cheeeeee I’ll ask my tech to give some suggestions.

...WRT to piano technicians, knowledge about acoustical treatments is "outside their wheelhouse". The people who do know about those things are recording engineers and studio owners, because such treatments are critical to their work.

    a month later


    This is taking up somewhat more room than I expected, even though I used a floor pattern and digital layouts. This may not be the final layout, and I haven't thought about a name for the piano yet, but excited to finally have a grand piano!

    Edit: I think I will call her Lili, since the first pieces I played on her were by Lili Boulanger. I hope her life will last much longer than her namesake, though.

    "You're a smart kid. But your playing is terribly dull."

      TheBoringPianist

      Looks great! Do you have a couple more angles, particularly how close the bass end is to the wall? It can be hard to judge space/distance from a single photo.

          Seeker Looking at the rug, etc, perhaps a 90 degree rotation putting your back and the keyboard towards the wall could work?

          You can't tell in the photo, but the kitchen actually runs along the wall where I'm taking the photo from. Wide-angle photo makes it look like there is more space than there actually is — there's only about 3 ft of space between the side of the piano and the countertop.

          Gombessa Looks great! Do you have a couple more angles, particularly how close the bass end is to the wall? It can be hard to judge space/distance from a single photo.

          Here's a couple photos (excuse the mess, I may redact these later) that give a better sense of the space and how close the kitchen is:

          Also out of view is a large TV/console at the far end where the kitchen counter ends and the sofa seating area begins. The window end of the room was another option for putting the piano, with the main concerns being afternoon sun exposure from SW-facing windows, greater exposure to outside temp/humidity fluctuations with the balcony door, and not being sure where to put the TV.

          "You're a smart kid. But your playing is terribly dull."

                TheBoringPianist I’m sure it may feel a little cramped, but it looks great! I hadn’t realized it was a Hidden Beauty model.

                  Fantastic Room - I would LOVE to be there playing in that environment! Congratulations on a job well done.

                  4 months later

                  Very beautiful! Even though I've seen many rebuilt steinways since I live near Piano Row in New York City, I've never seen a music disk anything like the one on your piano. Is this a particularly old steinway way that was rebuilt?

                  • Rob

                  • Post #178

                  Absolutely stunning piano!

                  (It is hard to tell from the photo, but I am a little concerned as to what is going on with the ceiling in that area.)

                  My August Förster 215:

                  10 days later

                  trecorda
                  Hello Tre
                  I just transferred to Piano | Tell under a new name. I did not know that I could use my old name at PW, so I am stuck withis new name. But you will see my name at the end of this post. I want to show you my Sauter Omega 220 which I have mentioned to you sometimes in the past. Here it is.

                  Vuong




                      Vuong beautiful!! Both the piano and the piano room, really lovely!

                        Vuong I did not know that I could use my old name at PW, so I am stuck withis new name.

                        I think if you ask Navindra, that it may be possible to change your name.

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

                            Animisha I think if you ask Navindra, that it may be possible to change your name.

                            Tagging @navindra!

                                Vuong this is a gorgeous instrument and I love the vibe of the whole room!

                                    pianocat
                                    As far as the wood color is concerned, it is the madrona wood. This is a wood which grows from southern Oregon through California until norther Baja California. I used to go with my friend to people's house where they had a madrona tree which was had become too big and needed to be cut down. We cut the tree for free and collected the wood to use in the oven. So it is definitely not an exotic rare wood at all for this piano which is now residing happily in California.