Just straying off topic for a sec here to say that that piano of his had the lightest action I've ever felt! It made playing with my little bitty hands way easier!

Thanks Tom, I quite often have to adjust the pictures I download from PW .. and from other sites as well. I had already done so before I scrolled down here! :headslap:

Great picture, Kathy! Very much so.

(Was Jack holding up a cute little bunny, or just making funny faces? ..... You don't have[/b] to tell us if you don't want to. :p


Bob

[edit] ok, i opened this thread half hour ago and forgot to refresh it before I responded. Otherwise I would have inserted a "lucky dog" type comment about Plays.

Plays,

When I worked for the S&S C&A dept more than 30 years ago, that piano was sometimes in "the Basement" (where the C&A dept was located) for work. Franz M. (my boss) was the one who always worked on it. He adjusted the action and voicing specifically to M. Horowitz' desires. It was indeed extremely light. The voicing was also "unusual". Many top pianists who tried it thought it was very difficult to control. I remember one who referred to it as "squirrely"

Staying off topic--was that the original action he'd played or the one Steinway replaced it with on rebuild? They threw away his original, but I don't know just when. I've read many complaints from techs about that fact. The way his regulation has been described sounds quite like what I like--very light with letoff very close to the string, just short of blocking.

That photo was taken TODAY and I have been at work!

jf

Ruh-Roh.

In THAT case, jf, I suggest you go home and get ON THE JOB!

Bob

You guys are SOOOO funny.
And just how do you know it was taken today,JF?

Your hair looks wavy like it did yesterday.

jf

Just to let you all know, I'm capturing as many pictures as I can. I'll be compiling them all into a slide show album to send anyone who is interested. Just PM me.

plays, I was asked by MrsKB to post a picture with both of us

I think I did "somewhere else" but don't think I did in this thread, so:

Part of a family picture taken one or two weeks ago. My mother wanted a picture of all of us to put in her wallet

Me last year.

Best I could do in a hurry guys..
me on the left, SWMBO in the middle, and 14 on the right. Taken by friends whilw we were on a whale watching tour off Newfoundland last summer.

Gonna miss this place - see you all... somewhere.

Been real busy at work, so gotta go.

Love to all,
Jamie

Here's something I cropped out of a photo I had here at work.


I think I'll go home and play a medley of standards to say good-bye to the CR. This post makes me think of "I'll Be Seeing You", which was always the closing song for the mixers I went to as a college freshman, and a sentiment that I hope holds true for the CR members as well.

Big Al

Brendan, you are so different to how I imagined you... so much better!!! And here I thought you were a music geek...

Elena
www.pianofourhands.com

Originally posted by kathyk:
Elena, I wish I could say it twas I who did. It was my son who happens to be in art school. No coincidence, huh?[/b]

I should have known! :rolleyes: those darned artists...

Will someone please tell me how to upload a picture onto PW. I can't get into my web space (my FTP settings have been wiped out and I can't remember them - ARGG!). [/b]

Kathy, haven't read through the thread yet but if no one has suggested it use:

http://www.picturehost.co.uk/

Apple was the one who first recommended the place. It is quite useful!

Elena
www.pianofourhands.com

Kathy, that is a GREAT picture! It is so you!!

Elena
www.pianofourhands.com

Thanks for the help Bob - I apprectiate it. If you could help me find the thread you posted it in, or could let me know what your hand warming trick is, that would be very healpfull Apple*.

*Sorry for getting off subject of thread.

I gotta hand it to you, plays, you got people to post photos here that I never could.

Jamie, it is so nice to finally put a face to your name! The same goes for everyone else here.

KB,what in the world did you do to get such a hottie??

You ain't to bad yerself...

Elena
www.pianofourhands.com

Here's one of Wacky....



And one of me taken a split second before I threw the most enormous tantrum upon finding my favourite cocktail missing from the menu.



Edit: Oops! Sorry about the err, size issues.

Tkx Elena,

I'm not exactly Playboy material, which is why I chose a picture with my beloved, to add some beauty to the pic. I had to compete with the rest of you somehow!

Jamie

kluurs by Chicago lakefront...

Hey gryph, not so my friend! Your thread is one of the most successful ones in the entire history of the CR! (which I have downloaded)

I'll try to wait till the very end before downloading mine to give everyone a chance to post, if they wish to do so.

Katie, I concurr on the Monalisa smile thing. Your expression is priceless (and I love your hair!)

Fizzy you have such a great face...I would love to see a picture of you without the glasses and the hat, which hide so much of it. Go pull another one up, quick!

Elena
www.pianofourhands.com

Sorry, it's the only recent one I can find...

Jodi

Gawd Lucy, you are soooo lucky! Wacky is a hunk. You aren't hard on the eyes either.

Kluurs, you're a fine looking man! Can I call you sweetie?

Plays,

Anything for you...

K

Kluurs,
Read your PMs ....
then you can SPANK ME !!