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My piano room is in my 21' Winnebago Travato RV for the next few months. I will miss my 'real' piano.
Cool! We have a 22' Minnie Winnie that for now we just use for "short" jaunts over a period of a few days, but we'd love to take on longer trips which means I'd need to take a DP.
Where do you store your piano when not playing? Is that just sitting on top of your table, or is there a stand of some kind?
I have a couple of areas to store the keyboard (66 keys). Above the cab is a small (vertically) area that it will fit (Travato owners call it the pizza oven) - that's where I store the stand. There is storage under one of the twin beds that it will also fit. I sometimes have a small table put up and it will fit between the table leg and the side of the left bed (padded with some memory foam) or, if just a short trip, I leave it on one of the twin beds. I made a cover for it out of ripstop nylon which keeps it clean and somewhat protected.
I'm not a big fan of the DP, but it's better than not playing - since I generally travel one to three months at a time and really miss playing. If you're creative (which I know you are from your posts - you are one of the few people on this forum that I can count on to make thoughtful and helpful comments) - you can find some place in your Minnie Winnie. Or, perhaps leave your husband home... LOL
LOL, can't leave behind my driver/roadie (j/k - I don't think he reads this stuff, but just in case)! If I weren't so darn picky about the action, I could be fine with some of the keyboards with fewer keys out there. Or there's always the option of cutting off a few keys on the end of a PX-160 or something But it does seem to make sense to have something less than 88-keys for a little RV.
I've been trying to convince Kathleen (my partner in business and life) that we should buy or rent an RV to see the country. And it has to be able to accommodate a DP for two reasons.
1.) I love to play and can't stand to be away from it too long. 2.) I have pretty bad arthritis in both hands (and just about every other joint) which gets worse if I don't play/practice.
My Keyboards: Estonia L-190, Roland RD88, Yamaha P-80, Bilhorn Telescope Organ c 1880, Antique Pump Organ, 1850 concertina, 3 other digital pianos ------------------------- My original piece on BandCamp: https://frankbaxtermrpianoworld.bandcamp.com/releases
Me banging out some tunes in the Estonia piano booth at the NAMM show...
Or there's always the option of cutting off a few keys on the end of a PX-160 or something
Originally Posted by Piano World
And it has to be able to accommodate a DP for two reasons.
I'm really impressed by this DIY project. So cool. Too bad I don't need a travel piano myself or else I would totally do it (although I'm not so good with a hacksaw so I'd probably need to hire someone for the 'heavy lifting' LOL)
across the stone, deathless piano performances
"Discipline is more reliable than motivation." -by a contributor on Reddit r/piano "Success is 10% inspiration, and 90% perspiration." -by some other wise person "Pianoteq manages to keep it all together yet simultaneously also go in all directions; like a quantum particle entangled with an unknown and spooky parallel universe simply waiting to be discovered." -by Pete14
I take a Yamaha p105, 88 keys, in my 20 foot trailer. I can't store it in the trailer, no room, so it stays in the bed of the truck, in a soft case gig bag. I use a X stand and a collapsing drum stool. The trailer has a slide-out for the couch, and the dining table folds up, so I set the keyboard up there. That pretty much takes up all the floor space. Its a hassle setting up and taking down every time I want to practice, but I would have to do that whether it was 88 keys or shorter.
several months ago I started reading very good reviews about the Kawai Novus NV10. I said to my wife "I want one"", she said "I want air conditioning". One roof restoration, solar panel and air conditioning installation later here is my new piano.
That's an awesome piano!! I played one at my beloved Kawai dealer and it's just fantastic! Such great sound and very smooth action!
I've been trying to convince Kathleen (my partner in business and life) that we should buy or rent an RV to see the country. And it has to be able to accommodate a DP for two reasons.
1.) I love to play and can't stand to be away from it too long. 2.) I have pretty bad arthritis in both hands (and just about every other joint) which gets worse if I don't play/practice.
