tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post3348050122370194630..comments2024-03-05T17:51:15.555-09:00Comments on flameinthesnow: the holy fireUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post-59518199306655063652015-04-13T17:37:13.523-08:002015-04-13T17:37:13.523-08:00Oh! that is marvelous, Harlequin!
I am entranced....Oh! that is marvelous, Harlequin!<br /><br />I am entranced. I have watched a documentary regarding the manufacture of Steinway pianos but this is so concise and -- perfect! Thank you. :) Iulia Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962212081437398247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post-18343471479794396872015-04-13T14:59:20.064-08:002015-04-13T14:59:20.064-08:00https://plus.google.com/u/0/100664842261934769372/...https://plus.google.com/u/0/100664842261934769372/posts<br /><br />Specifically ... See : Birth of a Bosendorfer piano in 4 minutes<br />Harlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143158401232798217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post-37141484517825770872015-04-13T14:43:41.344-08:002015-04-13T14:43:41.344-08:00Wood or sound? such yearnings live heart tied of e...Wood or sound? such yearnings live heart tied of eye and ear<br /><br />https://plus.google.com/u/0/100664842261934769372/posts<br /><br />I swopped chipped keys for a neck and strings and might still cast a wish for a birds eye maple Telecaster.Harlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143158401232798217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post-80178185825563037532015-04-13T13:59:52.191-08:002015-04-13T13:59:52.191-08:00A woman who special-ordered a piano from Europe on...A woman who special-ordered a piano from Europe once tried out our old family piano and was pleasantly surprised. I had a couple of years of piano instruction as a teen, one of which I paid for with my babysitting money. :) I play, "a little" (a la Jane Eyre. Although I haven't spent much time at the instrument since my younger years, I did teach my eldest to play. My fingers tend to wander into odd improvisations which marry George Winston tinklings with Rachmaninoffesque chords. My favorite times at a piano have involved being able to improvise on it in a dark room somewhere. <br /><br />I looked up the value of our piano and was disappointed to find that it is miniscule -- not even as much as a comparable piece of furniture with tiger's eye maple veneer (a large, imposing golden-feline "eye" is place front and center on the front of the instrument). <br /><br />Like many other things in life, it is precisely its need to be loved that is endearing it most just now. And its music is calling to me...Iulia Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962212081437398247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post-70509636328712179882015-04-13T13:22:34.144-08:002015-04-13T13:22:34.144-08:00Once upon a time I worked next door to a piano wor...Once upon a time I worked next door to a piano workshop. Behind the doors were ranks of uprights, baby and concert grands. The aged and the battle scarred all for renervation and repair. A french polisher would often visit and tell us tales of great pianos he had known whilst we watched his patient work. Our family had a Bluthner upright with chipped keys and a squeaky lid which I tried but never managed to play :)Harlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143158401232798217noreply@blogger.com