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Okay, here comes pics of my poor little orphan piano.... This is my piano that I rescued from the goodwill orphanage. The first pic is of it's original finish (well, semi-original- I forgot to take the "before" pic until after I had taped up and started sanding). The next pics are of it after I refinished it. I think it turned out well, especially considering I had never finished or refinished anything before. It sounds really good, it's just due for a tuning. The keys are all in really great shape. I HATE the vinyl- wish it was all wood finish, but oh well. One day I will have the funds for the grand piano of my dreams :-) It may not be fantastic looking or sounding, but the joy it brings me is priceless! Also here is a recent pic of me, my wife, and my sons.

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Joey,

You did a great job on the finish. Looks Great.
Good looking family too, where was your Red Tie?

a piano if it is yours is a dream come true.

great job on that find.. Joey - very nice.

I love the height of this upright you started out on, Apple.

Do you know who was the maker?
What year was it born.
Where is it now?
Ivory keys?
Color?

What a cute picture of you starting out as a piano player.
Thanks for sharing.

What a labor of love, Joey B! You got that poor ol' abandoned piano looking lovely. Thanks for the before and after pics. I've got a son who seems to be about the same age (6 1/2) as yours. They're a handful at that age, all right.

it must have been pretty bad because we sold it for 50 dollars and bought an Acrosonic.... a 'good' piano for a budding pianist. I don't remember at all the name.. It was quite crackled. I think the photo was taken 67 - 69. I never noticed that is was bad.. (i vaguely remember it being a 'Chicago' piano.

It sure looks like a 73" ceiling scraper.
And yes, that picture of you is cute. You look very determined to master that beast.

There. Cutie and the Beast!

Didn't Bush & Lane make pianos in Chicago?

I'd swear that's where the very tall 100+ year old Bush & Lane Mahagony upright I play at one of the facilities says it was from.That one has hand carved legs, and though no one has tuned it in years it sounds pleasing. Has a big boomy bass to it that makes you want to jump off the bench when you first play a low bass note. Action on the thing is pretty comfortable; but could use a bit of work on a few keys. The ivory key tops are worn some and no longer feel slick.

I wonder what the legs looked like.

That bench looks like a duet bench.

I don't mind the crazed finish.
Does that make me a bit crazy?
My tuner doesn't mind crazed original finishes either; he likes that antique look.

Acrosonics aren't all that bad for practice pianos; I got a chance to play one at a dealer and I found it to be surprisingly comfortable to practice on and the price was very affordable.
I was told by the dealer that many teachers in school music programs liked the acrosonics.

But I was holding out for something special and of a professional upright size. Plus I find the name ACROSONIC kind of strange, reminds me of space rockets and jet air planes.

Thanks guys for the compliments....and Mazer, it doesn't show well in the pic, but my tie actually was red, just a darker red than the boys' ties. It didn't exactly match everyone else perfectly, but it matched better than the picture would lead you to believe :-)

anybody got anymore?

Here is mine Weinbach 192 in my studio's piano room.

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Sorry about the big picture, how do you make it smaller?

Never mind when I came back to this post it was automatically sized down. Anyway if you don't already know its a Yamaha C1 I'll try to get some better pics.

Here is a better pic of my C1

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and here we go with the large pics again. Darn

I'm green with envy; I wish I had a piano like that.

Thanks I figured out how to size it down.

I was going to say "I hope that piano sounds as big as it looks!"



Gee is that a pipe organ in your avatar? Cool!

Well it does have a pretty big sound and I'm told constantly to quiet down.

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