Inquiring minds want to know! :rolleyes:

none of the above, apparently..

Can anyone confirm the rumor that Belarus pianos glow in the dark as the iron ore for the plates comes from a site near Chernobyl?
Tuners, lead shop aprons?

The glowing plate (and strings?) would go well with a transparent plexiglass case, especially for the holiday season.

Ah, yes. The nice warm glow of radioactivity would complement the tree nicely.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Merry Christmas, everyone!

I'm more of a fan of the "Red October" piano brand myself.

Actually, I play a Red October upright every week at my daughters' violin lessons (accompanying them), and it's lovely.

Wow. Must be an interesting story of how it came to be in Baltimore!

I thought there were only 3 Big B's in the piano world?

Zorba, the violin teacher is a Russian immigrant, but, as I understand it, they didn't bring the piano over but bought it from another immigrant. I actually have seen this before - when I was in high school, my piano teacher was from Russia and had brought her Russian upright with her (sorry, can't remember the brand, and last time I visited her she'd bought a Steinway to replace it). Sounds difficult, especially in those days, but somehow...

I took a "Red October" continental console in on trade once way back in my piano selling days. Put a little framed picture of Lenin on top of it.

I kept it on hand as an example of whatever former Soviet bloc piano brand I was trying to sell against.