (I grew up with this piano and it has followed me all over the place, Used for practicing on, bceause it has a slightly heavier key action it makes my hands much stronger and well prepared for the lightness of the Yamaha grand imo.)
3) Yamaha Clavinova (which will be replaced in a few months time because too many repairs are needed from over playing and hard hitting, I use this for midi sequencing, recording all the notes of improvisation and just general computer/piano mucking around.)
When I teach I am always at peoples homes, so there are 25 or so different pianos that I play on every week during lessons. I might also wander to the Univeristy of West Australia and play on their Stienway, or Curtin Univeristy in Bentley and play on their Boston full grand they have in the Ken Hall Theatre if I have too much time on my hands.
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When I teach I am always at peoples homes, so there are 25 or so different pianos that I play on every week during lessons.
Do you seriously go to that many people's homes to teach? Why can't they come to your place and save you a trip?
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I have an upright and it says "frankenbach" but I don't know what it is exactly :P
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Do you seriously go to that many people's homes to teach? Why can't they come to your place and save you a trip?
They can come to my place if they want to, but you know humans are naturally lazy, to have lessons at home and to have a teacher come to you, that is in much more desirable than having to go out to a teacher. Plus I hate having to tidy up for students coming to my place for lessons ;)
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I play on the the 5' 10" Weinbach I bought in 1971 and had rebuilt last year. It always had a very heavy touch, even heavier now, but I like that. I seldom play anywhere else but when I do I usually find the lighter touch runs away with me and it takes quite a while to gain control. I did toy with the idea of buying a new one but I didn't like the sound or touch of anything in the shops and $5000 for a rebuild is a jolly sight more attractive than a minimum of $40000 for a new grand.
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Hello all,
I'm new to this forum.
The piano I play on is a Kawai GM10LE.
As for the late night practices..that's on my Roland RD300SX.
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Lets see? look at my member name for a hint!
I also play a Yamaha U1D as a up stairs practice piano.
One more- a technics electric piano with headphone for late night Liszt...
THX, Jdot
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i have a kawaii studio upright UST-7 which is really a great piano (has stayed in tune really well - but finally after all these years needs some serious regulating).
and, a hammond organ with two manuals and full pedals. (need someone to come and fix it)
but, i would like to buy an electronic keyboard with 88 keys. recording capacities. and, maybe orchestral voices for composition purposes. where does one look for one of these (around philadelphia) that would be weighted like a real piano.
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2 Bosendorfers. A 214 and a 275.
trojan
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two? are you independently wealthy? you must be an artist. or very rich.
of course the thread did say 'play on.' i suppose if you went into a piano store every day you could literally 'play on' your favorite instruments and not necessarily own them.
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two? are you independently wealthy? you must be an artist. or very rich.
of course the thread did say 'play on.' i suppose if you went into a piano store every day you could literally 'play on' your favorite instruments and not necessarily own them.
Hey, hold on a minute - it's not as though he/she even mentioned a 290...
Best,
Alistair
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i have a boston gp 178. its a nice piano with great sound. i also have a yamaha keyboard just for fun.
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A baby grand Mason & Hamlin (1928, fully restored 1981) and a Steinway B (1896, desperately in need of a complete overhaul - "like its owner", as someone will no doubt say - but it will sadly have to remain in that state for the foreseeable future, as I happen not to have the requisite £10,000 or so pocket change to remedy the matter).
Both somewhat wasted on me, I suppose, since I am not a pianist and, as a composer, I don't even use either when composing (I never compose at the piano).
Best,
Alistair
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The 214 is in my home in AZ. I spend a lot of time at my godfather's vacation home and found a need for a piano there as well. That's where the 275 came in. Pianist...yes. Independently wealthy? Not by AZ standards.
trojan
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But can you play these pieces on a real piano? Otherwise, it's actually easier on an unwieghted keyboard.
You'd be surprised. It's actually harder to play on my keyboard because 1) my pedal sux, so I can't EVER cheat on legato passages, and 2) you can't pull off dynamics without pressing the notes extremely hard, so I've had to bash on the thing a lot. I guess both those two help overall when you move to a grand with better action.
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A baby grand Mason & Hamlin (1928, fully restored 1981) and a Steinway B (1896, desperately in need of a complete overhaul - "like its owner", as someone will no doubt say - but it will sadly have to remain in that state for the foreseeable future, as I happen not to have the requisite £10,000 or so pocket change to remedy the matter).
Both somewhat wasted on me, I suppose, since I am not a pianist and, as a compoer, I don't even use either when composing (I never compose at the piano).
Best,
Alistair
Oh! In that case, I will take them.
