Wow, I've only been away from the computer for two days and there're so many interesting posts (some absolutely hilarious)!

Rick, Your music never ceases to charm I remember your Valentine special last year and I really think you have a unique voice.

I've never named inanimate objects ... actually I've never named anything in my life apart from pieces (and they're not proper names, and even that took some time to make a habit of!) I had thought of some of my favourite composers' first name like Sergei or Claude, but Johann is way to common. Anyway, it feels a little bit pretentious to assert that I play with Bach.

I liked the name celviano, it definitely has a musical ring to it

I had thought of Siren or Anima. Especially, after the trouble with the neighbour, Anima is very attractive (video game reference here... now can anybody guess where that comes from? ).

Yet it's got gentler sides, too, so maybe it should have a more feminine name... but here I'm running into dangers of calling my piano Hermaphrodite (oops)

:-)

THX. My english seems to be not really perfect.

Mine is "Admiral Halsey".

That sounds like Bull!

What? OP wanted to know if we name our pianos. I named mine Admiral Halsey. Is there something wrong with that?

It is a joke. Look up Admiral "Bull" Halsey!

I would name my piano if it would come when I called.

My Haddorff upright has a name. And a personality. She revealed it to me over time. Some of you might have heard these episodes already when I posted them in Pianist Corner "Member Recordings" last year.

Haddorff Postcard [No.1] -- "Listen to the Beautiful Sound," with "Deep Purple"
Haddorff Postcard No.2 -- "Cleaning the Piano," with "I Love Her"
Haddorff Postcard No.3 -- "Authenticating the Piano," with "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby"
Haddorff Postcard No.4 -- "Dating the Piano," with "Mistress Murphy's Chowder"
Haddorff Postcard No.5 -- "Vintage Sheet Music Q & A," with "All Alone"
Haddorff - (no postcard) with "He Wipes The Tear From Every Eye" played on the Haddorff
Haddorff Postcard No.6 -- "Piano Tuning Made Easy," with "Constantinople"
Haddorff Pictures (no postcard, yet)
Haddorff Postcard No.7 -- "How was the Beauty Shop?," with a couple of Scriabin Preludes
Haddorff Postcard No. 8 -- "My Practice Session," with Bach Snippets
Haddorff Postcard No. 9 -- "A Haddorff Christmas Carol"

Also, carey named my spinet "The Mighty Lester."

--Andy

This old Victorian-style 7-foot grand makes me picture it in its earlier life in some fusty, overstuffed parlor presided over by an elderly female relative.

So, I sometimes refer to her as "Aunt B"...

OK, I get it now.

I had a humorous and excentric piano teacher who named my piano:

Meet "Anastasia"

Mine's named "Schulz".

'Cuz that's what it says on her nametag. (Really not sure why it's a she, though!)

Beautiful piano, cary, and the cat lying underneath is the finishing touch!

Have mercy! that is a stunner Cary. Does that lamp take 60 watt or hundred watt bulbs??

Kidding.

Anastasia is gorgeous. If it sounds anything like it looks it must be heaven.


BTW - check out Tar on youtube.com he can play (inner lion my fav of his) Give it a couple of minutes until he warms up. He didn't even pay me to write that.

Peter

I just call my piano the RX1 . . . but I should have called it the "Tom Cruise" because its "short, dark & handsome"!

Anatasia is a knock-out. If she sounds any where near as beautiful as she looks, well then, "pretty is as pretty does!"

I've have two pianos and both were named.

First there was Mabel, a particularly buxom M&H A (style Louis).

Now there's the Princess of Prague (Petrof 194mm) w/ Stanwood action & trophy ivory key tops. Sounds good, too !

Anastasia looks really pretty!

I call my Grand "The big one" and my upright "The smaller one". I've thought of giving them proper names, but I can't come up with any good ones.

Cary, if there was a Miss Piano contest Anastasia would easily make it to the final round

Karl, I like "Mabel" I remember the name being described in an episode of Jeeves and Wooster as "the sound of trees rustling gently in the wind". Thing is it's also the name of the lead soprano character in Gilbert's and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, so now when I think of the name there's also a comical connotation to it, reminding me of the 17-year-old who said she'd wait until her lover reached the age of 84 when he would be able to come back to her. It's a good name though... *thinks*

Oh and thank you Peter, how very kind I would pay you if I could