In the angled one I made, I set the angle so the straight edge of the piano is parallel to the doorway opening. It's hard for me to visualize the difference with your suggestion.

Also, thanks for suggesting angling the other way, I quickly made two more versions:

Because that lefthand wall is the shortest wall in the room, I don't think it will work. In order to have enough room for my bench, I'd have to push the piano's tail into the bay window bump out, which I'd rather not do. Maybe... I'll keep looking at these and thinking on it.

Any other suggestions are welcome!!

    ShiroKuro In order to have enough room for my bench, I'd have to push the piano's tail into the bay window bump out, which I'd rather not do.

    Ooooh I actually like the placement of the piano taking advantage of the bump out so that it takes up less space in the room, but then I think it should be rotated the other way for acoustics. And you definitely need some kind of window treatments (but even thin gauzy sheer curtains could be pretty and keep the direct sunlight off the piano).

    Edit: hmmmmmm maybe not enough room to rotate unless you made it parallel to the bay window? But possibly could scoot it closer to the window off the rug? Interesting because you still have angled walls to liven up the sound reflections.

    Edit #2: I think my preferred position is probably parallel to the angled back right wall in that corner with the keyboard sticking a little off the rug, to have more space in the rest of the room.

      ShiroKuro Just from looking at the pictures, I like the straight positioning the best. When you enter the room, there is this nice option to sit in the lounge chair or on the piano bench.
      My thinking is also that the room has enough angles and that the straight piano will provide some balance.

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      ... feeling like the pianist on the Titanic ...

        Animisha, the straight position is definitely the one that makes the best use of the space...

        Twocats, so, I'm an idiot... the room I designed does not actually replicate the room itself. Take a look at the real room:

        The bump out isn't as roomy as in the floor plan I designed. Oops!! Oh, and those are the curtain (I just got them so haven't ironed yet), there are mini blinds and the curtains are lined black out drapes.

          ShiroKuro whoops! I still think the back right corner is preferable (angled mostly toward the back), and maybe take advantage of the bump out for having a little extra space to pull the action!

            Someone else pointed out that the angled placement allows more of the window to be seen, and preserves some depth of the room, which will make it seem bigger maybe

            How about angled but where the chair is now - in that corner - the piano would open up to most of the room that way

            Do you mean like this?

              When I was thinking of exchanging my upright for a grand it was difficult to know where to place it so that it would be easy to approach both the bay window and our dining table at the same time. It has recently occurred to me that if I placed a grand on dollies the piano would be moveable by one person so that any position I had it placed in could be changed.

              ShiroKuro yes but with the tail the other direction toward the open doors- so that the piano opens up out to the room toward the window so you would be sitting facing the open doors with your back toward the wall

                Danno, but different from one of these?

                  Depending on your climate, how well your house is insulated, and the structure of the window itself, closing the vent near the window may cause the window to start weeping inside from condensation.

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                  Based on everything I can tell from this house, and the house we're in right now (where I also have a closed vent in front of a big picture window) I think it will be ok. The winters are on the mild side here.

                  ShiroKuro No, I was thinking of having the piano bench be positioned where the chair is now but angled to the left instead of the right. Then when you open the piano lid, it will project music into the room...

                    Danno, so you mean the bench would be in the bottom right corner, like this maybe?

                    Or maybe you meant to have the piano's bass side parallel to the bottom wall? Either way, I think this room is too small for that kind of position.

                    If I've misunderstood you again, my apologies! 😃

                      ShiroKuro Yes that is what I was thinking - I didn't realize the room was too small! That would be a great placement if the room was bigger I guess

                        Rok, re the corner placement, yes, I was reading recently on the PianoBuyer website their advice to avoid having the tailor in the corner. I didn’t know about that before. In my current placement and in my old house, the tail has been in a corner. It must be mitigated by how open these two spaces are. But in the new space, the room is so small and the opening isn’t that big, so I would imagine that would be a greater concern. The angled placement probably avoids the corner problem, but the straight placement won’t … we’ll see, I’ll have to make some trade offs regardless, it’s just a question of which trade off.

                          ShiroKuro we’ll see, I’ll have to make some trade offs regardless, it’s just a question of which trade off.

                          I would have the piano lid opening face the room entrance. Beyond that, I think it’s hard to predict exactly how the positioning will affect the sound. It might just need to be trial and error.

                          If you need a chuckle… here is the floor plan for my (temporary) piano room. Piano will hopefully be arriving this week or next. Not much room to play with the layout here… tail of the piano will be sticking into the closet in order to fit 😆

                            Shawarma, wow! You don’t have any wiggle room at all! Than, goodness for that closet though! Who’s delivering your piano?

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