well i should've posted about sadies by now

but i haven't, because i know it's going to take a long time :P and I'm not on the right computer, as i would have to scan some pictures in so I'm going to post about something different :D





I'm going to post about what i will someday posses: a fazioli (fatz-ee-oh-lee)





it's the Ferrari of pianos

ahhh see that gleaming-ness??? it's like a mirror of ebony wood *drool*

i got the chance to play on one last weekend and it almost broke my heart. only a baby grand, entry-level piano, it cost a mere $90,000. *siiiiiiiigh* playing on it was like.... i don't even know what. there's nothing to compare. but i was just testing it out, alas, and as i played, the salesman was eyeing me, and i could physically feel it. (probably eager to wipe down the piano after i left with polish and a microfiber cloth, feverishly.) i barely played one page of a song. i asked the salesman (actually the owner of the store) if he played the piano and i was floored to discover he did NOT!!! i was like 'wait, what??? then how do you appreciate the sound, the feel??!!!! life is so unfair!!! why do YOU get to own this piano store, and you play the lousy bass!!!!' (my apologies to bass players, the bass isn't lousy, but seriously!!!! how dare he own a piano store!? ok forgive my overreactions but i love pianos. anyway.) of course i didn't say this out loud, but that's what i was thinking heh.

here are the reasons this piano sounds so good:

clarity: a sound in which harmonic components are even throughout. if you don't speak piano and player, it means that when you play a musical phrase, no note is left out of your hearing, it resounds, no matter how quietly played.

uniform: a timber that presents equal characteristics in every area of the keyboard. if you hit a key up around C6 or C7, you can expect the same resistance and volume if you hit a key around C1 or C2 (given you exert the same force on the key of course)

wide dynamic range: a sound that goes from pianissimo (aka really really quiet) to fortissimo (aka really really loud) without any distortion in fortissimo.

long duration: the duration of the sound is extremely important for the legato (smooth and connected sound) and cantabile playing, thus the sound must not decay rapidly. when you hit a note, you expect the sound to linger until you lift your finger, or the loud pedal. it hangs in the air.

selective: this means the pianist is able to distinction of the single parts, melodies (or voices, as my piano teacher calls them), especially during the performance of polyphonic works. examples of polyphonic works (some of the hardest songs to play!! but gorgeous!!!!!): bach's tocatta and fuge, the little fuge in g minor by bach, and other fuges. also inventions are poly phonic, but not as complicated as fuges.

ah here's what i am going to own some day: the concert grand. at 3.08 meters in length (that's a little more than 10 feet) and 1.58 meters (a little more than five feet) in keyboard width, and 1.88 meters tall when the lid is open fully as in the picture (that's a little over six feet) it weighs 1521.19 pounds. the wheels are designed to take the weight without damaging the floor (but just in case, then have special pads you put under.

oh there's so much more to talk about! but i have to cut it short, because it's time for me to be in bed. i"ll probably add more tomorrow. haha like anyone is going to understand my weird obsession anyway, let alone read more than the first paragraph before getting bored. but eh whatever!