Bay 1920s Upright Piano_George Sterk & Co.

I am posting this for a highly qualified Paleontologist in OC:

This piano needs a good home. Willing to let it go to a good home on best offer, you move. Available immediately in Newport Beach. Needs tuning (hasn’t been tuned in years) and love.

One key has a missing ivory.

Piano stool is not included in the offer.

 

With no stool is it a legit dump?

Oh crap, did I think that out loud????

 

TFPU! I'd love to hear it after a tune.


It's kind of like a drum set – not easy to store and move. Unlike a drum set, it works for making beautiful music all by yourself. My bro made this in his house with rudimentary gear: Jeff Reichmuth – Couched.

 

While I jested above, the piano is an unparalleled instrument. It is said that if you can learn to play the piano, you can learn any instrument. After having taken 8 years of piano lessons, and five years of guitar, I can attest.

Not to mention the piano is one of the instruments than can evoke the deepest emotional responses - see Bach, Beethoven, Lynyrd Skynyrd......

Yes, I'm partial. Truly exceptional piano is a rarity, and hard to come by. Mostly under-appreciated, by my reckoning.

 

I knew you had that post in ya. Excellent.

 

And how could I forget the Piano Man himself....Billy Joel.

 

the two best days of owning a piano is the day you bring it home and the day it leaves

 

We're looking for a player piano. It would be so much fun up in the mountains. There are too many banjo players up here......

 

Maybe, but in between you don't have to insure it, fill it with gas, tow it to the lake and wash it after every use.

 

Delete. Mike nailed it.

 

Been there...

 

Thought that applied to wives only.

 

Some drummers don't agree

 

For years when I moved, my piano moved with me. When I finally realized neither of my kids was going to play, I tried to sell it. Then I tried to donate it. Finally I had to call someone and beg them to come take it.

People just don't buy/play piano any more - particularly given the quality (and portability) of electronic keyboards. Shame. I love the sound of piano.

 

Yep... Same here. We eventually found a donation center willing to take it, but it wasn't easy. And they wouldn't come get it...

 

I officially walk back my assertion about drums and beauty. Ear of the beholder. I’ve seen all-drum bands play; pretty amazing what can be done with “percussion.” Thanks for the reality check, scan.

 

Piano is technically a percussion instrument.

And strings.

Go figure!