;D
Walter Ramsey
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Oh! In that case, I will take them.
;D
Walter Ramsey
Sadly not, I fear! Nice try, though!
Best,
Alistair
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I play on a yamaha Clavinova, and i want a real piano bad!!, Even though they are sort of pianos, just electric its not like a real one. Sadly im only 15 and have a paper round, hardly going to earn enough to get a "nice one", i say nice as i would not go under £1,500 as that is my digital price, sothers ,no point.
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normally I play on an Offenbach baby grand at home. I like it, especially when seeking to play furiously, but at the minute its gone a bit out of tune and a D is sticking, so I really need to get a tuner out...
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I currently play a Yamaha C3 at home. It's around 20 years old, and my family bought it 2 years ago. It has recently developed an annoying squeaky pedal that I have been trying to fix for months.
I used to play a Kawai CX-5 before that. It got quite beat up, and playing on it made it seem like playing almost any other instrument was much easier to achieve what I wanted.
I also have a Gem F-30 spinet organ. I'd really like one with at least 2 manuals and full pedals.
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I play fairly old Wurlitzer Spinet.
It's pretty nice, but after playing on Steinways for a whole week, It doesn't seem quite as good.
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You'd be surprised. It's actually harder to play on my keyboard because 1) my pedal sux, so I can't EVER cheat on legato passages, and 2) you can't pull off dynamics without pressing the notes extremely hard, so I've had to bash on the thing a lot. I guess both those two help overall when you move to a grand with better action.
The second of these habits will not help you at all, in fact, it could be a shock to you when you switch to an acoustic piano. When I practiced on an expensive digital piano (for 10 years :-[ ) I thought pounding out as hard as possible would strengthen my fingers. Wrong. I found that I had lost all ability to control the softer dynamics on a real piano. I has taken me nearly 4 years to regain control of the p, pp, ppp ranges, and it's still a struggle. I hope you can make the switch before too much damage has been done.
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1 year-old Yamaha Clavinova CLP-130. Very good sound.
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1 year-old Yamaha Clavinova CLP-130. Very good sound.
I like those!
They have them at UGA. Very good sound for a synthesizer.
If that's what ur talking about
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6'1" Young Chang, 16 years old. I bought it when it was 13 but it was in practically new condition because it had just been for decoration in someone's house. I'm giving some meaning to it's life now...
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Boston - GP 163
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Im getting a Yamaha U3silent delivered next friday and cant wait!! when I teach out I teach on anything thats going ranging from some truely awful unnamed uprights to pretty decent new yamaha grands. At college I usually used to work on either steinway model B's or Bosendorfer 275's occasionally a nice Bechstein grand and often a Yamaha C3 (they just bought a load more)
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I play on an upright Kimball. It's a piece of crap. I want to trade it in, but my mom likes it too much (considering she never plays it anymore).
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Kawai K-25 at the moment, but trading it in for a higher Kawai model. Should be here any day now ;D. The K-25 lost its tune way too fast and I was finding the action was uneven over the board, so it was time for an upgrade :).
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Yamaha upright :-X LOL If I continue to play the Ocean Etude any longer I sware that my Eb string is gonna break. Doesn't have the tone quality you want like a grand piano but its great for practicing.
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I play a Yamaha Baby Grand, though I have a digital piano as well which I rarely use.
I broke three strings in one chord last week on my grand playing Mephisto Waltz (Liszt). Damn they're expensive to replace.
Once you become more advance and if you're commited to the piano my opinion is to NEVER use uprights or digital pianos unless as a last resort. And even then, I only favour Steinway, Yamaha and Kawai.
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Schimmel ;D
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Yamaha P 60 S ... I love it 8)
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When I'm at home, a crappy Kohler & Campbell 6'6" grand. Noisy movement, notes always turn sharp soon after tuning. Ugh.
When I'm at school, either the Bosendorfer 200 or the massive Steinway something. Most lush sound ever.
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I've got a Kawai upright - not sure the model, but its big and black - probable equivalent of the Yamaha U1, and a John Brinsmead & Sons 7 foot grand. Both very different, but the grand wins it really; she's 102 now, and I had the action overhauled about 2 years ago. Would love to have her re-strung, but having trouble finding someone to do it for less than the cost of a new car!
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I played on a Bosendorfer 200 today. It was like heaven. Even with the una corda, the sound is sooooo rich, and the movement doesn't have the slightest bit "harpsichord syndrome." (For non harpsichord ppl, harpsichord syndrome = a clunk partway thru movement where hammer strikes = bad.) And it was a great deal, only $75,000! :)
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Mostly I play on a Young Chang baby grand. It sounds great, and has a wonderful touch, but currently it needs to be tuned badly. The lower register holds the tune, but the upper is awful. At church I play an upright Wurlitzer. It holds a tune much better than my Young Chang, but has a lousy touch.
