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I have been playing piano for nearly forty years, but gave up lessons at age 17 and only started again a couple of years ago aged 43. In the meantime I played keyboards in various rock/jazz combos.
...y Grand Mark 152 at a store and believes it has incredible sound. My question is, does this monster of a piano really offer any advantage in sound over a similar Digital Piano not packaged in the huge...
What are most grand pianos finished with? Is it an industrial lacquer? Some new pianos look so glossy that they appear to have a clear-coat on top like a car, is this so?
Does anyone know anything about a Melton piano? I know, I know it is not a Steinway. I just want a little history, if I can find it, so i'll be able to tell people where the heck it came from.
I am looking to buy a digital piano for my kids to begin learning. I came across a Roland KR-177 that seems to have a lot of fun stuff in addition to a fairly decent sound. I am a complete novice at t
Hi everyone, I have a baby grand piano for sale Does anyone know a good web site to list it at ? 1923 Emerson.. just had action all rebuilt $ 2000. thanks for your input
...Here's a breakdown of the conversation:
1. He acknowledges and is aware of the problem. 2. He claims 5 pianos to date have shown the defect and were made during a brief span they have pinpointed. (T...
...nd mangled one of my favorite CDs (Erato 2292-45619-2, disc 4). It has Alexei Lubimov playing the Mozart piano sonatas KV 330, 331 and 332 on a copy of a period (Walter) piano.
Any chance to get ano...
what do I need to buy if I want to play piano with one finger - I saw in a restaurant the guy just use one finger but the sound was awsome.
I took a look at Mucisians Friend catalog and overwhelmed
Is this NG for piano makers or for piano players, as in music makers?
...c tuners and the Tune Lab software and I see one can choose from a number of tuning temperaments. Now my piano tuner has never said to me, 'what temperament do you want - Bach or Steinway D?' So what ...
...t been played very much since my g-grandmother died, 40 or more years ago.
This was my gg-grandparents piano, so there is sentimental value. It moved west with them a century ago, and was passed fro...
...o, but it's really hard to get it quiet and get lots of even articulations.
I suspect the state of the piano's action has a HUGE amount to do with how well this works, but my action was just optimiz...
For what it's worth-
The owner of the store I bought the piano from came to my house to look at the piano yesterday. He was completely befuddled. Basically he said that in his 30 years experience he
Could anyone recommend a good recording of W. A. Mozart's complete sonatas to a piano student who, well, needs it? I really don't care about the cost, but I'd like to avoid anything overly overworked
What will one of these set me back?
...ped, and except for a few strings damaged by rust, most are still in place. The most damaged part of the piano is the keyboard...
...ssically trained pianist as a kid but haven't played in 30 years.
I need 88 'weighted' keys and 'real' piano sound.
My preference would be for a keybord, instead of a piano, since I will be moving...
...as only one yamaha dealer, the price they gave me on a brand new YAMAHA GH1B 5'3' ebony high gloss grand piano is $9000 + shipping + tax. Is it a reasonalbe price?...
...ohn Bell Young in the rec.music.classical.recordings newsgroup... I feel that I want to quit playing the piano.
I just feel like there's no point to it, any enjoyment I had just washed out. I find m...
Who made my action? Will it have a makers name on it somewhere? The piano is a 1928 Schultz
... Jamie Laredo and his trio doing chamber music. Excellent.
Stephen Bishop K. playing Beethoven's first Piano Con. A little into the second movement he stopped and said there was something wrong with...
i've been lining in my digital piano directly to my soundcard, but the sound quality i'm getting is pretty horrible. i have a roland fp-3 and a soundblaster live soundcard. is this a problem with my s
These pianos are new, repos etc. For information regarding entry level pianos and decorator verticals and grand pianos, email me for data. Prices are fantastic!
K Grant
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A friend of mine has an old beat up piano with ivory keys. The piano is not worth restoring, and they are getting rid of it. As I understand it ivory can no longer be imported to the U.S. Any re
You get the same thing selling them. They'll say things like 'Boy, you've got a lot of pianos! I didn't know that many people bought pianos.....how many do you sell a month, 2 or 3?' To the statement
Dear friends in this group:
Can any one please tell me which online store I can buy piano scores 'December' by George Winston? Also, is there a complete collection of piano scores arranged or compos
Has any performed on a Gigasampler driven controller with piano sounds against other live musicians - piano/winds/or strings?
There obviously is a latency factor (the time it takes to process the ke
...oint me toward the proper sources of information? The family would really like to learn a bit about this piano and the company's history.
I spoke with an older gent who has a 'consultation only' pia...
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For jazz/ragtime/stomp/stride fans, check out the MIDIs on this page: http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm This guy is an incredible pianist... Phew! The jazzy version of 'Smoke Gets...
I am looking for a recording of LvB's Op. 64, which purports to be a transcription for Cello and Piano of the Op. 3 String Trio. Rumor has it that Dmitri Markevich recorded it on the Gallo label. Has
...t basically I felt it was tinny, not very powerful in the lower octaves, and I felt like I was playing a piano some distance in front of me.
I ended up buying a Roland RD700 and am happy with my dec...
...it may sound interestingly bold and imaginative; nor it may just sound contrived. But his playing at the piano isn't - or at any rate, it's not bold. Rather, he has a fondness for cooing and whisperin...
...ot at all. I really enjoyed two works on this Albany issue: Sinfonietta II (1990) and Concerto No. 1 for Piano(Michael Boriskin) and Orchestra (1990). The Sinfonietta is a witty piece. Two delightful ...
...to naples, florida and I never did get a Fandrich, or Bosendorfer, or any of the wonderfully interesting pianos I had the amazing opportunity to look at that year, and review for the group.
Just a t...
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