What Type of Piano Do You Own?

[Chozart]

Chozart, you implied that the M is "not that great a Steinway"????

I didn't say that about the M, since I'm not even sure if it's L or M (but I'm leaning towards L, and you even said it looks like one)..

either way, I didn't really mean it's a bad one.. but it's not my type of touch.. I didn't like the way the keys felt (not quite deep enough) nor the sound that much.. I just expected a bit more, although I was still very glad to have played on it

If it weren't for your recent praise for Haydn, that sort of speech would warrant an indefinite silent-treatment period. You're lucky.

"that sort of speech?" o_O
I wasn't trying to sound rude, but it's just not my kind of piano.. am I not entitled to my own opinion?
I simply said I didn't think it was that great.. as in, I expected more. I'm not trying to insult the model nor the brand (after all, the "nicest" I've played on is a Steinway.. although I don't remember which because it's been quite a while since I last played on it), and I'm sorry if I came off as doing so.. :/ and perhaps it's just this very piano, several factors taken into consideration, that made me unsatisfied (like the floor, maintenance, etc).

Anyway, I went piano shopping Monday, and met this guy that worked at the store who was friends with Franz Mohr (Horowitz's tuner I believe), and I think he met Horowitz as well (he's aquainted with his piano though, which has supposedly come to the store several times). I'm going to an after Christmas sale next week, where there will be 800 + pianos, so I hope I'll find one suitable for me!

[Goldberg]

Haha, you know I was being sarcastic, right? It's because the piano I own is a NY Steinway M..but I wouldn't care if you compared the instrument to a Kawai! (unless, I suppose, you were talking about MY specific Steinway...)

[Chozart]

O_o

haha sorry it's kinda hard to tell online, lol

[Nocturneguy]

Young Chang upright.

[Tessei]

kawai gs30

[Jeliness2]

My piano pedals are all not shiny anymore. No fair! (ok random comment)

This would be the day 2 years after I first got my piano. W00t!

[citrine_peridot]

I know that I'm off-topic again. But ...MY DAD GOT ME A VIOLIN!!!!!!!!!

Here is a picture I took two days ago in the middle of the night. (I had nothing better to do) my piano is in it as well~~~~~~~~~~~~they look very "handsome" together, don't they?btw, the picture is kinda huge ~~~~~~~~~~~

https://chopinmusic.net/citrine_peri ... &piano.JPG

Currently i can play ... well, the note C E and G, in the same octave, aren't you proud of me? ( you don't need to answer this)

Of course, my dad wouldn't hire a teacher for me, he was like "you just gonna figure it out yourself", and i wouldn't bother to use my money. The good thing is that i have a Asian-prodigy type of friend who volunteered to teach me.(btw, thanks to this friend, i was wearing my PE uniform when i got my last yearbook photo taken).

So, " Wieniawski , here i come!!!!!!!" and to fellow members, get yourselves some earmuffs in case i put something scratchy in the audition room.

*going back to piano beacause there is someything more important to do*

[Goldberg]

Ok, I am NOT looking at my book for reference, so this is just an amazingly wild guess....but that's....Chopin's nocturne op. 55 no. 2 in Eb major, right?

Also....Schirmer?? For the Chopin etudes??

Finally, we're all proud of you.

[Nocturneguy]

Ok, I am NOT looking at my book for reference, so this is just an amazingly wild guess....but that's....Chopin's nocturne op. 55 no. 2 in Eb major, right?

Also....Schirmer?? For the Chopin etudes??

Finally, we're all proud of you.

DUH!!!! IT SAYS IT RIGHT THERE...wild guess my a$$...

[Goldberg]

Ehhhhhhhh....


Where? No, seriously...I must be blind. And/or stupid.

[Nocturneguy]

maximize the page...put ur mouse on top of the pic, then when the maximize box appears, click on it...

[Chozart]

lolol
either way it's not hard to tell with Schirmer ~ it's cover designs are so recognizeable

anyway your piano makes me feel like if I played it the keys would be really light and the sound not as deep as I like, and the pedal insanely strong
but that's just cuz it looks sort of like one of the practice room pianos at my school, lol

thumbs up for the violin ~ strings are awesome (though cello is still the best lol XD)

[tony]

yeah,Iam getting a free yamaha upright piano!! woohoooooo! Ilove it .Dont have a picture sorry its black and looks like a yamaha

[Goldberg]

lolol
either way it's not hard to tell with Schirmer ~ it's cover designs are so recognizeable

anyway your piano makes me feel like if I played it the keys would be really light and the sound not as deep as I like, and the pedal insanely strong
but that's just cuz it looks sort of like one of the practice room pianos at my school, lol

thumbs up for the violin ~ strings are awesome (though cello is still the best lol XD)

Yeah, I actually thought the same thing about he piano too...perhaps we're being too judgemental, eh?

And I wasn't guessing the edition of the Chopin nocturne. I was guessing the Chopin nocturne based on the notes, and making a "wild guess" because I'm not very familiar with the piece. I was just upset that she had the Schirmer edition for the Chopin etudes, but perhaps that's one of their better publications--generally I'm not a Schirmer fan but they have their moments.

So, when you told me to maximise the page looking for the title of Chopin nocturne I thought you were absolutely out of your mind....although then again, maybe you CAN see it. I wouldn't know. The pic's bloody huge as it is.

[citrine_peridot]

my piano is kinda crap (it had been owned by an old old old lady for 14 years, then she passed away...) again, i don't really care about the quality of the instrument all that much , i think a good pianist will make the crappiest piano sound unbelievable. (not like me)

yeah, I know cello is the best, but i think violin is more functional : i can hit people with that, hide money in it, or i can just waking around with that case and let people think that I 'm a musician without the weight of a cello. (yeah, i'm kinda freaky) and I think all instrument from the violin family are very similar in some places. (I suppose each of the 4 strings of violin and cello make the same notes, just with different pitch ), it would be easier to learn cello if i buy myself one later if i know violin.

and fellow members! now i can play the first 14 notes of Tristesse etude on that violin (well, in G-major) ~~~~~~~~~c'mon, i figured it out completely by my ears!! Now, i don't think that i even NEED an Asian prodigy.

And if you guys are still not proud of me by this point, guess what? I am placed as the lobby pianist in one of the two best cancer hostpitals in U.S . (it was rated #1 last year, but it got 0.1 point lower than the one in New York this time... Arhhh...)yeah, i mentioned that somewhere, but i didn't know that the place is THAT good.