On Sun 20 Apr 2008 06:56:08a, jmcquown told us...

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
I'm really very excited! I haven't been without a piano in my life
since I was 4-1/2 years old when I began taking lessons. That is,
until about 4-1/2 years ago when I had to sell my cherished grand and
we moved into a small rental house. Now that we are in our own home,
albeit not that large. I've ordered a really fine quality electronic
piano (size constraints), which will arrive on Tuesday next week.
Can't wait to get my hands on it!

Have fun with it!

Thanks, Jill!

Jill --can't play piano or tuna fish

I can tuna fish, but it still sounds off-key! :-)

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Wayne Boatwright
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Wayne Boatwright said...

On Sat 19 Apr 2008 01:03:09p, Felice told us...


"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
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On Sat 19 Apr 2008 12:20:12p, Felice told us...

"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
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I'm really very excited! I haven't been without a piano in my life
since I
was 4-1/2 years old when I began taking lessons. That is, until
about
4-1/2 years ago when I had to sell my cherished grand and we moved
into
a small rental house. Now that we are in our own home, albeit not
that
large. I've
ordered a really fine quality electronic piano (size constraints),
which
will arrive on Tuesday next week. Can't wait to get my hands on it!

Oooh, I envy you! I had to pass mine on to the Senior Daughter when I
downsized (also because I'm not good enough to play in an apartment
where
the neighbors might hear).

Enjoy, enjoy!

Felice

Thank you, Felice! I used to be, IMNSHO, quite accomplished, but it's
going to take a lot of practicing to regain that "professional
quality"
I
once had.

Felice, it doesn't matter who hears it or whether it's perfect or not.
It's the pleasure that it provides you that counts. I hope you do play
your piano when you're at your daughters.

Oh, you bet. And my grands play it, too, so it's not a total loss.

Felice




I'm glad to hear that. I've known people who played and gave away their
pianos, never to play again. Very sad.


I have a bellows/foot powered organ from the 1900s.

http://i28.tinypic.com/24lqyc4.jpg

Andy

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:57:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

I'm really very excited! I haven't been without a piano in my life since I
was 4-1/2 years old when I began taking lessons. That is, until about 4-1/2
years ago when I had to sell my cherished grand and we moved into a small
rental house. Now that we are in our own home, albeit not that large. I've
ordered a really fine quality electronic piano (size constraints), which will
arrive on Tuesday next week. Can't wait to get my hands on it!

have fun, wayne.

your pal,
blake

On Sun 20 Apr 2008 09:10:00a, Andy told us...

Wayne Boatwright said...

On Sat 19 Apr 2008 01:03:09p, Felice told us...


"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
3.184...
On Sat 19 Apr 2008 12:20:12p, Felice told us...

"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
3.184...
I'm really very excited! I haven't been without a piano in my life
since I
was 4-1/2 years old when I began taking lessons. That is, until
about 4-1/2 years ago when I had to sell my cherished grand and we
moved into a small rental house. Now that we are in our own home,
albeit not that large. I've
ordered a really fine quality electronic piano (size constraints),
which will arrive on Tuesday next week. Can't wait to get my hands
on it!

Oooh, I envy you! I had to pass mine on to the Senior Daughter when I
downsized (also because I'm not good enough to play in an apartment
where the neighbors might hear).

Enjoy, enjoy!

Felice

Thank you, Felice! I used to be, IMNSHO, quite accomplished, but it's
going to take a lot of practicing to regain that "professional
quality" I once had.

Felice, it doesn't matter who hears it or whether it's perfect or not.
It's the pleasure that it provides you that counts. I hope you do
play
your piano when you're at your daughters.

Oh, you bet. And my grands play it, too, so it's not a total loss.

Felice




I'm glad to hear that. I've known people who played and gave away their
pianos, never to play again. Very sad.


I have a bellows/foot powered organ from the 1900s.

http://i28.tinypic.com/24lqyc4.jpg

Andy


Ohhh, that's a real treasure! My grandmother had an organ similar to that.
In fact, she also played a similar one at the church she belonged to.

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On Sun 20 Apr 2008 09:26:18a, blake murphy told us...

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:57:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

I'm really very excited! I haven't been without a piano in my life
since I was 4-1/2 years old when I began taking lessons. That is, until
about 4-1/2 years ago when I had to sell my cherished grand and we moved
into a small rental house. Now that we are in our own home, albeit not
that large. I've ordered a really fine quality electronic piano (size
constraints), which will arrive on Tuesday next week. Can't wait to get
my hands on it!

have fun, wayne.

your pal,
blake


Thanks, Blake!

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Countdown till Memorial Day
5wks 14hrs 20mins
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A cat is nobody's fool.
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On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:57:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

I'm really very excited! I haven't been without a piano in my life since I
was 4-1/2 years old when I began taking lessons. That is, until about 4-1/2
years ago when I had to sell my cherished grand and we moved into a small
rental house. Now that we are in our own home, albeit not that large. I've
ordered a really fine quality electronic piano (size constraints), which will
arrive on Tuesday next week. Can't wait to get my hands on it!

