|
Welcome to the Piano World Piano Forums Over 3 million posts about pianos, digital pianos, and all types of keyboard instruments. Over 100,000 members from around the world.
Join the World's Largest Community of Piano Lovers
(it's free)
It's Fun to Play the Piano ... Please Pass It On!
|
|
78 members (beeboss, brdwyguy, Burkhard, benkeys, Abdulrohmanoman, accordeur, Animisha, 15 invisible),
2,151
guests, and
477
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 1,131
1000 Post Club Member
|
1000 Post Club Member
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 1,131 |
Since the top of the ad only says "1950 upright baldwin piano. - $1 (las vegas)" I wouldn't bother him with offering $75 for such an expensive piano either.
PTG Associate AIO Regular Member ASCAP Pipe Organ Builder Chief Instrument Technician, Director, Chancel Arts Church Music Professional AA Music Arts 2001, BM Organ, Choral 2005
Baldwin F 1960 (146256) Zuckermann Flemish Single
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 78
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 78 |
http://tippecanoe.craigslist.org/atq/4175693037.htmlSeems like every week or so, I see a piano for sale with a metal soundboard. I've still not seen a piano with a metal soundboard in my work. Perhaps someday, I will see this phenomenon in person.
Piano Technician, 3 years experience
And why yes, I know I'm a girl!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 32,060
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
|
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 32,060 |
I think it was Challis that made harpsichords with metal soundboards.
Semipro Tech
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 430
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 430 |
Do you think these people are so out of it that they think the plate is the sound board?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,562
2000 Post Club Member
|
2000 Post Club Member
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,562 |
Do you think these people are so out of it that they think the plate is the sound board? Absolutely. That piano looked like someone slapped a coat of brown paint on it for good measure...
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 186
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 186 |
Do you think these people are so out of it that they think the plate is the sound board? Yes. I find that this is a very common confusion, actually. One would think that the words "metal" and "board" would be somewhat mutually exclusive, but apparently that detail is lost on some people. I remember someone talking to me recently that had taken apart a piano (I don't recall the reason and probably don't want to) and talked about how heavy the cast iron "soundboard" was.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 7,439
7000 Post Club Member
|
7000 Post Club Member
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 7,439 |
Marty in Minnesota
It's much easier to bash a Steinway than it is to play one.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 323
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 323 |
Do you think these people are so out of it that they think the plate is the sound board? They are not really "out of it" overall, they are just out of their element when it comes to understanding what a piano is made of and how it works. I am a very knowledgeable vehicle repair shop owner (and a half-assed piano tinkerer) so I am in my element when it comes to understanding vehicle mechanics and I know enough about pianos to know that it is a piece of wood that resonates and projects sound from a piano string. We all have areas where we are out of our element and areas where we are in our element. There are many areas where I would be as naive or more so than someone who thinks a piano plate is its soundboard.
Don, playing the blues in Austin, Texas on a 48" family heirloom Steinway upright, 100 year old, Starr, ca. 100 years old full size upright, Yamaha U30. Yamaha electric.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 7,439
7000 Post Club Member
|
7000 Post Club Member
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 7,439 |
Blues Beater,
This is a humor thread to make fun of those who are totally pianovoidistic. It's a real disease.
Marty in Minnesota
It's much easier to bash a Steinway than it is to play one.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 323
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 323 |
Blues Beater,
This is a humor thread to make fun of those who are totally pianovoidistic. It's a real disease. I understand. Wasn't meaning to preach, just reflecting on how people can be very knowledgeable and shrewd in one area and clueless in another. I would be out of my element as a preacher, anyway!
Don, playing the blues in Austin, Texas on a 48" family heirloom Steinway upright, 100 year old, Starr, ca. 100 years old full size upright, Yamaha U30. Yamaha electric.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 323
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 323 |
While it might not be worth $100,000 to me, I respect the accurate description "One of a kind!"
Don, playing the blues in Austin, Texas on a 48" family heirloom Steinway upright, 100 year old, Starr, ca. 100 years old full size upright, Yamaha U30. Yamaha electric.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 430
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 430 |
While it might not be worth $100,000 to me, I respect the accurate description "One of a kind!" This really is a joke. It looks like charms for a charm bracelet. Nice. But not at that price.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 7,439
7000 Post Club Member
|
7000 Post Club Member
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 7,439 |
At $100K, I hope it comes with an exorcist.
Marty in Minnesota
It's much easier to bash a Steinway than it is to play one.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 323
Full Member
|
Full Member
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 323 |
Don, playing the blues in Austin, Texas on a 48" family heirloom Steinway upright, 100 year old, Starr, ca. 100 years old full size upright, Yamaha U30. Yamaha electric.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 7,439
7000 Post Club Member
|
7000 Post Club Member
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 7,439 |
I Love It !!!
Marty in Minnesota
It's much easier to bash a Steinway than it is to play one.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,332
3000 Post Club Member
|
3000 Post Club Member
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,332 |
Wow! What it deal! Almost 80% off the appraised value!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 505
500 Post Club Member
|
500 Post Club Member
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 505 |
Here's a very cool music room: http://southjersey.craigslist.org/msg/4237556407.htmlNothing funny about the piano, but the placement of the gong is awesome! I would only buy the piano if they came as a set.
Zeno Wood, Piano Technician Brooklyn College
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,332
3000 Post Club Member
|
3000 Post Club Member
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,332 |
Awesome Zeno! Is the gong for an extra special effect at the end of a big piece, or is it used as a form of self-evaluation when one is unhappy with a particular performance? Maybe this is Chuck Barris' piano??
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 6,427
6000 Post Club Member
|
6000 Post Club Member
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 6,427 |
They're selling the piano and keeping the gong?!
Learner
|
|
|
|
|
|
Piano
by Gino2 - 04/17/24 02:34 PM
|
Piano
by Gino2 - 04/17/24 02:23 PM
|
|
Forums43
Topics223,405
Posts3,349,434
Members111,637
|
Most Online15,252 Mar 21st, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|