Any key pounders here

[Rock Shooter]

do you have any keyboard/piano players here?

 

[eSGEe]

Ive tickled a few ivories but it has been YEARS ago

 

[Alex_SG]

My wife owns a 103 year old German built Richard Lipp upright. I can't play keys for hell, but she can, and my son is also learning.

 

[RVA]

View attachment 367 My wife owns a 103 year old German built Richard Lipp upright. I can't play keys for hell, but she can, and my son is also learning.

That is beautiful!! What wood is that? It looks like burl maple. I assume it is solid. They do not so pianos in veneer, do they?

 

[Alex_SG]

Burl walnut. And it is solid with an iron frame.
My father in law was a piano tuner/tech/rebuilder before he retired. He bought that in poor condition from a deceased estate, and rebuilt it to flip.
My wife was 12 at the time and learning piano, and ended up getting it as a Christmas present from her parents because she kept practicing on it and loved it so much...

 

[RVA]

Burl walnut. And it is solid with an iron frame.
My father in law was a piano tuner/tech/rebuilder before he retired. He bought that in poor condition from a deceased estate, and rebuilt it to flip.
My wife was 12 at the time and learning piano, and ended up getting it as a Christmas present from her parents because she kept practicing on it and loved it so much...

Wow, it even has a wonderful story. There go my chances of trying to get you to sell it to me!

 

[Alex_SG]

I think my wife would cut off my cojones and serve them to me if I even tried to sell it... Sorry bro!

 

[WavMixer]

Oh snap that is a beautiful piano. I have a walnut burl dash in my car, y'all know how I feel about wood.

 

[Alex_SG]

I know how the wife feels about it too... I'd need witness protection and a new life somewhere else if I sold it!

 

[Sp8ctre]

We have a very nice Yamaha Upright Piano at the house...but I'm to busy pounding other things...

...and it's way out of tune...I can tuna fish, but I can't tune a piano.

 

[Marshall & Moonshine]

I took about 5yrs as a kid, but hated the last 4. Now I still dabble, and would love to buy a keyboard that would cover some of the vintage electric pianos and hammonds, so I could get the ccr type stuff.

 

[Alex_SG]

Hey M&M... How about a setup like Ray Manzarek used to use? Fender Rhodes Piano Bass on top of a Vox Continental? That would be my favourite keyboard setup...

 

[Marshall & Moonshine]

That would be top notch! But something "real" is gonna be on the back burner, financially.
For now, I'd be content with something digital that does it, for hopefully less than $500, as i don't know how much it'll get used.

 

[Six String]

Key-pounder.... never. Did take 8 lessons and kick myself for not continuing with it. Have a couple of inexpensive electronic keyboards and have been knwon to pound out the lead section to "House of the Rising Sun" and done "96 Tears" a few times....... still kick myself for not continuing.......

 

[smitty_p]

This is the keyboard my wife and daughter use. It's a Yamaha YPG-625:

These aren't made, anymore. But, they are a pretty decent keyboard for what they cost. They have a pretty respectable piano sound. They also have a set of audio outputs and a USB port. So, if you load the drivers to your computer, you can record directly to your computer using a program like Audacity. Actually, that is pretty standard with keyboards, today.

Anyway, it has a full 88 key layout with weighted keys, which are pretty decent.

 

[Dewesq55]

They do not so pianos in veneer, do they?

Yes, they do.

 

[Alex_SG]

Here's another pic of our piano... Just found this one on the computer.

 

[Dewesq55]

Here's another pic of our piano... Just found this one on the computer.

It's really quite beautiful.

 

[Alex_SG]

Here's another... This pic shows the different hues and patterns on the burl really well..

 

[ChasFred]

View attachment 367 My wife owns a 103 year old German built Richard Lipp upright. I can't play keys for hell, but she can, and my son is also learning.

That is a BEAUTIFUL piano!