That's great Wayne. Sounds like you're excited. I took lessons for a
few years as a kid and I sucked. I dunno why, but I cried when I quit
at about 7-8. I also played violin for a few years and was better at
that, but not good enough to continue. Oh well....

Lou

On Sun 20 Apr 2008 09:47:29a, Lou Decruss told us...

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:57:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

I'm really very excited! I haven't been without a piano in my life
since I was 4-1/2 years old when I began taking lessons. That is, until
about 4-1/2 years ago when I had to sell my cherished grand and we moved
into a small rental house. Now that we are in our own home, albeit not
that large. I've ordered a really fine quality electronic piano (size
constraints), which will arrive on Tuesday next week. Can't wait to get
my hands on it!

That's great Wayne. Sounds like you're excited. I took lessons for a
few years as a kid and I sucked. I dunno why, but I cried when I quit
at about 7-8. I also played violin for a few years and was better at
that, but not good enough to continue. Oh well....

Lou


Thanks, Lou! Oddly, no one in my entire family was musically inclined but
me, but I took to it like a duck to water. Just lucky I guess.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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whereby everyone endeavors to live at
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Lou Decrusse wrote:

That's great Wayne. �Sounds like you're excited. �I took lessons for a
few years as a kid and I sucked.

Gee, just like Duh'Wayne. :-o

Wayne Boatwright said...

Thanks, Lou! Oddly, no one in my entire family was musically inclined but
me, but I took to it like a duck to water. Just lucky I guess.


What triggered my musical talent was the beginning riff of Aretha Franklin's
"Chain of Fools"

I was 6 years old?

Chain! Chain! Chain!...

Andy

On Sun 20 Apr 2008 11:48:25a, Andy told us...

Wayne Boatwright said...

Thanks, Lou! Oddly, no one in my entire family was musically inclined
but me, but I took to it like a duck to water. Just lucky I guess.


What triggered my musical talent was the beginning riff of Aretha
Franklin's "Chain of Fools"

I was 6 years old?

Chain! Chain! Chain!...

Andy



Ah, I remember it well. Either you're so young or I'm so old...or both.
:-) I remember seeing Aretha in concert at Radio City Music Hall in the
1970s. I was somewhere between 25 and 30 at the time.

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Wayne Boatwright
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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:58:07 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Sun 20 Apr 2008 09:47:29a, Lou Decruss told us...

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:57:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

I'm really very excited! I haven't been without a piano in my life
since I was 4-1/2 years old when I began taking lessons. That is, until
about 4-1/2 years ago when I had to sell my cherished grand and we moved
into a small rental house. Now that we are in our own home, albeit not
that large. I've ordered a really fine quality electronic piano (size
constraints), which will arrive on Tuesday next week. Can't wait to get
my hands on it!

That's great Wayne. Sounds like you're excited. I took lessons for a
few years as a kid and I sucked. I dunno why, but I cried when I quit
at about 7-8. I also played violin for a few years and was better at
that, but not good enough to continue. Oh well....

Lou


Thanks, Lou! Oddly, no one in my entire family was musically inclined but
me, but I took to it like a duck to water. Just lucky I guess.

I was the least talented in the family musically. But I'm the only
one who can cook. Oddly too... I have the piano. It's just an upright
but it's nice when someone shows up who can play. G I grew up in a
house with a baby grand.

Lou

On Fri 25 Apr 2008 01:45:43p, Lou Decruss told us...

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:58:07 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Sun 20 Apr 2008 09:47:29a, Lou Decruss told us...

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:57:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

I'm really very excited! I haven't been without a piano in my life
since I was 4-1/2 years old when I began taking lessons. That is,
until
about 4-1/2 years ago when I had to sell my cherished grand and we
moved
into a small rental house. Now that we are in our own home, albeit not
that large. I've ordered a really fine quality electronic piano (size
constraints), which will arrive on Tuesday next week. Can't wait to
get
my hands on it!

That's great Wayne. Sounds like you're excited. I took lessons for a
few years as a kid and I sucked. I dunno why, but I cried when I quit
at about 7-8. I also played violin for a few years and was better at
that, but not good enough to continue. Oh well....

Lou


Thanks, Lou! Oddly, no one in my entire family was musically inclined
but
me, but I took to it like a duck to water. Just lucky I guess.

I was the least talented in the family musically. But I'm the only
one who can cook. Oddly too... I have the piano. It's just an upright
but it's nice when someone shows up who can play. G I grew up in a
house with a baby grand.

Lou


I'm glad you have it. I know a few people who don't even play who have
bought pianos for their homes, as they have friends who do.

Well, the piano arrived and is now assembled and in place. Although I
bought it mainly for the "grand piano" voice it has, I'm amazed at the many
other voices (128) it has. It can really produce some wonderful effects.
It also has a digital recorder so I can playback what I play, and also
transfer it to my PC via a USP port.

