looking to replace my upright...

[Stephen Airy]

rrgh.. TWICE now I've accidentally hit the bounce button on my email,
which tells the sender my address doesn't exist... was a mistake....

> I would follow Clyde's advice and keep your existing piano. If you have
> $500-$750, put it into your existing piano. While you won't really get the
> money back upon resale, you will learn a lot by doing whatever work you
> choose to do.

Sounds like I should talk to my real-life tech friends, and find out
whether they think I should put some $ into hammers and other action
parts, or put even more $ into another piano.

> When you have $5,000 or more to spend, then you might get the piano of
> your dreams. Definitely play a Charles Walter if you think that pianos
> under 52" don't sound big enough.

I played a few C Walters, and they sounded too small.  I'd like to try a
50" Astin-Weight.  A Baldwin 6000 came close to what I would want (except
wound strings too high), and a Steinway K-52 is pretty good in the tenor,
but a little lacking in the bass.

-- 
  Stephen Airy
  stephenairy@fastmail.fm