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Piano upgrade time

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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    #115

    Nice. Have fun!

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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      I really was hoping to find a Bluthner dealer there but alas only in LA. Have been keen on their sound lately. But to be able to touch finally Mason Hamlin, Estonia, Grotian, Bosendorfer , Shigeru, C Bechstein, and Sautre all in one day could be sensory overload as it is.

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        Shigeru SK7 still my top desire to testdrive and was speaking to one of the salesmen yesterday and explained my situation with Sardinia and he suggested that I might do better finding Shigeru's in Europe for cheaper as they have to compete against all the German pianos over there. But no Kawai dealer in Italy, closest is Spain. He said though that the SK7 they have on the floor is pretty much new that was sold and shortly given back and is Shigeru's 3rd generation piano and that I might be amazed at the price they will give me.

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        • MikM Away
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          Fun to have a piano quest thread again. Are you sure your place in Sardinia has room for a 7'+ piano?

          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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          • N NobodySock

            I really was hoping to find a Bluthner dealer there but alas only in LA. Have been keen on their sound lately. But to be able to touch finally Mason Hamlin, Estonia, Grotian, Bosendorfer , Shigeru, C Bechstein, and Sautre all in one day could be sensory overload as it is.

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            @NobodySock said in Piano upgrade time:

            But to be able to touch finally Mason Hamlin, Estonia, Grotian, Bosendorfer , Shigeru, C Bechstein, and Sautre all in one day could be sensory overload as it is.

            A fun day, for sure. But I think you are correct in your statement. If you try and do too many in one day, it becomes difficult to separate them. I think you need to take some detailed notes immediately after playing each one.

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              I'm enjoying your quest from the safety of my living room. I'm not as excited about the modern Bluthner pianos. I've played all of the pianos you're trying. An exceptional instrument by any one of them could work for me - but generally I'm inclined toward a Hamburg S&S or Bosie. I've not played many Faziolis - so they might win the day as well.

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                I'm enjoying your quest from the safety of my living room. I'm not as excited about the modern Bluthner pianos. I've played all of the pianos you're trying. An exceptional instrument by any one of them could work for me - but generally I'm inclined toward a Hamburg S&S or Bosie. I've not played many Faziolis - so they might win the day as well.

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                @kluurs said in Piano upgrade time:

                Hamburg S&S or Bosie

                I think they are so different that one cannot love both. It's either or.

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                  @kluurs said in Piano upgrade time:

                  Hamburg S&S or Bosie

                  I think they are so different that one cannot love both. It's either or.

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                  @Klaus said in Piano upgrade time:

                  @kluurs said in Piano upgrade time:

                  Hamburg S&S or Bosie

                  I think they are so different that one cannot love both. It's either or.

                  Yeah - I understand - which is why I'd like both.

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                  • kluursK kluurs

                    @Klaus said in Piano upgrade time:

                    @kluurs said in Piano upgrade time:

                    Hamburg S&S or Bosie

                    I think they are so different that one cannot love both. It's either or.

                    Yeah - I understand - which is why I'd like both.

                    MikM Away
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                    Mik
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                    @kluurs Is this really Kenny?

                    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                    • N NobodySock

                      Shigeru SK7 still my top desire to testdrive and was speaking to one of the salesmen yesterday and explained my situation with Sardinia and he suggested that I might do better finding Shigeru's in Europe for cheaper as they have to compete against all the German pianos over there. But no Kawai dealer in Italy, closest is Spain. He said though that the SK7 they have on the floor is pretty much new that was sold and shortly given back and is Shigeru's 3rd generation piano and that I might be amazed at the price they will give me.

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                      #124

                      @NobodySock check Saccuman in Bolzano or Alfonsi pianoforti in Rome.

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