Piano picture of the day

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09 February 2007, 12:30 PM

Zorba

Piano picture of the day

I'm no fan of post modernism, but I kind of like it. Oh, I'd rather have a rococo Knabsteindorfering from 100 years ago, but this one works for me.

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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

09 February 2007, 12:39 PM

ChickGrand

From this angle, it looks like that black Euro toilet in the upstairs bath of one house I considered:

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09 February 2007, 01:02 PM

Zorba

That angle makes it look Star Trekkie to me - but I didn't see the toilet in question!

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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

10 February 2007, 03:09 AM

OperaTenor

A Zorba-approved instrument, lifted from the French Wiki page on pianos:

10 February 2007, 03:25 AM

OperaTenor

This is how an outfit called Piano Logistics packs up a 6 ft grand for shipment to Tokyo:

10 February 2007, 10:30 AM

Well, I see what might be legs, or lyre and bench and music rack but what is the curved triangular small package on the top middle?

10 February 2007, 12:27 PM

ChickGrand

Just my guess:

Aside from the bench sides and lyre, that rectangular box might include the castors, if they are not on the legs at shipping.

Music desk is likely stowed in its usual place, padded. Prop stick, too.

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

10 February 2007, 03:40 PM

Good thing it is not a 'square piano'!!!

Thanks superman...I mean CG. I can see you have x-ray eyes.

I love it. A place for everything.

Doesn't look like much room for a stowaway though, huh?

10 February 2007, 07:58 PM

Zorba

quote:
Originally posted by OperaTenor:
A Zorba-approved instrument, lifted from the French Wiki page on pianos:

Oh yea!

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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

12 February 2007, 11:05 AM

Zorba

Why the *&!@#$^*!&@#^ wasn't that thing bolted to the deck? I go to sea on research vessels as a regular part of my job, we'd NEVER put to sea with an unsecured 1,200 pound object - ever hear the term "loose cannon"?

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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

12 February 2007, 12:49 PM

Frycek

quote:
Originally posted by Zorba:
Why the *&!@#$^*!&@#^ wasn't that thing bolted to the deck? I go to sea on research vessels as a regular part of my job, we'd NEVER put to sea with an unsecured 1,200 pound object - ever hear the term "loose cannon"?

Or if Bach were involved "loose canon."

12 February 2007, 03:56 PM

Zorba

quote:
Originally posted by Frycek:
Or if Bach were involved "loose canon."

Yea, or in this case a "loose canon in (the) C".

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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

12 February 2007, 03:59 PM

Zorba

quote:
Originally posted by ChickGrand:
The pianos on the Queen Mary had special legs about 18 inches wide by 8 inches thick. They were bolted to the floor. They survived the ship turning on its side to a list of 75-80 degrees when hit by a rogue wave (the incident that was the basis for Paul Gallico's "The Poseidon Adventure") (But they didn't survive the string of Long Beach owners, who sold them cheaply at auction).

Thanx for this tidbit - I have a coffee table book on the QM.
I forget the title, but it is supposedly the definitive book on
QM history - I purchased the VERY last one available on the QM
a couple of years ago.

I'll have to haul it out and take a look for those pianos!

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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