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Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
Pique, those photos are wonderful!! You said all those pianos are kept performance ready, can visitors play them? Or do they periodically have concerts? (

both. i got to play the mozart piano and also a hammerklavier from schubert's time. of course, this was at the invitation of the curator, who, lucky for me, just happened to be there. you can't just walk in and start playing.

the hammerklavier had just been tuned for a performance the next day, and it was truly a wonderful instrument! the acoustics in that hall really added a lot to the experience, too.

WOW!

That multi-wood piano looks cool!

I am salivating at the thought of trading my satin ebony Estonia 190 (Ho Hum zzzzz) for a satin bubinga (wowza!) Estonia 190.

It is three years newer as well.

We will be visiting the dealer this Thursday to make up our minds.

The best thing is, our piano is at the dealer! They will be side by side for comparison.

Should prove interesting.

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Originally posted by markjpcs:
WOW!

That multi-wood piano looks cool!

I am salivating at the thought of trading my satin ebony Estonia 190 (Ho Hum zzzzz) for a satin bubinga (wowza!) Estonia 190.

It is three years newer as well.

We will be visiting the dealer this Thursday to make up our minds.

The best thing is, our piano is at the dealer! They will be side by side for comparison.

Should prove interesting.

you will be one of the few that has owned 3 Estonias.

Yes, and I might not live through this trade!

You mean something like this?

that's a dark one.. The bubinga is beautiful but I think it would be distracting. (you know, I tried to buy one 190 Bubinga at an estate sale before I bought mine, Mark)

Yes, that one is a little more on the wild side than the one I am looking at Ron.

This is has a more subtle grain pattern and is a satin finish. Really quite beautiful.

I was thinking the same thing about it being distracting apple. At first I thought the polished ebony was a little distracting because of the mirror image of your fingers playing the piano.

I adjusted real quick though. I suppose I will do the same if I get the satin bubinga.

When I bought mine not quite a year ago, they wouldn't do Bubinga in satin. If they would have I think we would have gone with that. I think it is beautiful, but I was afraid it would be too much. I think it would be perfect in satin. Yum!

I will take some photos tomorrow.

I am leaning heavily in favor of the bubinga.

It's gorgeous alright!

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Originally posted by rontuner:
You mean something like this?

I just realized that these are two different pianos! The bottom one has the old logo on the fallboard.

So you think 1 piano + 4 hands requires some coordination...



It's some sort of bowed piano performance!

Some photos of the satin bubinga I will not be buying.

it's like a piano in a leopard suit in a way..
Are you not going to trade?

That's exactly what we thought!

No trade. After playing our piano again and playing the same pieces side by side we decided against the trade. Our piano has a tone that we love. So does the Bubinga 190 but we felt it made no sense to spend money just because it was different. I cannot say that it was better. Only different. Not much different either. A tiny bit brighter and louder but nothing that cannot be changed with a good voicing on ours.

We remain a member of the Estonia Satin Ebony Club.