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Lisa
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Yes, we could not run the ceiling fan in our Washington living room when we played the piano! It makes it sound super weird!


Hey - people pay good money for Leslie speakers and here your ceiling fan is giving you one for free! LOL.
 
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Ron, thanks! Nope, I'm not putting a ceiling fan in the piano room. I'm replacing that drop-down fixture with a semi-flush fixture.

The ceiling fan replacements are for a guest room and the primary bedroom.


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For affordable lighting fixtures try Amazon as well.


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I’ll check Amazon but I am a little hesitant to buy electric things from Amazon unless it’s a recognizable brand. They pretty much let any seller on there…


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A spinning ceiling fan in a piano room makes for a strange wobbling effect in the sound. I try to warn owners when I see one in the room before they call me back to say the tuning doesn't sound right...

I need some kind of fan when practicing in the summer (no AC here). Seeing the box fan I was using, my tuner suggested a smaller personal fan, around 8-10 inches, that sits on the floor and can be directed right at the pianist. Inexpensive too. That’s what I use now.


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Wouldn't you know it, I find a fixture I like and it's $1600! ROTFLMAO

Ahh well, it's probably for the best, this way I don't have to think about whether I would actually want it or not.

https://www.lampsplus.com/prod...ng-light__06280.html


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That’s an awful lot of money, but that’s a nice fixture. I really don’t like most light fixtures.
 
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Here's why it's expensive:

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Hand forged iron construction by artisan blacksmiths.


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Yeah, there's no scenario in which I would pay that much for a light fixture.

I might get this one (it's on sale for $130)

https://www.lampsplus.com/prod...ng-light__50342.html

Not quite decided though.


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WTG, "artisan blacksmiths"

Is it a light fixture, or a sword...

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Here...save a couple of hundred bucks on that expensive one:

https://www.lumens.com/steppe-...-forge-uu112610.html

But it's non-returnable...I think it's a discontinued fixture...

The lampsplus site comments from customers make two observations about it, though. It's heavy. And the glass on the bottom can fall out.


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Yeah, there's no scenario in which I would pay that much for a light fixture.

I might get this one (it's on sale for $130)

https://www.lampsplus.com/prod...ng-light__50342.html

Not quite decided though.


We almost got that exact one!

You can also get it from Amazon, iirc.
 
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Here...save a couple of hundred bucks on that expensive one:

https://www.lumens.com/steppe-...-forge-uu112610.html

But it's non-returnable...I think it's a discontinued fixture...

The lampsplus site comments from customers make two observations about it, though. It's heavy. And the glass on the bottom can fall out.


Spectacular!


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And the glass on the bottom can fall out.


Yikes! That’s not good!

Quirt, what did you get instead?


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Also check the color of the glass. The yellow toned one, like that expensive one, can really reduce the brightness of the light. That may be what you want, but a whiter glass will be brighter.
 
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