After two years of lurking on Piano World, and an illustrious 10 post career of late, "C3driver" today has become "M&HAAdriver" for the obvious reason.

My C3 served me well for two years, convincing me that a grand is what life's about. A shopping assignment for my kids' high school sold me on M&H, and started 20 months of rationalizing the inevitable.

I met my new piano today following several days of dealer prep. Ebony gloss, #92806, and mine all mine.

It had me at "twinkle".

My 18 year old daughter finds the AA a bit pretentious, clearly a heavyweight at 900 lb., with the characteristic M&H "wide tail", and a prolific speaking voice. For these reasons she has named it "Rosie".

On Tuesday, Rosie will come home and trade places with the departing C3, a 1999 N.A. market beauty looking for a new home here in Colorado.

Pictures will be forthcoming.

Getting anxious, are we?

;-)

CONGRATS from one M&H owner to another...even if yours is bigger lol Congratulations *read between the lines...I'm jealous*

Do post pics

Lilylady wrote:
Getting anxious, are we?[/b]

...asked by one who should know!

Congratulations Bob!

Looking forward to meeting you at the 2007 M & H Factory Tour in May.

Not many people get to see where their piano was born :-)

Congratulations! I really enjoy it when I'm reading about all those "I bought a new piano and it's coming home soon"- storys... may you enjoy your piano for a long time!

BOY!!! Are you gonna be happy!

The difference between the C3 and the AA is dramatic!

Congratulations on your new "Tier One" piano. I know you're gonna love it for many years.

Congrats on the new beast. Are you sure you don't want to keep 'em both. Nest them and play duo piano works!

Cheers,

David

Congratulations. The C3 is nice, the M&H is nicer (understatement ). Hope it will give you years of musical pleasure.

WOW, Frank fixed my picture upload problem while I was out for the evening. Here are the details:

Rosie has arrived!! I want to thank Joe Woods of Woods & Sons in Brighton Colorado for superb preparation, and PTG tuner David Hebert for helping as well, plus getting the Dampp-Chaser in place to immediately battle the Colorado winter.

Here she comes off the truck (Keyboard Carriers of Denver).....





Over the threshold - she was a heavy one, but the marriage will last decades!



In the living room with the departing C3 on the right...





I didn't want to torture folks with a picture of the dreaded lyre tilt, Mr. Mason and Mr. Hamlin made not a creak or moan (only I did), and all is well. So...finally in position and ready to play...



And a final shot from the player's point of view, top down to be a nice neighbor...



Thanks for letting me show off my new baby. She sounds as good as she looks.

Oh darn....where's the pics!

Thanks, Frank, for what you have done...explained in the next post. Newbies need to be taught sometimes!

Pictures were huge.

I took the liberty of resizing them, you can edit your post to add captions.

Piano is gorgeous!

It's gorgeous! And I love your red wall. Spectacular backdrop to a spectacular piano.

Enjoy!

Michele

Beautiful piano in a beautiful room. Welll done!

Wow! Is that ever stunning!!

Shiny black against that red wall really shows it off.

I had memories as I saw the pic of the beast coming down that ramp. Phew...but at least they had the dolly to use there.

Enjoy playing tonight.

All night!

LL

From one Mason-Hamlin owner to another: CONGRATS!!
BTW, love that red wall with the black piano!

Beautiful piano. Congratulations!!!

Is that a vase of flowers sitting on the piano? I hope I'm not out of line here, but is that wise?

How nice!

Who is the maker and what is the model of the piano lamp? Does it work well? Is it bright enough?

Wonderful pictures and a lovely setting! Congratulations on your new love!

(oh yeah, tell me about that lamp too!)

Congrats on the great looking piano... good move getting it dampp chased. The C3 wasn't bad looking either... but probably a flyweight in comparison.

Howard

Thanks for the nice comments, everyone.

Pandora: It's fake. But it looks good, huh? Felt pads on the bottom, too. I'm an engineer.

The lamp is by House of Troy, available at Vandaking (current best price of $216), Pianomart, and lots of other places. Just Google PFL-617 (brass/black) or PFL-527 (satin nickel/black) It has a single 60w bulb which is fine since it is close to the music.

nice home too!

Hey Driver - There's nothing wrong with a "10 post career" on PW! Folks like us only hog the spotlight for events like this, right? Congratulations on your beautiful piano. May it bring you much joy.

Congratulations on your new piano. It looks beautiful in your home, especially with the greenery and red wall.

Absolutely gorgeous piano and home. May you have many happy hours playing your beautiful new piano.

Great pictures, M&HAADriver (c3driver is easier to type, though...)! Compliments from someone who is feeling a little of envy about Rosie

Great piano.

Joe Woods is a great guy too. You couldn't have gone wrong with him.

Congratulations.

Wow, what a gorgeous piano. Any it looks great in your beautiful home! All the best to you and your family.

How do you keep that tan rug so clean? The only way I could keep my rug that clean is with Photo Shop!
Congrats and best regards,
Roger