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Piano upgrade time

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  • kluursK kluurs

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

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

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        • KlausK Klaus

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

              Uh oh!

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                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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                        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.

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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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