27 April 2006, 11:24 PM
ChickGrandPiano picture of the day
quote:
Originally posted by rontuner:
...I even have one with the "hunky" flaps to cover my ears!)
I've been studying those Russian ones in nice fur and thinking it might be a good idea.
28 April 2006, 10:48 AM
rontunerHey!
Let's get back on track here - like talking about piano room color choices?!?
28 April 2006, 11:10 AM
Zorbaquote:
Originally posted by kathyk:
What fun! This seems to have turned into the "show me your picture" thread. Zorba, you're one funky dresser, you!
Whatddya mean? I thought everybody wore a skirt to the office! I was just showing off that cane!
Ron swore me to secrecy, so I can't tell you that he wears a similar outfit to PTG meetings...

28 April 2006, 03:04 PM
rontunerHow about a look for May Day?
28 April 2006, 07:28 PM
OperaTenorHi All, I thought, for my first post here, I'd share my oh-so-very-ordinary-looking player.
Wild photos over the past 70 pages....
29 April 2006, 02:56 AM
OperaTenorHi Rick,
No electric pump for this baby!
It's all original, right down to the 84 year-old rubberized cloth, which makes for an even more exciting playing experience.

The poor old guy has got air leaks galore right now, but with furious pumping will still play a halting rendition of a piece. Next project on the plate is rebuilding the player action, which I'll be able to do myself(I apprenticed a piano rebuilder in high school, and have read both Larry givens' and Art Reblitz' books on the subject. I also have a local rebuilder who's said she'll help me out with the project.)
Most fortuitously, however, is the regular piano itself, which is in pristine condition as a musical instrument. The only thing I have to attend to on that is a new set of hammers in the next few years. The originals have been resurfaced once, and I don't think trying to do that again is a good idea. Clean strings, tight pins, fresh-looking action parts throughout, otherwise.
Speaking of hammers, the rebuilder I mentioned previously offered to get me Renner hammers when the time comes. Are they the good idea I think they might be, or does anyone have any other opinion(s)?
When I was younger(and the piano had less air leaks), I could play 20-30 rolls at a sitting.
We have a 21 month-old daughter, and I definitely want to get the player back into shape in time for her to be mesmerized by it.
01 May 2006, 10:49 AM
rontuner.... I've learned to just tune 'em with the lid down...
01 May 2006, 02:22 PM
ZorbaThis one ain't bad either:
02 May 2006, 08:34 AM
kathykThat turquoise room is really stunning; never mind that the piano looks like it's just another piece of dust laden furniture.
Anyway, here's the promised Smithsonian piano for Rick - a Chick for Chick Rick. It's at the piano room at the Museum of American History. I was so tired from walking and the place was a zoo of school kids. The piano room, enclosed with a glass door, no doubt for climate control was a little haven. There was even row of overstuffed, Victorian benches for sitting on - imagine that. I plopped myself there and instructed JF and Puffin to come back to retrieve me when they were done. I sat there for about an hour, mainly in amazing peace, but two or three times a large group of kids would file in, quickely breeze past each piano, and file back out - a moment of total cacaphony quickly followed by the sweet silence again. I enjoyed those quiet pianos immensely and felt I took in their historical vibes by osmosis.
04 May 2006, 01:02 PM
rontunerI think there's a piano under there...
08 May 2006, 11:23 AM
rontunerNo, I don't think we have!
Here's another "piano as stuff holder" picture:
08 May 2006, 11:28 AM
ZorbaI really like that WoodsPiano artcase! Way cool.
Fixed da link:
Get a load of the chicken on Ron's latest upright!
I thought you might Z, along with other admirer's!
Funny that I find more things that YOU might like than any others that I see.
You have an 'eye' for extra ordinary!
R