Tuesday 6 March 2007
A new piano
Today I bought a new piano. Second-hand, or as Chappell's, which is really Yamaha, coyly call it, pre-owned. My current one needs a very lot of money to recondition it. This new one is already in much better condition, requires little treatment and is two-thirds the price. Mine was old when I got it 50 years ago, the new is less than twenty years old in total. It was all very easy really. Too easy, in fact. However, desperate times require desperate measures so it is perhaps as well the transaction felt comfortably smooth and straightforward, because there ain't no satisfaction playing Bach or Chopin on a honky-tonk joanna, no sir! All of which made me too late for a comfortable meal before an evening class, so a hasty Kentucky had to suffice. But I survived and lived to write this blog.
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3 comments:
Mum said the old piano was over 100 years old - is that true?
Honky Tonk What??? I can't believe my dad is speaking like he's from New Orleans!
We don't really know how old it is. The piano technician, who knows more than a thing or two about German pianos as this one is could not make up his mind either. As it was reconditioned it may have a mixture of the old and new, but which is what or what is which is anyone's guess. The rest of the blog was pretentious conceit but don't tell anyone!!
A real piano? Where would that even fit? and what about the old one? Evie
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