Let’s complain about light fixtures and built-in LED lights

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28 April 2024, 01:27 PM

Lisa

Let’s complain about light fixtures and built-in LED lights

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Originally posted by jodi:
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.

28 April 2024, 01:42 PM

ShiroKuro

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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28 April 2024, 03:31 PM

dolmansaxlil

For affordable lighting fixtures try Amazon as well.

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28 April 2024, 05:27 PM

ShiroKuro

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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28 April 2024, 05:51 PM

RealPlayer

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Originally posted by rontuner:
Just in case...
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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28 April 2024, 05:57 PM

ShiroKuro

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

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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28 April 2024, 06:08 PM

QuirtEvans

That’s an awful lot of money, but that’s a nice fixture. I really don’t like most light fixtures.

28 April 2024, 06:10 PM

wtg

Here's why it's expensive:

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Hand forged iron construction by artisan blacksmiths.

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28 April 2024, 06:10 PM

ShiroKuro

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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28 April 2024, 06:11 PM

ShiroKuro

WTG, "artisan blacksmiths"

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

:rothfl:

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28 April 2024, 06:13 PM

wtg

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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28 April 2024, 06:19 PM

QuirtEvans

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Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
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.

28 April 2024, 06:33 PM

Steve Miller

quote:
Originally posted by wtg:
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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28 April 2024, 06:47 PM

ShiroKuro

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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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28 April 2024, 06:53 PM

Nina

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.