Piano picture of the day

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01 February 2007, 07:41 PM

ChickGrand

Piano picture of the day

You know your playing really sucks when:

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"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -- Albert Einstein

02 February 2007, 11:44 AM

rontuner

Hiding by the rocks?

02 February 2007, 02:47 PM

Zorba

1896 Emerson, Zorba Approved (tm):

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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

02 February 2007, 03:03 PM

Zorba

S&S uprights seldom catch my eye - this is a beautiful exception:

Get a load of the length of those stickers!

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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

02 February 2007, 03:53 PM

ChickGrand

I have an old Kimball in storage from 1896 quite nearly identical to that Emerson. I intend to rebuild the action and refinish it someday. It's tone is gorgeous, but the action has seen better days. I really like that S&S. It reminds me of my favorite case for the tall old uprights, which was a Mathushek offering.

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"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -- Albert Einstein

02 February 2007, 05:38 PM

ChickGrand

I crated it for the move and decided not to bring it into the house until it's redone. My shop is roomy and temperature controlled. The crate is to keep the mice out until I decide to do all that work, since I don't want to do more work than it already needs. The case veneer is all very good, but the finish is alligatored to the point of a fine sand texture. Which actually looks rather good, but for the point that it traps dust. Mostly the action just needs all those bridle straps replaced, the little silk threads to the springs replaced and the hammers lightly sanded. Nice ivories in good condition. Nary a clunker in the strings and good board and bridges.

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"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -- Albert Einstein

02 February 2007, 07:48 PM

ChickGrand

No bill. It's in storage in my own shop building out back.

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"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -- Albert Einstein

05 February 2007, 08:33 AM

rontuner

Here's another...

06 February 2007, 10:13 AM

maryrose

Is it just me, or do pianos seem like living things rather than pieces of furniture? They don't deserve to die. They should go to the piano retirement home in Cuba or somewhere

06 February 2007, 02:26 PM

OperaTenor

quote:
Originally posted by maryrose:
Is it just me, or do pianos seem like living things rather than pieces of furniture? They don't deserve to die. They should go to the piano retirement home in Cuba or somewhere

You and me both, MR.

07 February 2007, 12:33 PM

rontuner

Hope those aren't south-facing windows...

07 February 2007, 04:16 PM

ChickGrand

quote:
Originally posted by maryrose:
...They should go to the piano retirement home in Cuba or somewhere

They'd just end up coming back as makeshift boats and rafts. The island is mostly deforested now. They'd appreciate the lumber.

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"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -- Albert Einstein

08 February 2007, 12:58 AM

Zorba

quote:
Originally posted by rontuner:
Wow, this is shiny!

And it's very, very cool.

As for the grand, perhaps the windows ARE south facing - in Australia!

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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

08 February 2007, 02:47 PM

rontuner

I know Kenny's got a string cover... any one else?

09 February 2007, 10:53 AM

maryrose

I think it's a rather beautiful object, but wouldn't the proximity of the steel change the sound a little?