Piano World Home Page Forums Our Most Popular Forums Piano Forum Post Your Piano Pictures

Gene, I was definitely initially concerned with the glass factor. Before I had the windows treated I had spent some time playing soprano and tenor sax in the room. It was very live and high frequencies were accentuated. After the window film was applied most of the nasty resonant frequencies were tamed. I'm assuming the polycarbonate film dampened the glass. There was still an issue with reverberence. The drapes, rug and furniture have helped. The room is still a little live, but not in an objectionable way. More to the effect of a choir room.

My piano teacher is playing at Carnegie hall next year and he liked the sound of the room. Rich Galassini was over a few weeks ago, he can give you another opinion of the room acoustics.

Very interesting thread with lots of nice pictures! In a couple of years when me and my girlfriend buys a house there has to be room for my future grand piano!

But for now, to contrast saxguy's extravagant room and very beautiful Bösendorfer, here comes my modest digital piano in our 55m^2 (~592ft^2) apartment:




And also, because I think it's so beautiful:
My mothers Sauter that I "grew up on".

Lord Chade - is that a Kawai digital? it looks a lot like my Kawai CA-550.

No, it's an Orla . It's an Italian company that primarely makes organs and accordions but also digital pianos.

nice pic zrex!!! does he play??

Quick question about the Bosendorfers.

Why are the extra bass keys black?

Its a visual/spatial orientation thing. Subconsciously, pianists 'intuit' their relationship to the keyboard by external cues, such as high "C" and low "A". When you start adding low notes, then it becomes less clear where middle "C" is. When you go to play a low note very quickly, you might find yourself disoriented, and play a wrong note.

Bösendorfer did the absolute right thing, by making the natural keytops black; this has the effect of masking off the area sufficiently, so that disorientation does not occur.

I've also seen some Bösendorfers with a little door that closes over the extra notes. It is of course, black (or probably finished in the same color as the case).

Notice the depressed keys on zrex's kawai, somebody is playing it...either a ghost or a piano player system ??

Bösendorfer also went so far as to place the logo where it "should" go, centered over the standard keyset.

This Sauter is sooooooo cool!
The bench even matches.

I think this is from the 1950s when fascination with a new thing called jets led to designers using the "Delta Wing" theme in everything from cars to clocks to coffee shops.

What a treasure!

Kenny...I bet your right!!

Yes, I think it's very cool as well! I like several of the new Sauter Uprights as well, especially Onda and Vision Nova.
It was built in 1960 btw.

Sublime!

hi everyone, 2 pics of my new (to me) Baldwin GPS 3600 Digital Grand in 4'10 cabinet. I really really like it. thx,

Hi everyone. Here is my 1984 Yamaha G2.....

Joe

Hi all, I've been enjoying this thread a great deal! Very nice of you all to share your pictures.

Agathis, I don't quite understand the concept of a "digital grand". I understand that sometimes "digital guts" can be placed in a cabinet that resembles a small upright, and I understand the concept of how the technology works. But why would they create a digital grand? Is it for looks? Do they place all the "digital guts" in the "grand-shaped cabinet"? Does yours have a separate amp cabinet? How does it work? Just curious.

This beautiful little girl is playing a Yamaha YS200 which I just gave to her. Ahhhhhhhhhh to be young and in love ! Well in love with a keyboard anyway!

I had to resize this photo ...sorry for the extra post !

What a cutie!!! and she does look like she's in ahhhhhhh luv...now we want to hear her play...