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A 15 years old Yamaha U1.
Obviously I'd love a grand, but I'm very satisfied of the U1 though, not that it sounds great but it let's me extrapolate the sound I would produce on a good piano.
Anyway I'll probably go for a crappy grand in some time, hesitating between a used C3 or a new Ritmuller. That's all I can hope with my budget.
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i bough new petrof piano 5 years ago,but i guess it`s time to change it.
that i had yamaha p-80 3electronic piano,which is also great,but i destroyed it.
Now,i go to my academy every day and practise there.
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Yamaha U3 and I love it to bits, except for the deceptively light action.
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Kawai KG-2C
Where was this poor instrument buried ?
:)
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Kawai.
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an elderly (1910-1920) grotian steinweg baby grand. I just got the action reconditioned and regulated.
The piano restorer who did it raved about the engineering of the action....I was very happy he was happy about it, I can tell you...it needed someone who really wanted to do it.
Now it's a dream to play.
It has a *really* resonant sound, wide dynamic range.
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I am fortunate to have a 9' 2" Bluthner.
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It's hard not to be jealous when I read these.
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Mine is a wreck. I'll post a pic in a bit. But I bet I have the worst piano on this forum, hands down!
SJ
No,I think that mine is the worst! :(
It's a Galisia (Polish),and it's very old...
The pedal is broken,the sound is... :-\
but,it was good,in past century. ;)
so,I must allmost every day to practice in school or academy...
I would like so much to have a normal piano! :'(
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Kawai KG-3C
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A turn of the century upright grand with a name plate that cannot be read, a high B flat that sticks, a chipped key that was bought for $150 5 years ago. It does have Ivory keys though.
An update on this It noew has two keys chipped the B flat no longor sticks and It's in tune. Also I now play A Yamaha C7 at my teachers, the second best piano I have ever played. (The best was a turn of the century Steinway amazing tone )
:D
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1987 Yamaha C7, mint condition -- The absolute LOVE of my life; he's incredibly sexy :). I have had him for 5 days. I just finished dusting him with a special fabric, put his felt blanket over his 88s, and I even locked him for the night with his uber cool key (which will be kept under my pillow while I sleep). I can't wait to get him his very own cover so I can tuck him in at night... and maybe some booties for his pedals. I want to sleep under him but I haven't yet.
His name : Fryderyk Maurice Fox ;D
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1987 Yamaha C7, mint condition -- The absolute LOVE of my life; he's incredibly sexy :). I have had him for 5 days. I just finished dusting him with a special fabric, put his felt blanket over his 88s, and I even locked him for the night with his uber cool key (which will be kept under my pillow while I sleep). I can't wait to get him his very own cover so I can tuck him in at night... and maybe some booties for his pedals. I want to sleep under him but I haven't yet.
His name : Fryderyk Maurice Fox ;D
Its a piano, not a baby.
Are you really going to put booties on its pedals?.
Thal
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wouldn't it be cute to see a piano following a person around, too. m1469goes to sleep and the piano sort of rolls over to the door and occasionally cries at night. good thing pianos don't mess themselves.
so that is why you were gone so long, mayla. you are very lucky to have a new piano! congratulations!
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1987 Yamaha C7, mint condition -- The absolute LOVE of my life; he's incredibly sexy :). I have had him for 5 days. I just finished dusting him with a special fabric, put his felt blanket over his 88s, and I even locked him for the night with his uber cool key (which will be kept under my pillow while I sleep). I can't wait to get him his very own cover so I can tuck him in at night... and maybe some booties for his pedals. I want to sleep under him but I haven't yet.
His name : Fryderyk Maurice Fox ;D
Wow that sounds very sensual. tend to envy your piano lol.
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Wow that sounds very sensual. tend to envy your piano lol.
Perv, she is young enough to be your daughter ;D
Thal
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Yamaha U1D, circa 1975 when the wife is out of the house when I can take the opus du jour to the woodshed. In my office I have a Korg SP-250 that is really not bad for getting the notes in the fingers. In fact, it's a little harder action than my Yamaha and probably gets my fingers more work than the 'real' piano.
This Spring I plan on having some serious work done to the action on my Yamaha. A bunch of these little straps have broken and the hammers are in dire need of being shaped. I have put about 35 years of playing on this thing and the grooves in the hammers are just insane.
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At home a Casio privia px860
It ok.
