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Awesome Diana!! Lovely piano!!
I've heard that one should wait a few days (weeks?) after delivery before the first tuning, to allow enough time for the piano to settle in its new environment. Not sure if it's true or not!!
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They told me it might need tuning after I turn up the heating... we'll see! It should be home in a week or two...
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Did I mention that I'm over the moon? Awww... feeling so emotional right now. I think I'll spend a whole day just staring at all the tiny parts inside the piano
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They told me it might need tuning after I turn up the heating... we'll see! It should be home in a week or two... That's probably because of the humidity. You know how dry it can get in deep cold. Personally.... I'd probably get one of those damp chasers. Rather grudgingly. Definitely humidifier and dehumidifier for extreme changes in humidity. I already have these and don't even have an acoustic. I use my humidifiers much in winter. My dehumidifier is my portable air conditioner...will work as a dehumidifier only. Haven't used it for that yet. Works great for air conditioning. Have a Honeywell electronic temp humidity gauge. Also remote sensors. Can see how it is outside in comparison. Other rooms. It seems to work good. EDIT: Congrats again. That is a really nice upright.
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Thanks! I'm quite the weather maniac, so I also have a few temp/humidity sensors around the house. Verona has pretty extreme weather, quite cold in winter and hot and humid in summer - that's why I don't stay there all year long. It's a shame I won't be able to drag the piano to the country every year A dehumidifier for the summer months will be useful, when the poor piano will be there all alone at over 30 °C.
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Yay!!! Can you please please please re-record your recent Piano Bar submission? I bet it would really sparkle on the acoustic! Awesome Diana!! Lovely piano!!
I've heard that one should wait a few days (weeks?) after delivery before the first tuning, to allow enough time for the piano to settle in its new environment. Not sure if it's true or not!! Definitely true. Opinions will vary on timing but definitely weeks/months, not days. Around here, similar weather I think, the general practice is to have it done in spring and fall.
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Can you please please please re-record your recent Piano Bar submission? I bet it would really sparkle on the acoustic! That's the first thing I played (badly) on that piano! I will certainly record it again as soon as I get used to it and I buy a recording device. Oh, and the "sparkle" is exactly what is missing on the DP recording. No matter how much I tried to add later in GarageBand!
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Wooohooo Diana, what a beauty! There's not much better than sitting down your own newly acquired acoustic piano and getting to know each other. How long do you have to wait?
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Congrats, Diana! I hope all goes well. I bet you can't wait for it to arrive! I would request that the tuner come after 2-3 weeks if you can manage that. It will make the tuning much more worthwhile. Also, I would look into getting the Dammp-Chaser installed. With extreme weather it will help stabilize the piano much more accurately than in-room humidifiers can. Yamahas are great pianos and I know you will improve as a pianist by playing on this. Can't wait to see pics and hear you play it
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How long do you have to wait? The piano mover should call me by Monday to arrange the delivery... not long they said! But I'll be away for a few days at the end of next week, so it might have to wait.
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Yamahas are great pianos and I know you will improve as a pianist by playing on this. Can't wait to see pics and hear you play it I really need to get serious about this now! Maybe even get a teacher
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Yay, I'm so happy for you! It looks lovely. I love my slightly beat up upright, so I suspect you'll love yours.
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It is beautiful! Congratulations!!!
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Very lovely Diana, you'll no doubt fall in love with piano all over again. It looks a lot like mine which is U1 in straight grain mahogany...very warm. You'll adjust quite soon to the different touch and tone. I don't have an online photo place or I would post a picture. I guess I could upload it to the PW "gallery" and link one. Hmmmm? At any rate congrats on your new piano. Tell us how that trip up the stairs goes too.
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Ragdoll... I'm not sure what the gallery is, but you can upload here: http://www.pianoworld.com/Uploads/fileuploader2.htmlWhen you upload, you'll get an error msg that says the page couldn't be found. You can ignore that though... your file does upload, and you'll get an email very shortly with the URL. Other than the confusing error page, it works very well and only takes a minute.
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aTallGuyNH The Gallery is a sub-forum under "Fun Stuff" here. I will have to take a better picture as the ones I have are awful...bad lighting, bad angles, piles of music everywhere and cell phone pictures anyways hahaha. I'll get one or two up soon though. Thanks for the 411
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Thanks! I'm trying to be patient, since I doubt it will be home before the 18th...
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So we can expect a nice video recording on the 19th, right???!!
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The piano will be here tomorrow! Ooooh I have to move the furniture in my living room!
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