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Nice allen. Is that a transistor model? Looks like a TC series. Very nice! I wanted one of those, but ended up with a Rodgers 22b, from around '68.

Haven't touched an organ in, god it really has been, 1 year almost exact! Its my absolute favorite instrument. I really wish to take lessons again.

Junior High is an obsolete term. It used to be Elementary School or grade school, Junior High, which was grades 7 and 8 and Senior High, grades 9-12. Now it's Elementary School, Middle School, and High School and I'm not sure what grades are included in each.

Don't know what he's talking about either unless it's my reference to learning about the US's (it'll never happen) intention of going metric in grade school about fifty years ago- -

It varies by district. Some middle schools are 6-8, some are 7-8, some are 7-9.

A Steinway Grand is of such quality (please chaps, I’m not roughing up your splendid Grands) ... but the thought occurs, that any owner’s playing skill ought to be commensurate ... and conditional on being able to play at least one of these masterpieces:

1. Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata ... Opus 27, no. 2 (including the 3rd movement!)
2. Debussy’s la fille aux cheveux de lin
3. Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C# minor Opus 3, no. 2
4. Chopin’s Nocturne in F# Major Opus 15, no. 2
5. Mozart’s Turkish March
6. Prelude I in C Major (Bk I) by JS Bach
7. Haydn’s Gipsy Rondo
8. Rimsky-Korskov’s The Flight of the Bumble Bee
9. Traumerei by Schumann Opus 15, no. 7
10. Schubert’s Impromptu Opus 90, no. 3

Any takers?

I’m pretty sure that respected colleagues Kreisler, BruceD and argerichfan can tick off the lot ... but what about the rest of the motley?

PS. Sorry chaps ... I had nothing better to do ... had planned to mow the grass but it’s raining.

Thanks for your vote of confidence, but, no, not all on your list, although there are many, many others not on your list that I have both played and performed.

1 - No, cannot play the 3rd movement, but I've not worked on it, either.
2 - Yes.
3 - Yes.
4 - Yes.
5 - I've played movements 1 and 2, but never studied the third because I don't particularly care for it.
6 - Yes
7 - Never tried it
8 - Which transcription?
9 - Yes
10 - Yes

Regards,

Thanks BruceD ...
As Lord Muck (sole committee member of the Grand Order of Mugwumps) ... it is my considered opinion (without prejudice, mind you) that you, BruceD qualify to own a Grand Piano ... you can therefore (ipso facto) ... keep your Estonia 190 in satin ebony.

PS It’s stopped raining ... so I better get to the hacking of the lawn ... sorry about the rot chaps.

We've been mowing lawns for over a month, now, in this little corner of the Northern Hemisphere, where we've had our annual Spring Madness of "The Annual Victoria Blossom Count" - a record of some 300 billion +, although I don't recall the exact figure!

It's officially still winter on the calendar and in much of the rest of the continent, where it actually may still feel like winter, too. Enjoy the grass, btb!

Regards,

If I learn everything on the list, do I get a Steinway? I'd actually do it.

Any (wealthy) philanthropists out there willing to take this on? I would do it, too (or try my best). (The Steinway would have to be in very good condition and at least a model A in size . . .)

(I fixed the link for ya to the actual pic and not the web page so the pic would show)

That is beautiful it almost makes me want an upright instead of a grand, but thats almost...Although I would love to have both

Since I posted a pic of a Steinway Grand, I thought I had better respond.

1.Yes, but 3rd movement is very rough. I can only play those arpeggios well with the pedal and I'm told that's not right.
2.Yes
3.Yes
4.No, never tried it until a few minutes ago, but think I think it's doable.
5.Yes
6.Yes
7.No, never tried it
8.No, but I can play Bumble Boogie by Jack Fina. Does that count?
9.Yes
10.Yes

Do I get to keep my grand? I promise to keep working on the 3rd movement of Moonlight!

Laura

Haha, well here is my list-
1 no :P
2. Nope
3. Yes
4. I'm going to learn it soon
5. Nope
6. Yes
7. No
8. Not even close
9. Yes
10. No

Well.. i dont have a Steinway, and i have only played 2 years, so I still have lots left to learn on my not Steinway

Opps. didn't put my answers outside of the above quote.

But they are in there.

Thanks, I am still rather new to this site.

Thanks, I am quite proud of it.

Pretty impressive Oblacone ... for a 16 year old Norwegian student to have chalked up 3-10 ... don't downplay the relatively modest Kawai ... from small beginnings.

Here’s the good news ... longevity statistics suggest that you will have 70 years (three score and ten) to complete the other 7 masterpieces ... don’t give up your day job.

Good going Brandon ... hang in there!

btb - but that list isn't even considered remotely difficult! Just for the fun of it, I'll say I think someone with a Steinway should be able to play things like.. I don't know, Appassionata, a Rach concerto or two, say Gaspard maybe, Scriabin sonatas.. etc.

If we can play all that's on the list, can we get one too? Please? I don't even own a piano!