Post pictures of your pianos here!

Rubens · 2024-05-26T00:01:38+00:00

I can't believe how easy it is to post pictures here! 😂

Damien

Bellyman

Compared to most on this thread, it ain't much. But it's all I've got right now. (Actually, I do have another keyboard that isn't in the picture that I use to throw in the back of the car for rehearsals and perhaps outdoor gigs where the weather might be suspect.)

Wish I had room for a 7' Baldwin or something similar and a budget that allowed for it, not to mention a room large enough to put it. Not gonna happen short of a winning lottery ticket. Can't afford to buy it and don't have time to rebuild one. So...

Timothy

Previous set up

New set up

Don't worry, the husky is still around.

EDIT: I don't know why the second photo came out so blurry. To think, it was taken with a high quality camera. Go figure. Or maybe I'm not a high quality user. Either way I don't want to inundate the thread with excessive pics, so it'll have to do. Sorry :/

HeartKeys

Timothy Don't worry, the husky is still around.

Thank you, you answered my question before I had a chance to ask! 🙂

As far as the new setup, what was the rationale? Do you find the new setup more pleasing acoustically?

Timothy

HeartKeys I didn’t like the feeling of being trapped in a corner and I had also hoped that turning the piano towards the entryway would help improve the tone and temper the volume. The tone did change some - more open, perhaps slightly less compressed or focused. The volume did not change. It still roars.

Sam

jeremy

Sam I got that same lego kit from my employees at my marketing agency. I love legos and had a blast assembling it.

FrankCox

Sam All that time spent monkeying around at the piano.....

ShiroKuro

BTW @MRC I live the music desk on your piano!

@Bellyman , your space looks great to me! I always say that the best instrument is the one we actually have in our house.

Bellyman

ShiroKuro , thanks very much! Actually, one thing that happens for me that wouldn't for many is that I gig. What you see is likely to be a very different picture when I have to play out somewhere as the main keyboard (and usually a backup) will be going with me, plus a bunch of stuff not seen in the picture.

I kinda like practicing on the instrument(s) I'll actually be playing in performance. I know for some that is impossible. For me, that's a good thing because the instruments I'd be likely to be presented with in most of the places I'd play are way inferior to the ones I'd bring. Seriously, have seen some spinets in pretty much unplayable condition. "Thanks, I'll bring my own."

jeremy

Here's the fun combo I play at church. We meet at the Ashland University chapel, so I get to play that old Steinway which (despite the abuse it's endured from being on campus) it still has terrific action and tone. Sometimes, I also bring my Nord Stage 3 like you see here.

I'll circle back next week with photos from home.

APianistHasNoName

Here’s my new to me 2019 Grotrian Charis 208

shawarma_bees

APianistHasNoName

Wow! Looks gorgeous. Would love to hear your thoughts on how the Grotrian compares with the Steinway C!

Seeker

Rubens
Piano looks wonderful in its snug location. Have you turned off the radiator on the floor at the tail end of the piano?

Rubens

Seeker
Oh yes, absolutely, it has been shut down forever!

TC3

Josephine As a blues player, I rather like old uprights!

Rubens

I took the liberty to grace this thread with the beauty of @shawarma_bees ' stunning Blüthner!

Taushi

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous pianos and spaces. Thanks to everyone who shared.

Well, I’ll share a picture of my Bechstein…

…my Casio-Bechstein that is, lol.

Like Jane, I also have an apartment with cardboard walls. And to add insult to injury, my neighbors are the loudest people in the world, and yet complain over any sound above a whisper from others. So, no acoustic for me. 😂Instead, I have the Casio-Bechstein (yes, I’m really clinging to that Bechstein collaboration point lol) GP-310 digital piano, and have built myself a little music studio, where I practice, write, and teach.

HeartKeys

Taushi beautiful room!

Given your situation with the neighbors, are there long term plans to move one day, to a more amenable situation?

Taushi

HeartKeys

Thank you!

At the moment, no. For at least the next two years I’ll be here. I’ve got some grants to do art here and have some fellowships and residencies I’ve applied for, so, my little cramped concrete jungle space will be the place for next few years lol.

That said, in a year or two I may be moving to a different space in the building, so ideally, I won’t be as surrounded by neighbors, and may be able to look into an acoustic.

pseudonym58

ShiroKuro Mondrian rug!

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