tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post8713276360492949628..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Pianos in the dumpsterMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-31346597469350760342012-11-08T17:52:17.411-06:002012-11-08T17:52:17.411-06:00I'll never own another piano. The electrics h...I'll never own another piano. The electrics have become so very good ~ are so much more portable, never fall out of tune and yet are easily tune-able (to match another instrument), sing in almost any voice imaginable, often include impressive accompaniment, AND can digitize your performances for playback or post production.<br />I will admit that I am biased. My mother was conned into spending an immoral amount of money on a piano - she was a single mom making 15 dollars an hour and some scumbag at church convinced her that she would be a horrible mother if she neglected to nurture my talent. She could not sell the thing when she wanted/needed to and in the end it ended up being donated to a church when it came time to sell her house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-69578414982450828542012-11-07T06:36:51.478-06:002012-11-07T06:36:51.478-06:00We had to smash my grandmother's baby grand to...We had to smash my grandmother's baby grand to pieces in order to get it out of the house prior to selling. It too was in questionable - but completely repairable - shape; we just couldn't find anyone who wanted it, for free or to buy. It had been installed in the house when they were building it (1930s) by slinging it in through a gigantic bay window which, after an extensive remodeling in the 70s, no longer exists. It would have broken my grandmother's heart to see it reduced to a pile of rubble - she taught countless children to play at that piano. I can still see her hunched over the keyboard, her ashtray perched next to the music stand, smoke curling around her head while she played softly, always with her eyes closed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-51902762577454385752012-11-06T23:23:35.989-06:002012-11-06T23:23:35.989-06:00My friend's mom had a beautiful baby grand in ...My friend's mom had a beautiful baby grand in Phoenix. She died, and we could not sell the thing no matter how hard we tried. It needed some work, being 75 years old.<br /><br />He ended up selling her house with the piano in it. Who knows what the new homeowners did with it. They might have just tossed it.<br /><br />To Kenju... check out Craigslist for areas with large numbers of retirees. When they die their children have no room for the baby grands. So they just want to get them out of the house.Ron Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030823782542340978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-22786460818566488662012-11-06T14:20:56.558-06:002012-11-06T14:20:56.558-06:00I sure wish someone would give me one of those bab...I sure wish someone would give me one of those baby grands.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.com