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Piano upgrade time

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    Mik
    wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 03:11 last edited by
    #71

    You got your head on straight, and we do love a good piano story. And we won’t unfriend you just because you’re a fucking infidel Democrat.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      kluurs
      wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 23:24 last edited by
      #72

      Heh - rethinking this - forget the Steinway - and get a Fazioli since you'll be in Italy.

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        23 Mar 2025, 23:24

        Heh - rethinking this - forget the Steinway - and get a Fazioli since you'll be in Italy.

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        NobodySock
        wrote on 24 Mar 2025, 02:57 last edited by
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        @kluurs said in Piano upgrade time:

        Heh - rethinking this - forget the Steinway - and get a Fazioli since you'll be in Italy.

        That's what I've been saying out loud since the start of this! I'd better get started on that gofundme then.

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        • N NobodySock
          24 Mar 2025, 02:57

          @kluurs said in Piano upgrade time:

          Heh - rethinking this - forget the Steinway - and get a Fazioli since you'll be in Italy.

          That's what I've been saying out loud since the start of this! I'd better get started on that gofundme then.

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          NobodySock
          wrote on 24 Mar 2025, 02:59 last edited by
          #74

          Look what I get to play on when I go down this week to Kim's piano. These are all on the floorkim1.jpg kim2.jpg

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            Klaus
            wrote on 24 Mar 2025, 07:58 last edited by Klaus
            #75

            August Förster? Cool. Very unique, warm sound. Cheaper than other premium brands. Not easy to find, even in Germany

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            • K Klaus
              24 Mar 2025, 07:58

              August Förster? Cool. Very unique, warm sound. Cheaper than other premium brands. Not easy to find, even in Germany

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              NobodySock
              wrote on 24 Mar 2025, 15:40 last edited by
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              @Klaus said in Piano upgrade time:

              August Förster? Cool. Very unique, warm sound. Cheaper than other premium brands. Not easy to find, even in Germany

              I am especially keen on trying this one out. He is on my short list for sure because of just what you mentioned.

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              • N NobodySock
                24 Mar 2025, 15:40

                @Klaus said in Piano upgrade time:

                August Förster? Cool. Very unique, warm sound. Cheaper than other premium brands. Not easy to find, even in Germany

                I am especially keen on trying this one out. He is on my short list for sure because of just what you mentioned.

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                NobodySock
                wrote on 27 Mar 2025, 12:17 last edited by
                #77

                Today is the day! Kim's Piano store awaits me this afternoon and I decided to rent a car, not just any car, but my first electric car today. It claims a range of over 250 miles which is about the distance from me to there. l figured it would cost me more to drive the Mercedes SUV. Going to get me some ocean therapy at Hermosa Beach directly after and spend the night tonight.

                electric.jpg

                hermosa.jpg

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                  Klaus
                  wrote on 27 Mar 2025, 12:26 last edited by Klaus
                  #78

                  It claims a range of over 250 miles which is about the distance from me to there.

                  Uh oh!

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                    NobodySock
                    wrote on 28 Mar 2025, 22:46 last edited by NobodySock
                    #79

                    I ended up not going down to socal yesterday as my dog Bella who is 16 and a half, is not doing well and I am bolstering myself for her end days. I hate this part of life. As I get further along in this piano search, I am coming more and more in line with finding a good used one to save some pennies. What I really want to do is find a Baldwin SF10 circa 1960s-1970s and see if it sounds so rich like everyone claims it does. Take a listen to this video and near the end he plays the beginning of Tchaikovsy's Piano Concerto 1 and prepare yourself, turn up your speakers. It frikkin sounds like Liberace too! Oh my dear Lord. There's a smattering of them for sale on ebay and pianomart and they can be had for real real cheap. This could be my forever piano.

                    Link to video

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                      NobodySock
                      wrote on 29 Mar 2025, 17:00 last edited by
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                      https://www.ebay.com/itm/376109460994

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                        taiwan_girl
                        wrote on 9 Apr 2025, 17:12 last edited by
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                        How did you like your electric car?

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                          NobodySock
                          wrote on 9 Apr 2025, 19:07 last edited by
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                          I ended up not going because of my old dog's turn for the worse. The piano hunt has taken a back seat for now, and I now have an idea of shipping costs of my household goods to Italy, it's becoming clear that I should just sell my Petrof before I move and take my time to find my next piano in Europe.

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                          • N NobodySock
                            9 Apr 2025, 19:07

                            I ended up not going because of my old dog's turn for the worse. The piano hunt has taken a back seat for now, and I now have an idea of shipping costs of my household goods to Italy, it's becoming clear that I should just sell my Petrof before I move and take my time to find my next piano in Europe.

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                            kluurs
                            wrote on 9 Apr 2025, 21:14 last edited by
                            #83

                            @NobodySock said in Piano upgrade time:
                            it's becoming clear that I should just sell my Petrof before I move and take my time to find my next piano in Europe.

                            Sorry, about your pup - and yeah, I think you'll do better there with your piano search.

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                              Mik
                              wrote on 10 Apr 2025, 00:11 last edited by
                              #84

                              I know you took in a younger terrier over the last couple years. What will you have to do to get him into Italy?

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                NobodySock
                                wrote on 28 Apr 2025, 17:53 last edited by
                                #85

                                So i am sitting outside on a veranda waiting to sit down and eat dinner in Baunei, and having conversation with 2 Austrians here on vacation, and one of them has an in with Bosendorfer. But dont bother me right now, i am working it.

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                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on 28 Apr 2025, 17:56 last edited by
                                  #86

                                  Nice!

                                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                                    28 Apr 2025, 17:53

                                    So i am sitting outside on a veranda waiting to sit down and eat dinner in Baunei, and having conversation with 2 Austrians here on vacation, and one of them has an in with Bosendorfer. But dont bother me right now, i am working it.

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                                    taiwan_girl
                                    wrote on 29 Apr 2025, 02:19 last edited by
                                    #87

                                    @NobodySock said in Piano upgrade time:

                                    i am sitting outside on a veranda waiting to sit down and eat dinner in Baunei

                                    Looks like quite a pretty area.

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                                      Tom-K
                                      wrote on 29 Apr 2025, 22:47 last edited by
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                                      I don't think you DESERVE a nice piano. It's too nice where you are going live.

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on 30 Apr 2025, 00:44 last edited by
                                        #89

                                        Yeah. Either get a POS upright and live there or get a top tier piano and move to Cleaveland.

                                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                                          Mik
                                          wrote on 30 Apr 2025, 01:28 last edited by Mik
                                          #90

                                          “CLEAVEland ”. There’s a Freudian slip if ever I saw one.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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