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Wow! What a fantastic setup! Beautiful piano, and I love all your stuffed animals!

Are those things on the wall soundproofing material? Just curious.

It doesn't really show the piano area, but illlustrates the bare walls. The picture was taken a couple of years ago, the poster in the lower left corner was finally hung on the wall a couple of months ago.

OMIGOD! Ed, is back. Your ears must have been burning (or your finger tips - whatever). We were just bemoaning your absence. Welcome back!

Nice picture Ed. Were your ears burning last week? Someone referred to me as a "renaissance man". I corrected them by telling them you hold that title here. Don't be such a stranger!

:blink:

It's . . .

Nah, it can't be.

But it *is!*

Welcome back, Ed!

Gee, thanks guys. You mean you really missed me?

Awww, Ed, shucks, do you even need to ask?

Ed! Where the heck have you BEEN? We've MISSED you!



Jodi

Hi Jodi! How's your back side these days?

I thought I would sneek in a couple of quick posts, sort of "hit and run." But I should have known better; y'all are way too vigilant here.

I'm glad to see everyone is still around.

Jaz Pianist - what a beautiful arrangement. How much of that sound-proofing stuff do you have to spread around to make a difference? I'm scared to death my new piano is going to blow my husband right out of the house! Also - do you guys think I should go with a 5X8 rug or a 8X10. My room is rectangular - 13X20 but one end is narrower because the fireplace juts into it (I don't use the fireplace - never fear!) I plan on putting the keyboard in the 9' wide section and the tail heading towards the 13 foot wide - piano going the long way of the room. Does that make sense? I just got rid of all my carpet and put down wood laminate and I don't want the dust and allergen problems of carpet with too many rugs, but am wondering if 5X8 is going to be enough to help reduce sound. ALso - should I put it directly under the piano or what?

Backside's fine, thanks for asking, Ed. How have you been? Zero-gravitied (or whatever it's called) in any airplanes lately?

Jodi

ok how do you add pic on here of thing you like to show people

pianolady: First, you need to find someplace to host your photo. If you have a website set up, that's a good place to do it. After you've uploaded your photo, copy the link address. Next start a new post on this thread and paste the link address. If you want to make the image appear when the thread is viewed then you have to add [img] before the link and [/img] after. Make sure to include the brackets. Try it and see what happens.
Jon

Hi teachum,
I'm no acoustics expert, but I do know a small rectangular shaped room is not ideal from an acoustics standpoint. (Mine is 16x36 with an 8' ceiling and a half-wall separating the two spaces).
I think things like furniture, drapes, bookcases, and area rugs are probably the best for a living-room type space, partially because they are easily changeable. There have been some recent discussions about the floor material, and people seem to have different experiences. Should be easy to experiment with rugs under the piano, though. Probably hard to know until you get the piano there and listen to it.
My situation is probably a little unique since I record my piano all the time, but didn't want to close-mic it, and didn't want the poor acoustics of a small room, so I was going more for a deadening effect, and have a fair amount of sound-absorbing material around - probably more than most folks would want.

JazPianist - one other thing - I have a cathedral ceiling'd room - 12 foot or so with that acoustical stuff on it. That should help I would think. Let's hope so.

PianoGirl - People here sent me to photobucket.com to put my pix on. It was a piece of cake!

Teachum,
I think a cathedral ceiling will be a big advantage!

Jaz - Whew - I think so too. I told my hubbie he can just wear those ear protector thingies!

What part of Idaho are you in Jaz?

You're going to have a sweet setup when you get your new piano. Must be hard to wait. I had to wait about two weeks for my Samick and that was hard enough, even though it was just replacing a baby grand.

You are right about that. Idaho Falls is a whole 'nother world than NI.