I made me sick to sell my grand piano, but there was no way it was going to
fit into the little rental house we have for several years.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Countdown till Memorial Day
4wks 2dys 10hrs
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It'll just make you crazy.
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:

I'm really very excited! I haven't been without a piano in my life since I
was 4-1/2 years old when I began taking lessons. That is, until about 4-1/2
years ago when I had to sell my cherished grand and we moved into a small
rental house. Now that we are in our own home, albeit not that large. I've
ordered a really fine quality electronic piano (size constraints), which will
arrive on Tuesday next week. Can't wait to get my hands on it!

Congratulations. I have been thinking of getting rid of my apartment size piano.
When my wife wanted to take lessons, and wanted our son to take them too, she
wanted to buy one. I wanted to get an electric piano but she wanted a real one.
As it turned out, I was the only one who kept at the piano at all, and not that
much because I prefer the guitar. So there is sits, taking up room in my family
room.

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:06:33 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
fired up random neurons and synapses
to opine:

Well, the piano arrived and is now assembled and in place. Although I
bought it mainly for the "grand piano" voice it has, I'm amazed at the many
other voices (128) it has. It can really produce some wonderful effects.
It also has a digital recorder so I can playback what I play, and also
transfer it to my PC via a USP port.

I made me sick to sell my grand piano, but there was no way it was going to
fit into the little rental house we have for several years.

I finally replaced my old Knabe upright a few years ago with a 1932
George Steck baby grand which had been sadly neglected for a long,
long time. I had the guts pulled out, completely refurbished both case
and "innards," which took about 6 months. When the old boy was
delivered and set into place, I just sat there, hands hovering over
the keys, enjoying the anticipation of hearing his voice for the first
time. Magnificent.

I took piano lessons for 14 years (from early childhood into college).
Growing up we had a Kimball, but my mother bought an old Broadwood
"boudoir" grand when I was in high school. It was 74" long (funny how
a number stays with you) and had a square end and the strings weren't
crossed. Had an action on it so stiff that could cripple - I learned
"Prelude in C# Minor" and "Rhapsody in Blue" on it and it's a wonder I
didn't have forearms like Popeye. But what a beautiful voice it had!

Still love to play, esp. at Christmas when the family is around for
carols. sigh

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
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"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

On Fri 25 Apr 2008 07:52:37p, Terry Pulliam Burd told us...

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:06:33 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
fired up random neurons and synapses
to opine:

Well, the piano arrived and is now assembled and in place. Although I
bought it mainly for the "grand piano" voice it has, I'm amazed at the
many other voices (128) it has. It can really produce some wonderful
effects. It also has a digital recorder so I can playback what I play,
and also transfer it to my PC via a USP port.

I made me sick to sell my grand piano, but there was no way it was going
to fit into the little rental house we have for several years.

I finally replaced my old Knabe upright a few years ago with a 1932
George Steck baby grand which had been sadly neglected for a long,
long time. I had the guts pulled out, completely refurbished both case
and "innards," which took about 6 months. When the old boy was
delivered and set into place, I just sat there, hands hovering over
the keys, enjoying the anticipation of hearing his voice for the first
time. Magnificent.

Terry, I have to admit that I'm envious of your Steck baby grand. The old
pianos, fully rebuilt, beat new pianos all the way around. Forty years
ago, when I was 23, I traded in the Everett upright my parents bought me
when I was 4-1/2 years old for a 1928 Mason & Hamlin model BB (7 ft) grand
that was in reasonably good condition, but age alone dictated that it
should be rebuilt. I had it completely rebuilt from the inside out,
including refinishing of the rosewood case. It was always my pride and
joy, and I've lost count on how many times it was moved from houses, condo,
apartment, etc. It was the most beautifully sounding piano I had ever
played. It was nearly 4 years ago when we had to move to a small rental
that I was forced to sell it. The entry to the house had a small permanent
porch that prevented getting the piano through the door.

We are now in our own house again, but it's rather small and not suitable
for even a baby grand. I don't care for acoustic uprights, so chose the
digital piano instead. Since I set it up this week I've been quite
impressed with its performance and its sound, but I still covet grands when
I see them. :-)

I took piano lessons for 14 years (from early childhood into college).
Growing up we had a Kimball, but my mother bought an old Broadwood
"boudoir" grand when I was in high school. It was 74" long (funny how
a number stays with you) and had a square end and the strings weren't
crossed. Had an action on it so stiff that could cripple - I learned
"Prelude in C# Minor" and "Rhapsody in Blue" on it and it's a wonder I
didn't have forearms like Popeye. But what a beautiful voice it had!

I've seen that type of piano before, but the only one I've played was not
in very good condition so it was difficult to judge how well it might play.
I began taking piano lessons at 4-1/2 and continued through 2 years of
college and was planning a major in music, when I did an about face and
changed majors.

We had another piano at home for a few years when I was growing up. My
great grandmother gave us her square piano, which was a gorgeous piece, but
as with most square pianos, it was difficult to play and didn't have the
best sound qualities. It was also huge and really took up too much room.
We sold it to a collector.

Still love to play, esp. at Christmas when the family is around for
carols. sigh

I've really missed playing, and I'm anxious to regain as much of my ability
as I can. Yes, the holidays are especially nice for having a piano for
people to enjoy.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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Wayne Boatwright
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