Head-Fi.org › Forums › Misc.-Category Forums › Members' Lounge (General Discussion) › Post the most beautiful piano!
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Post the most beautiful piano! - Page 2

post #16 of 60
4/29/07 at 6:40pm
uh oh. my radar is broken. i swear the first pic on the first post was of a woman playing it...
Reply

Head-Fi's Best Sellers

post #17 of 60
4/29/07 at 6:43pm
Actually that transparent Kawai only gives off the image of being transparent. All the important parts are covered with a solid white material, which then is coated by the transparent panels to give off the image.
Reply
post #18 of 60
4/29/07 at 6:49pm
My grandpa has an upright Steinway that I REALLY love,
no pic sadly
Reply
post #19 of 60
4/29/07 at 6:59pm
I like the pianos that Tori Amos uses. I saw a clip of her playing Sleeps With Butterflies on like the David Letterman show and her piano was huge. Very long, was topless and the soundboard had round holes in it. I never could see the brand of it tho
Reply
post #20 of 60
4/29/07 at 7:14pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jahn View Post
uh oh. my radar is broken. i swear the first pic on the first post was of a woman playing it...
This test if for Jahn's radar only. What say you Jahn?

Reply
post #21 of 60
4/29/07 at 7:21pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jahn View Post
uh oh. my radar is broken. i swear the first pic on the first post was of a woman playing it...
lol, yoshiki was the "woman fetish" member of x japan. I thought that was him but didn't want to say as I wasn't sure
Reply
post #22 of 60
4/29/07 at 7:25pm
yoshiki definitely has good taste in instruments!
Reply
post #23 of 60
4/29/07 at 7:46pm
Fazioli is indeed a great piano.
Reply
post #24 of 60
4/29/07 at 8:10pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermitt View Post
I like the pianos that Tori Amos uses. I saw a clip of her playing Sleeps With Butterflies on like the David Letterman show and her piano was huge. Very long, was topless and the soundboard had round holes in it. I never could see the brand of it tho
Tori Amos plays Bosendorfers.

I've had the opportunity to play a Bosendorfer Imperial Grand and though it was a while ago, I was very impressed with the touch and overall sound, though I have to admit I'd probably have to play it more to get used to the metallic tone - plus that extra octave on the bottom threw me off at first.

I've yet to play a Fazioli, but love their sound from the recordings I've heard. The Steinway D is my tried and true friend, though.
Reply
post #25 of 60
4/29/07 at 8:28pm
<3 the Steinway D. That tone is just simply unmatchable by any instrument I've yet heard. I've played a Bosendorfer as well and I'm in total agreement on the metallic sound. Actually when I was around 13 or 14 I performed a Chopin Polonaise on one and couldn't resist jumping down a few keys and reharmonizing in the middle of the piece to see what the bottom end would sound like. I was being judged and they laughingly pointed out my experimentation at the end, but promised not to hold it against me. BTW it sounded dead awful when I hit the brown keys, a gamble that definitely didn't pay off.

But yeah, Steinway has the sweet spot for a beatiful sounding instrument. Breaking one in is pure hell though, through the years I ended up regularly playing two that were in their first year. Constant problems until they settle down.

I see nothing beautiful about the clear piano or any of that other junk. Maybe if you're buying it as a piece of art for your mansion, but there's no way either of the "designer pianos" that were posted can sound pleasant.
Reply
post #26 of 60
4/29/07 at 8:29pm




Reply
post #27 of 60
4/29/07 at 8:34pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jahn View Post
uh oh. my radar is broken. i swear the first pic on the first post was of a woman playing it...
Hey Jahn!, you need to understand your fellow asians more!
Here's more for your radar!




I love jrock.. I got corrupted and infested last month and my classical music listening time has gone up quite a bit as well.


Edit: Oh yea, this is really off topic but it's about Yoshiki.

He is probably the best piano/drummer player who ever existed. I mean that by a combination of his skills. He can also compose a heavy metal song into a classical orchestral piece with strings GOOD ENOUGH for the London Symphony Orchestra to accept it. I truly admire his work.

Here is his 12 minute drum solo in one of the last few concerts he had with X Japan before they broke up. It's really magnificent.. really.
Best drum solo I've ever seen (pardon the YouTube quality)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z22nSEgrAQI
Reply
post #28 of 60
4/29/07 at 8:52pm
I came accross this cool gallery while browsing for piano photographs.
Reply
post #29 of 60
4/29/07 at 9:16pm
I think I know John Bonham's response to Yoshiki - "What's with the fainting during your solo? And Real Drummers grow BEARDS! BLEARGH!!"

Reply
post #30 of 60
4/29/07 at 10:59pm
Thread Starter 
lol, so.. Jahn can you tell which ones up there are guys? XD
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home

Head-Fi's Best Sellers

Head-Fi.org › Forums › Misc.-Category Forums › Members' Lounge (General Discussion) › Post the most beautiful piano!