BTW @redrabbit is your Schimmel a new instrument or used? I wish I could come and play it! šŸ˜… Itā€™s been along time since Iā€™ve played a Schimmelā€¦ in fact itā€™s been a long time since Iā€™ve played a nice piano that wasnā€™t my own (I should start a thread about the pianos at the music school where I take lessonsā€¦)

When I was in grad school (not in music), the university had some ā€œpublic pianosā€ in various spots around campus, some nicer than others. In one of the unions, there was a beautiful Schimmel that was in the lobby for the formal hall (sometimes it was moved into the hall). Anyway, this piano had recently been donated and was relatively new and in very good condition. I want to say it was whatever model of Schimmel is close to 7ā€™, but I was less familiar with grand sizes back then and maybe Iā€™m remembering wrong.

Anyway, sometimes on Sunday mornings, I would go to the Union as soon as it opened and play that pianoā€¦ no one was a fond (college students arenā€™t usually up and about on Sunday mornings) ā€¦ I loved it so much. It had this amazing buttery sound that just made everything I played sound wonderful.

Ever since then Iā€™ve always had a soft spot for Schimmels.

    ShiroKuro

    Itā€™s a used one! Itā€™s a 2003 gp169 which I believe maps to the current c169 (or k169? I donā€™t know the details but if anyone knows the models Iā€™d love to learn more!)

    The buttery dreamy sound is exactly what caught my ears and heart. My original plan was not Schimmel at all - was looking at Yamaha gb1k or Kawai gl10 because of their smaller size and also more affordable price. Since Iā€™m getting back to piano from a long break, I was not convinced that I need a very nice piano haha, I just wanted an entry level baby grand that can help me get started again.

    However, I tried gb1k, didnā€™t like it, same for GL10. Tried a few more bigger Kawai and Yahama, like them more, and decided to bump the budget(almost going to consider a 6ft Kawai), then I met the Schimmel! The moment I touched the keys, the dreamy sound came out even with my very rusty piano skill. I couldnā€™t stop thinking about it after that day. Without trying any another pianos I went for it, and Iā€™m so happy about the decision.

    Itā€™s amazing that your grad school has a piano you could use often to play! During my college time there was a piano close to library where I went very often, but it was always occupied, never found a chance to play it. It sounded great when people play it but I donā€™t know the brand šŸ™‚

        redrabbit I was not convinced that I need a very nice piano haha, I just wanted an entry level baby grand that can help me get started again.

        If you have a piano that you love, you'll be even more motivated to practice! šŸ™‚

            redrabbit: I am curious if you tried moving the piano around to different locations yourself and, if yes, how easy or difficult you found this. I am not suggesting that you need to do this now if you haven't done so because I know moving a piano around even under ideal circumstances that I think you have is not something everyone would want to try. If at one point you decide to try and move the piano make sure to watch some good videos about the proper way to do this and use three people altogether. Even though moving the piano by yourself plus two other people should be very easy one always has to be very careful doing this.

              twocats

              Totally, now even if I have the option of working from home sometimes, I just cannot do it because my piano is too close to me šŸ˜ƒ !!

                pianoloverus

                Iā€™ve already tried! Actually thatā€™s the reason I didnā€™t put caster cups under the wheels. Even if the weight may damage the floor in the long term, itā€™s just so much easier and more flexible to move it around. Based on our experiment, 2 people can move simply.

                    redrabbit The buttery dreamy sound is exactly what caught my ears and heart.

                    Oh my gosh!! Youā€™re so lucky!!!

                    Speaking of lucky, we were lucky that piano was there, it was in a very fancy part of the union, no the old beat up part šŸ˜

                      Looks great. Have you posted audio yet?

                        redrabbit Congratulations! šŸŽŠšŸŽ‰šŸŽˆ it looks fantastic! May you have many years of happy playing.

                          Seeker
                          Not yet, I plan to do more acoustic work in the room before I record šŸ™‚