Doc Tonewheel
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Picked this up in Western, NY from someone retiring.
Sweet!!! I think the XK-5 sounds awesome and I heard Jim Alfredson's 3300 which was killer.
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Hang in their brother! Things will get better!
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I played a new Steinway B at Jacob's Music in West Chester, PA. I fell in love with the touch and tone, but at $100K, it's a little bit out of my budget range. :-) I am still saving up for a used Steinway M or L. Need to find the right one.
I don't know your price range but this B has been on the market for some time. If it is where the map says it is, it's not all that far from me.
I'm just a little leery of this broker guy. If it is good, I wonder why it hasn't been snatched up by now. It's a reasonable price, considering the year and if it indeed had one owner. I'd think that being for sale that long, it could be had for substantially less.
Thanks Dave! It"s hard to do piano shopping right ( my lessons are on Zoom). I decided if I am going to buy my forever piano, it would need to be perfect for me. I"m looking for Model B, but if I find a magic Model M or L, I"d be happy as well. I"ve been saving up for a long time, so I don"t mind waiting for the perfect one for me.
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I played a new Steinway B at Jacob's Music in West Chester, PA. I fell in love with the touch and tone, but at $100K, it's a little bit out of my budget range. :-) I am still saving up for a used Steinway M or L. Need to find the right one.
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+1 for the N2! I really love it and it's made me a better player. The only thing I will replace it with is my once in a lifetime purchase of an acoustic grand when I find the right one.
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The same could be said of a lot of sappy string music. I can't count the number of times Barber's Adagio for Strings has been used (abused).
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After Sonar went south, I switched to Cubase 10.5 and am really happy. No crashes, works incredibly well with VSTs, and if you do any video work, it"s really well suited for it.
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Grrrrrrrrrrr. It"s subconscious error. I"m not thinking. Not in control.
Another reason to play Bach. No pedal.
I need to play something. My hands way out of shape. 3-4 hour gig would kill me. Thought I would revisit Grieg"s Lyric Pieces.
My teacher says, "A sustain pedal often hides a multitude of sins." She always has me practicing a Bach piece in my repertoire (no pedal ever!). Inventions and the WTC are invaluable, and when I do play other pieces that use the pedal, I find I am much more restrained and the pieces don't sound muddied.
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Is a gig worth the risk of getting a potentially fatal virus. I am a virologist and I"ve seen people die on ventilators. Is a gig really worth the risk of you getting it or worse, bringing it home to your loved ones? Since both the old and young are dying, I wouldn"t want to play Russian roulette.
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I enjoy both playing and listening to classic prog. I think many of the pieces are fun to play and can help build technique.
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I bought Avantgrand N2 in 2011. Could never fit a grand in my house. Has been instrumental in better practicing, always staying in tune, and giving me instant feedback by easy recording and listening back. Yes, it was expensive but it has also saved me $250/year without the need to have to tune.
Love my N2 as well! It"s the perfect practice piano. Definitely made me a better player!
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Anyone here own one of these big boys? I"ve only got to play a CS-80 a few times, but never had one.
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1962 B-31962 B-3
Congrats!!!! That is awesome!!! Very happy for you!
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Had a Guitar Center gift card and used it to pick up Keyscape. Omnisphere and Keyscape make a nice combo for ITB.
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Each person is different, but the following pieces really helped me develop my left hand:
Tarkus by ELP (the whole thing)
The Spider by Kansas
Scott Joplin rags
Bach, Bach, and more Bach or to be more specific:
Well Tempered Clavier (both books)
2 and 3 Part Inventions
Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor J.S. Bach Arrangement for Piano, Left-Hand (specifically for the left hand)
Also Chopin Preludes (try Opus 28., No.3 in G Major)
Yes, classical is where you are really going to build your left hand. Now if I can only get my pedaling down to where I'm happy.
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Back at the end of September, I was out running with my dog. I had new shoes, and the tip caught a slightly raised part of the sidewalk, and I went down hard. Broke my left wrist (the day after my piano teacher told me she was having all her students do a recital in 2 months). Fortunately, it did not need surgery, but I was in a splint for 1 week, then a full arm cast for 6 weeks, followed by a brace for another 4 weeks. I managed to do the recital with the brace (Bach 2 Part Invention No 4 In D Minor and Chopin Prelude op. 28 no. 3 in G major, though at a much reduced speed). Toughest playing I ever did, but I am glad I did. My teacher told me that she felt my injury had a silver lining in that it actually forced me to re-learn my left and become more precise and fluid. I still have some numbness, but I am back to about 90-95%.
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I just upgraded to 2.6. Although I have several VSTs, it is the only one I use. I love its sound.
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Both volumes of the Well-Tempered Clavier. Everything in one package.
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Finally upgraded to Omnisphere 2.6. It sounds amazing and there's enough synth power to keep one occupied for a very long time.
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For many people, if you were still playing a Hammond, Minimoog, and Rhodes in the mid 1980's instead of a Prophet-5/Jupiter-8/OB-X and a DX7, you were playing with outdated, non-pro gear. People dumped their CS-80s for synths with more programmable presets. Now look at the prices these instruments fetch. My point is that what is deemed pro gear changes over time, and it's the talent, not the gear (for the thousandth time). Whole genres (punk, new wave) have been made using what was considered "non-pro" gear at the time.
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I knew I had some pics of my older stuff. Here they are in no particular order:
The MTI Rotophaser that actually moved air:
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/792815/4063775/414388736.jpg
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/792815/4063775/414388737.jpg
The home made stomp box controller I made when the original plastic one went tits up:
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/792815/4063775/414388739.jpg
Wow! You are the first person I've ever seen who had one as well. I had the MTI Rotophaser too! I ran my Crumar T2 into a 12 inch PolyTone Bass amp to drive it. It was all I could afford then. I eventually found a Leslie 147 with a preamp pedal for $125.00 in 1981 under a blanket in the back corner of Red Bank Music. Drove it home down the Garden State Parkway sticking half way out of the back of my Plymouth TC3 hatchback. Eventually got a Yamaha EM-150 mixer so I could mike the Rotophaser and run my Juno-6 and Moog Rogue into the mixer and send a feed to FOH.
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It will be interesting to see the Behringer if it materializes. I am happy with my CS-60 for now. Although it lacks velocity and PA, it has the best aftertouch I have ever played, has the ribbon controller, ring modulator, and it didn't cost me the price of a new car. It's a very unique and extremely expressive synth.
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Nothing wrong with Yamaha grands.. They have come a long way.
Completely agree! I have the N2 AvantGrand and the Yamaha C2X is on my short list. I grew up learning on Yamaha U3 upright and I got a chance to play the CFX. It was an amazing piano (but well out of my price range).
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Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays's music was part of the soundtrack of my college years (As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls), and well beyond. An incredible pianist and synthesist with a unique and identifiable voice. So sad to hear.
The Greatest Synth Intro Ever!
in The Keyboard Corner
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