Pianos and Christmas trees
1890 Steinway C (Piano Craft), 2019 Grotrian 208 Charis, Kawai Novus NV10S
Southern California
ShiroKuro I love those reflections as well! What a beautiful arrangement!
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Beach L168, Wish, baCh, WOW Petrof, Fake Steinway, VS
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APianistHasNoName Wow. What a perfect composition and such a lovely mood you've created.
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Beach L168, Wish, baCh, WOW Petrof, Fake Steinway, VS
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APianistHasNoName beautiful!
We never had Christmas trees at our house when I was growing up. My dad was very religious and thought they were too commercial. We had a manger scene that rested on the top of our tall upright piano. My mom did add some bling to the manger scene by adding an evergreen swag around the top and sides of it, complete with colored lights.
As an adult, my spouse and I had a series of dwarf Alberta spruces as live Christmas trees. We didn't bring them inside until a week or two before Christmas for the health of the tree. Eventually they'd get too big and I'd plant them in the yard. Now, if I turn sideways on my piano bench, I can see a couple of them.
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The Santa Claus day that I mentioned above is today, starting with the movie here at my theatre at 4pm so I'll be setting that up shortly.
Unfortunately, it's so cold outside (-34 right now and dropping) that they've cancelled the sleigh rides. Which is wise because I'm sure they would freeze the horses as well as the kids.
There's going to be a live nativity scene just down the street, Santa will be in at City Hall all evening, a kids art contest at the Credit Union, and some elf is supposed to be wandering around so there's still stuff going on.
But they sure got a cold day for Santa this year.
Edit: and they just cancelled the nativity scene. Can't blame 'em but it's still a shame.
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Here’s our piano room dressed up for the holidays. The Christmas tree kind of blocks the view of the piano, though!
Sgisela that's absolutely lovely! Is the tree in a "hall" area? Is that what you see when you come in the front door? And if so, then at other times of the year, you'd the see the piano?
The Christmas tree kind of blocks the view of the piano, though!
I could forgive that just over the holidays! 
BTW @Sgisela what kind of piano is that? It looks fantastic there, how you have it.
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ShiroKuro The layout is very open. There’s a large entry way that has a living room on the right and then the family room (or 2nd living room) directly in front. The arches divide the space between the entry way and the living room, and that’s where the tree is.
The piano is an Estonia L210 (just under 7 feet). Needless to say, we never light the fireplace!
Sgisela The arches divide the space between the entry way and the living room, and that’s where the tree is.
It sounds wonderful, and I bet it's even better in person than the photo!
The piano is an Estonia L210 (just under 7 feet). Needless to say, we never light the fireplace!
Oh nice, I still have yet to play or hear an Estonia in person. Some day...
Re fireplaces, I don't care for them! I'd much rather have the space for piano!
Playing through some Christmas songs arranged by Dan Coates. Working on Jingle Bell Rock at the moment. Maybe it will be ready for next year
Ooh I love your piano space there with the tree!! Absolutely lovely, and must be fun to play there!
What's on the ceiling, is it a projection?
Neat!
Definitely my happy place.
@Legatotime how lovely!! I love the view from above as well!
Your piano is very pretty as well, what kind is it?
Well, we put all of our ornaments away. A total of 382 across two trees! 
Probably the smaller tree was around a 100 and the rest were on the bigger tree.
Anyway, we haven't put the actual trees away yet, so they're still there, with the lights on. Still pretty. But Mr. SK tells me he'll be putting the trees away this afternoon....
I always feel a little sad when that happens, but it's also a nice fresh start to the new year!
