I love sitting at my Steinway piano - no knobs, no buttons, no latency - and no music unless I make it...

[57Gregy]

My roommate's Baldwin Acrosonic sits unplayed forever because there's usually someone watching TV in there.

I've told this story before, so turn down the volume if you've heard it.
I used to work for a blind and drape company that serviced apartment complexes all over the D/FW Metroplex. One of my stops had a baby grand in their lobby, and I started making a point of arriving there at lunch time when I knew the staff was gone so I could bang away on it.
The manager caught me once and asked me about my playing, how long, if I had lessons, etc. and if the piano was any good.
I told him it was fine except for being a little out-of-tune.
A couple weeks later I went by there and there was a man tuning it.
It sounded much better after that.
 

[Amberwolf]

5 hours ago, craigb said:

Except a real piano. 😜

Are you sure?  Maybe that's not like one either. 

[Starship Krupa]

6 hours ago, craigb said:

Oh, and I would check schools and churches to get rid of that baby grand! 😉

I have asked around plenty, including a couple of nightclubs. Despite the Great Bay Area Exodus of Creative People, I still have a small network of musicians and tossed it out there. It would probably cost over a couple of hundy to move it. The harp and pinblock are in such good condition, I know the poor thing has decades of useful playing life in it.

The issue is that digital pianos have gotten so good and so inexpensive. A piano teacher can bring a piano into a student's home that has great action and that never goes out of tune. They can also turn the volume down so as not to annoy the other occupants of the house.

I feel like I'm trying to give away a slide rule. Or heck, even a pocket calculator. You might be required to use a dedicated calculator when taking an examination, but other than that, why would anyone own one?

[Sal Sorice]

5 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:

I have asked around plenty, including a couple of nightclubs. Despite the Great Bay Area Exodus of Creative People, I still have a small network of musicians and tossed it out there. It would probably cost over a couple of hundy to move it. The harp and pinblock are in such good condition, I know the poor thing has decades of useful playing life in it.

The issue is that digital pianos have gotten so good and so inexpensive. A piano teacher can bring a piano into a student's home that has great action and that never goes out of tune. They can also turn the volume down so as not to annoy the other occupants of the house.

I feel like I'm trying to give away a slide rule. Or heck, even a pocket calculator. You might be required to use a dedicated calculator when taking an examination, but other than that, why would anyone own one?

Hope you find a good home for it! I've not played any high-end digital pianos - have an Arturia Keylab 88 mkII whose action is OK - but it pales in comparison to my Steinway Model B. I know I'm biased, but it is one of the best sounding pianos I've ever heard :^)

If anyone is a northern NJ resident (I'm in Summit, NJ) and you want to come try it out PM me!