At school there's a couple of Boston uprights that are unbelievably well maintained and able to express your nuances on there. Also a c grand Yamaha for performance in front of class.
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Home 1982 Sohmer 39 console. I bought it new after trying out Steinway and Everett 44 studios. Better bass than both, lighter touch than the Steinway. Great sounds, even touch throughout, dampers up to G6. Pratt & Reed action, fast enough for me.
I bought a 1941 Steinway 40 console in 2011, tuned it seven times, enjoyed it a couple of years but broke a hammer shaft last spring. I wasn't even playing a loud passage. It sounded the same as the Sohmer but stays in tune longer with its solid pin block. It needs a bass sustain middle pedal like the sohmer. Dampers only up to E6. I'm trying to work up the nerve to replace the hammer this winter. They still make them for that the Steve's catalog says. After trying to get the Steinway affiliate tuner to stabilize the worst loose pin in the Sohmer and receiving a useless damp chaser installation, I don't trust anybody in this town to do anything but tune.
At the charity dinner on Saturdays, At St Luke UCC Jeff fellowship hall, a Baldwin Acrosonic 40 with plastic keys. Probably post 1960. Beautiful bright tone, louder than either of my pianos. In tune with itself. One sticky key Eb4. After I fix my Steinway successfully, maybe I'll talk them into letting me ease it.
At Otisco UMC sanctuary near my summer camp on warm Sundays, a Baldwin Hamilton studio 44 from the sixties. Okay tone, loud enough, fast enough for hymns. Was badly out of tune with itself when I visited there, i've tuned it 3 times so far. I broke a D7 string last pass, but you never use that one on hymns. I tried to replace it, I had a roll of wire bought for the Sohmer, but it got dark on me and I had to quit. I will carry out a 12" bent tip needle nose pliers next year to run the wire through the pins without taking the action out. I bicycle out there; it is a 270 minute trip one way from my maintenance base i town but 20 minutes from my country property. Back to town is Not a trip I do twice in one day.
At St Paul Episc church jeff fellowship hall, at charity dinners, a Wurlitzer 40 console. Probably seventies vintage. Horribly out of tune when I started volunteering there, I tuned it to the Allen organ last pass. Tuning has lasted 4 months so far. Tone is okay, speed is okay, neither is as good as the Steinway or Sohmer.
At Park Place UMC this Christmas cantata season, a Willis 84"? grand. Nice light touch for a grand. We convinced the sound guys to take the mike out, turn off the cheap speakers, and put the lid up, for the Christmas cantata. That gave much better sound than those stupid speakers, with 5" woofers I imagine. I didn't try the speed, the cantata wasn't that fast and I had a hard time learning it in two weeks. I was an understudy, the regular piano lady played the cantata, but there were a lot of colds and stomach problems around, so she wanted me to take a try at it in case she got it. An multiyear veteran tenor said the previous piano player was so loud, they closed the top, pointed it at the back wall, and put a mike in the piano to put the volume under control of the sound guys at the board. I'm not as strong as that lady, it was obvious to me.
At my one piano lesson two years ago, a Yamaha 44 studio with disk player action. No bass sustain on the middle pedal, just a stupid cloth damper of all strings. Tone was ho-hum, but I heard about the beautiful blue eyes of the salesman in Georgetown. Bleah.
At the church I'm a member of in town, since 2005 a Yamaha studio piano. I won't touch it or sing with it. that salesman has beautiful blue eyes, but all the people not building things in factories these days line up at the charity dinners and live in cardboard boxes under the overpass. The kawai 44 it replaced was okay, decent sound and loud enough, but it wasn't "new". the sixties Baldwin Hamilton 44 in the fellowship hall was fine with me, I tuned it this summer to play at monthly dinners, but the deacons gave it away last month. They need to make more room for eaters in the fellowship hall, no music is necessary. The hall has a Yamaha PA system with a CD and MP3 players. Great guys, lets all sing seven repetitions of an eleven word chorus newly released by Word Pub, instead of some hymn of tested beauty written by Wesley, Handel or Crosby.
I get around these days. Good hymn choices are made out at Otisco, but all those people are fifty up.
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A well loved -- and well played -- unrestored but meticulously cared for 1898 Steinway Model A grand.
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Steinway B
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Bosendorfer 130CL
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Restored 1913 Steinway Model O
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I have a Bosendorfer model 225. I also have a 1904 King upright and a Yamaha MOX8
At my mothers house (across the street) I have the piano I started on. Its a 1974 1st edition Kimball Viennese 6'7" grand.
I play at nursing homes on weekly visits so there's 3 different consoles.
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Steinway or Yamaha is the way to go!