Quick question

[ravelfan07]

When did the website start?

[frodo4]

I sorted the performance board on the last post field in reverse chronological order.  It shows a post that started 5/19/2002.  EDIT:  Teaching board shows a post that started on 1/28/02.  We are getting close to the start here I'm guessing.

Shopperapproved.com says:
Piano Street is a website promoting classical piano music. It started out in 2001 as "Piano Forum", a discussion board for pianists, teachers and piano students, but has now expanded to include a piano sheet music and recordings library.

[ravelfan07]

I sorted the performance board on the last post field in reverse chronological order.  It shows a post that started 5/19/2002.  EDIT:  Teaching board shows a post that started on 1/28/02.  We are getting close to the start here I'm guessing.

Shopperapproved.com says:
Piano Street is a website promoting classical piano music. It started out in 2001 as "Piano Forum", a discussion board for pianists, teachers and piano students, but has now expanded to include a piano sheet music and recordings library.

I was able to find a post from Sept 20 2001, which is an actually surprisingly long time ago

[kosulin]

According to ICANN registration records, pianostreet.com domain was registered January 8, 2003. The site might exist under a different name before that though.

[frodo4]

According to ICANN registration records, pianostreet.com domain was registered January 8, 2003. The site might exist under a different name before that though.

In the "About/AboutPS" tab of this forum:
"Op 111 Productions develops and provides innovative IT products and services for musicians.
Current projects include Piano Street (www.pianostreet.com), a discussion board (formerly Piano Forum) and sheet music resource for professional pianists, piano teachers and piano students."

The bottom portion of each page of this website has:
"Copyright © Op 111 Productions, 2001-2023. All rights reserved."

So it looks like 2001 is the starting year.

BTW:  I would bet that op. 111 is in reference to Beethoven's last piano sonata.as opposed to Brahms string quintet #2 or some other composer's op. 111.

[frodo4]

I was able to find a post from Sept 20 2001, which is an actually surprisingly long time ago

Interesting.  If you or someone else believe they found the first post made to this forum, maybe you can provide a link to it here.  It would be interesting to read the first post. 

[liszt-and-the-galops]

Interesting.  If you or someone else believe they found the first post made to this forum, maybe you can provide a link to it here.  It would be interesting to read the first post. 

Earliest I could find is sept 20, 2001:
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=1.0

[ravelfan07]

Earliest I could find is sept 20, 2001:
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=1.0

I’m willing to bet it’s hidden on like page 2 of some section, since when you respond to a post it teleports to the top

[nilsjohan]

That's correct! Piano Forum was started in September 2001 on the domain pianoforum.net and was moved over to the domain pianostreet.com in June 2005.

Earliest I could find is sept 20, 2001:
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=1.0

Well done, you have found the first Piano Forum-topic!
It is like traveling back in time to read these old posts from the early ages of the Internet's "Web 2.0" era. 
While the recommendation to use Netscape Navigator 4 is a bit outdated, the very first piano related topic is still interesting and relevant reading in our digital age:
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=3

[lelle]

Netscape navigator! Now that is a blast from the past. I am just about old enough to remember it being on computers when I was a kid.

[ravelfan07]

That's correct! Piano Forum was started in September 2001 on the domain pianoforum.net and was moved over to the domain pianostreet.com in June 2005.

Well done, you have found the first Piano Forum-topic!
It is like traveling back in time to read these old posts from the early ages of the Internet's "Web 2.0" era. 
While the recommendation to use Netscape Navigator 4 is a bit outdated, the very first piano related topic is still interesting and relevant reading in our digital age:
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=3

Crazy to think 9/11 and this forum were created at the same time

[liszt-and-the-galops]

That's correct! Piano Forum was started in September 2001 on the domain pianoforum.net and was moved over to the domain pianostreet.com in June 2005...
Well done, you have found the first Piano Forum-topic!

Yay for me!

...the very first piano related topic is still interesting and relevant reading in our digital age:
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=3

Calling it now, someone's going to necropost in that thread some time in the next month lol. (Don't worry, it won't be me.)