.... I've always been good with my hands and have decades of woodworking experience. Back in the 1970s I tried being a piano technician while I was going to college - it was fun and I learned a lot, but I went in a different direction (computer science). Sam
Congratulations on being such a musical polymath, Sam, they are not all that common. My music teacher was one; he was a highly skilled cabinetmaker, specialising in spiral staircases, and rebuilt that Virgil Practice Clavier in the photo for me. He used to take his car engine out and fix it himself, sometimes with bits and pieces lying around the living room floor next to his grand. He was also a champion gymnast in his youth, in addition to having been a violinist and a choirboy; on top of being a highly regarded professional pianist, composer and orchestra leader. Gave me an inferiority complex for years, don't know how you people do it.
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce
So I got to jam the other night with the New Year's band (using Pianoteq). And today found a nice spot for some practice with the Roland Go-Go Piano ...
We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams.
So I got to jam the other night with the New Year's band (using Pianoteq). And today found a nice spot for some practice with the Roland Go-Go Piano ...
So I got to jam the other night with the New Year's band (using Pianoteq). And today found a nice spot for some practice with the Roland Go-Go Piano ...
The reason for the strange cutouts on the back wall is because the other side of that wall is the movie screen. The cut-outs are to give the speakers a place to be.
(My bird lives on the other side of the room by the window.)
The reason for the strange cutouts on the back wall is because the other side of that wall is the movie screen. The cut-outs are to give the speakers a place to be.
(My bird lives on the other side of the room by the window.)
AP650 is good for you?
I like it! If that were me, I'd do two minutes of work, then swivel around, "hop chairs" and start practising. I'd never get any work done. Perfect
So, I got a new piano room. It came with the new house. Actually, it is the oldest house I've ever lived in (built in 1900). Plant and piano survived the move, though about 20% damage to the plant. Poor thing spent the night in the truck, and it was a cold night in December. I've taken off about 15 leaves and others still damaged, but overall it looks pretty good and will make it I think. Precautions were taken and I think helped. The piano sounds great, but maybe a little sharp and I'm arranging for a tune. I haven't tried recording yet and just hope I can find everything when the time comes. I hate moving and this is the last one. Well, unless they come and carry me off somewhere. Until then, I'll be staying put ... loving the north and feeling good about it. Mind you, that beach picture looks incredibly nice ...
Thank you, Sam. And i suppose you are right. My old Heintzman would have fit the decor better. My new neighbour has an older heintzman and up here they are adored. Though, I'm thinking i am more in the mood for a small boat these days. Perhaps a canoe with flat stern and small outboard. All the sins of a true paddler, but they look like they'd be a riot.
So, I got a new piano room. It came with the new house. Actually, it is the oldest house I've ever lived in (built in 1900). Plant and piano survived the move, though about 20% damage to the plant. Poor thing spent the night in the truck, and it was a cold night in December. I've taken off about 15 leaves and others still damaged, but overall it looks pretty good and will make it I think. Precautions were taken and I think helped. The piano sounds great, but maybe a little sharp and I'm arranging for a tune. I haven't tried recording yet and just hope I can find everything when the time comes. I hate moving and this is the last one. Well, unless they come and carry me off somewhere. Until then, I'll be staying put ... loving the north and feeling good about it. Mind you, that beach picture looks incredibly nice ...
I finally managed to get a decent panoramic of my piano room. Pianos don't like panoramas, LOL! The keyboard gets all weird looking when you're not perfectly level. Anyway, here we are, cat included!
I finally managed to get a decent panoramic of my piano room. Pianos don't like panoramas, LOL! The keyboard gets all weird looking when you're not perfectly level. Anyway, here we are, cat included!
Nice! And that looks like a comfortably plump kitty.
across the stone, deathless piano performances
"Discipline is more reliable than motivation." -by a contributor on Reddit r/piano "Success is 10% inspiration, and 90% perspiration." -by some other wise person "Pianoteq manages to keep it all together yet simultaneously also go in all directions; like a quantum particle entangled with an unknown and spooky parallel universe simply waiting to be discovered." -by Pete14
I finally managed to get a decent panoramic of my piano room. Pianos don't like panoramas, LOL! The keyboard gets all weird looking when you're not perfectly level. Anyway, here we are, cat included!
Yes, I agree that's a really comfy looking room. Nice table for working and eating, right next to the piano (and kitchen?). Doesn't get much better than that!
Originally Posted by Greener
We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams.
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with the Roland Go-Go Piano ... 
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