Piano picture of the day

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21 February 2006, 07:00 PM

Zorba

Piano picture of the day

A Steinway B. Most DEFINATELY "Zorba Approved"!

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-Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
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1918 Hobart M. Cable
"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good

22 February 2006, 01:56 AM

Zorba

Rick, I didn't even think about that - how the H, E, double hockey sticks do you get the silly thing through a door!

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-Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
http://www.doubleveil.net
1918 Hobart M. Cable
"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good

22 February 2006, 10:15 AM

WynnBear

quote:
Originally posted by rontuner:
What's the extra pedal do?

I think Faziolis have a "soft" pedal in addition to una corda. It moves the hammers closer to the strings (like an upright) reducing blow-distance and power.

23 February 2006, 11:59 AM

rontuner

nap attack?

01 March 2006, 01:18 PM

pianojuggler

I'd like to say that that picture is priceless...but the price is actually cast into the plate. Wowzers.

Of course, I would not give you $775 for that beast today.

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04 March 2006, 10:46 PM

Matthew Collett

Little on large:

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06 March 2006, 04:01 PM

Just give me that fretwork!

Zorba, you and I have a love of old wood cabinets and furniture. Some may be a little over the top for my home, but I surely appreciate that many piano makers also were exquisite furniture makers.

Makes it really hard for me to see a large box of shiny black!

Still thinking though that I could alter the new boxes with old fretting.

Please...if anyone finds old pianos on the sidewalk, take out the top panel for me to work with!!!

Roberta

06 March 2006, 04:26 PM

Zorba

I'm planning on refinishing my old Hobart M. Cable eventually and am thinking of adding a bit of gingerbread to it at the same time. It'll never be as pretty as many I've seen, but any relief of its total squareness would be something, even if its just a bit of fluting on the legs or edges.

I don't see all the fascination with black, plain or otherwise. I just love the richness of deep woodgrain. This said, if I were to buy a "painted" piano, it just might be white, like this Sohmer:

To me, this just looks classier than black - but I know I'm in the minority. But I'd much rather have woodgrain!

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-Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
http://www.doubleveil.net
1918 Hobart M. Cable
"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good

06 March 2006, 10:08 PM

Frycek

I don't really see the fascination with "Darth Piano," either. Maybe they're supposed to be intimidating. Give me visible wood any day.

07 March 2006, 10:19 AM

rontuner

This one has some character, even though it IS black!

07 March 2006, 12:16 PM

pianojuggler

quote:
Originally posted by Zorba:
I have certainly seen some fine looking instruments that just happened to be black. But I'd take white(ish) over black, and woodgrain over either.

"Darth Piano"...

I *like* it! I'll file that away for future use!

On the other hand, I detest white cars with a passion, and wish my blue Mercedes-Benz was either black or green...

Perhaps we can negotiate a trade. I wish mine was blue...

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07 March 2006, 02:44 PM

Zorba

Nice looking Benz!

Now here's a sweet piano:

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-Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
http://www.doubleveil.net
1918 Hobart M. Cable
"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good

13 March 2006, 10:19 AM

rontuner

How many of us started to play at a grandparent's house?

This picture looks like it belongs in a Rockwell book:

14 March 2006, 12:59 PM

Zorba

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-Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
http://www.doubleveil.net
1918 Hobart M. Cable
"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good