TheBoringPianist Iām sure it may feel a little cramped, but it looks great! I hadnāt realized it was a Hidden Beauty model.
Post pictures of your pianos here!
Fantastic Room - I would LOVE to be there playing in that environment! Congratulations on a job well done.
TheBoringPianist That is a gorgeous piano! I bet it sounds amazing, especially with your expert playing! Congratulations!
TheBoringPianist Beautiful piano! 
Congratulations!
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?
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 Fƶrster 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
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.
Hi Vuong (forgot your new name)
At last I see your wonderful Sauter Omega! I love the wood finish! It's wonderful that the tree is local to the environment. I bet that piano sounds wonderful, a dream instrument for sure!
I am glad you were not affected by the forest fire. The room the piano is in looks wonderful too. Were any houses or people badly affected by those fires!
By the way it's great to be back I wish you all well. Those are wonderful pictures by the way.
trecorda.
I did not write that well. I meant were any properties or people in your actual neighborhood or nearby badly affected by the fires? I can imagine the smoke must have been awful. I know that many people suffered great loss. So glad that seem OK
trecorda
Hi Tre,
I live in Carmichael, not very far from Sacramento which is in Northern California. The wild fire is only in Southern California. Obviously here in the North we worry a lot for the people of the South and many are trying to help with donations of all kinds.
I am glad that you finally can see my piano. It is much easier to post pictures here than at PW.
Nice to talk to you again.
a month later
Well, Iāve finally joined the acoustic squad. For years, I couldnāt have an acoustic because of rules in my living space, but thatās changed. So, it was time:
Itās a Young Chang. This wouldnāt have been my first choice, but being back in school for a degree, surviving off arts grants and commissions, and having shot credit thatās still on the mend after it went to pots when I was sick a few years ago means there werenāt that many options. Anything I bought had to be paid for up-front. 
So I had to go with what I could afford. But Iām happy with it.
This was a used model thatās been fairly well maintained over the years, but I can tell it will need a tiny bit of tender loving care in some areas. Just got it tuned (and waiting the few weeks for it to āsettle inā was painful, lol). Tuning pins are in great condition. Sound board is in great condition. Sustain and sostenuto pedal are good, but Mr. Una Corda will need a regulation.
Action overall is ok, but it will need a lubrication and a regulation to get it to full playing capability.
Overall, after a few months and a few procedures to get it back to its best, itāll be a nice workhorse practice instrument.
So, YAY!
