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Piano upgrade time

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  • N NobodySock

    @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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    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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      #75

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

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

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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

          @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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          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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            #78

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

            Uh oh!

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              #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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                https://www.ebay.com/itm/376109460994

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                  How did you like your electric car?

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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

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

                        "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                          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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                            Nice!

                            If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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                              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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                              @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.

                              alt text

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                                Tom-K
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                                I don't think you DESERVE a nice piano. It's too nice where you are going live.

                                Flushing the toilet is like practicing the piano; you just cannot go too long without doing it.--Axtremus

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

                                  If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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

                                    "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                                      Ha

                                      If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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                                        @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.

                                        alt text

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                                        @taiwan_girl

                                        It is an amazing little town set on a steep hillside with a wonderous view of the valley below it. I may find myself repeating something that is apparent, Italians love building stuff on steep hills.

                                        Link to video

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