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Many people do learn to play by using online courses. Some even learn specific tunes by watching people play on Youtube. I would hope that a proper online course would give better understanding than just watching Youtube videos. I had not heard of Pianoforall courses until I saw your post so obvious...

chrisw

Please open the link for details.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2P ... ZiYZTv/pub

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Once visited there on our way up to Scotland. They must have relied on mail order because it was quite a long way out of Carlisle. New music that I have bought this year (three books about £15 each) were not usual stock items at my local music shop but I ordered them there to give them the business ...

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You sound to be doing great. Main thing is you are having fun.

chrisw

Hopkinson piano serial numbers are tabulated here http://www.besbrodepianos.co.uk/pianoserialnumber/hopkinson.htm which puts your piano in the late 1870s, so Gill the Piano was very much correct with the date. Whether or not it is worth restoring is very much up to yourself and how much money you wi...

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Hello sooper8, I am wondering if the arrow in your photo is pointing to the top bearing of the drop lifter rod. (Pardon if I have got the nomenclature wrong). Gill the Piano or Barrie Heaton will be able to confirm and perhaps offer a remedy. The only thing I know about these things is not to use a ...

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Pictures of my piano can be found here https://www.piano-tuners.org/piano-forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9763&p=46337&hilit=kemble+classic#p46337 It is sad when loss of hearing or any other physical ability prevents us from pursuing something we love, well more than sad actually. I worked in the electri...

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Do you know any of the history of the piano ? It looks as though somebody has taken good care of it.

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Challen serial numbers tabulated against year can be found here http://www.besbrodepianos.co.uk/pianoserialnumber/challen.htm The serial number may be stencilled on the top right hand side of the iron frame (as you look at it). Yes the wooden case looks very nice indeed (speaking as an amateur furni...

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Perhaps a suitable teacher would be someone who has played piano or keyboard in a band.

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Gill the Piano has stated what was in my mind about selecting a teacher. I go to a piano meetup group in Clitheroe (Lancashire) and have become friendly with someone roughly my age that plays from the American Song book, seemingly at a drop of a hat and from memory, by using chord harmonisation to t...

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I notice the statement in the first post about not reading music and wonder if you are intent on starting to read it. With your knowledge of playing guitar I am sure that you could harmonise the tunes you wish to play without reading it from a score. On the other hand there is so much piano music ou...

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Hello sooper8. Welcome to the forum. I agree with Gill the Piano on the use of a metronome and seeking a few lessons if you can. I had avoided using one for donkeys years but I found that counting to myself is invaluable because it prompts me when the next note is needed. I have got used to one of l...

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Welcome to the forum JonnyTepp.

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I have experienced the world of receiving many tens of email messages a day...not much fun...but that was when I was working. Now receive too many advertisements from people like Screwfit and Wickes ! Probably I should unsubscribe. Nice of Barrie to suggest there may a modicum of expertise in my pos...

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I am not a user of so called social media software so I don't know what its capabilities are. I certainly am not impressed with the manner in which these software houses manage themselves or their customers. A few months ago on another forum a person doing some sort of music course asked for informa...

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Just a bit of a moan I'm afraid. I read a small number of forums and have seen lots of effort being put in by the forum members to answer questions posed by a poster, only for the original poster not to give any feedback or even thanks for those efforts. It just makes me wonder why people bother to ...

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I am quite interested in classic cars myself but do not have the facilities or the skill set to weld bodywork at home. I suppose I could manage a beetle if only my garage wasn't full of woodworking tools and timber. Anyway going back to Zender, have you seen this page ? https://www.robertspianos.com...

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The arrangement we were playing was transcribed by Joachim and is available on IMSLP. The piano part is "oom-pah" more or less all through so it is not terribly difficult to play. However I found it quite easy to get lost. The first time we played it together in rehearsal was mid February and I got ...

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I found this on the net.
http://www.mikebarden.com

Probably not much use if you are in Argentina.

chrisw

Hello Shadow935. I have never heard anyone say they are interested in soldering before. What do you solder ? Electronic components by any chance ?

Hello SimonBurrowes. Good luck with your teaching practice. What sort of things did you study in the music course at York ?

chrisw

No the A65 is clear although there was reasonably heavy snow for 30 minutes or so at 08:00 this morning between Settle and Coniston Cold.

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Heard on a traffic announcement that Grane Road in East Lancs blocked again today. I was on the A65 on my way to Skipton.

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Well guitars are more portable than keyboards and it would be very sociable to take a guitar out amongst friends and strum a few songs. I think I would be more self conscious with a keyboard in this situation. Still you may be able to play in a group that needs a keyboard player. (Have you seen the ...

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I have looked at a couple of upright pianos in church halls this morning, both I guess at least 75 years old but with under damped actions. In both pianos the hammer and damper felts appeared relatively clean but the steel strings had darkened/oxidised. They were both in tune but I wonder if tuners ...

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Given Barrie's last post I am inclined to think that the piano in the picture is not a Kemble Minx. The original poster doesn't explicitly say that it is a Minx, only that it belongs to Nils Frahm. The piano in the picture does look to be in good condition so if Mr Frahm thinks it is not a very good...

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No not stuck but it was bitterly cold on Thursday and Friday. Not enough snow around the edges of Morecambe Bay to prevent getting the car out of the drive. When the snow is too deep the car just slides down the fairly steep incline and would impact a garden wall.

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Unusually for the west coast it has snowed for two days in a row. We are easily snowed in because we live at the top of a hill and with more than a couple of inches of snow I am unable to reverse the car out of the drive. Not enough snow this time around though.

chrisw

The website of one of the well known London piano dealers noted that Hoffman pianos are made in the Czech Republic and are a subsidiary of Bechstein. I have no idea if there is a large difference in the price of the pianos you mentioned and I can't say which make would be better. Assuming that they ...

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If your budget runs to a new Steinway then I would be looking at the top German pianos. I would probably not allocate myself a budget of that size (otherwise I might be wondering where my next German car is coming from) and would firstly look at the Cavendish baby grand which is made in the UK. I ha...

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If you are fortunate to have the money and space for a good quality grand piano then why not go for it because it will help your learning in many ways. If I was interested in Steinway it would have to be from Hamburg and not New York. Also the list doesn't include all of the best German manufacturer...

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Sorry, unable to answer your questions. The black components are named Nichicon and these could be electrolytic capacitors. The white material could be discharged electrolyte. You need to consult an electronic component repair shop.

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Thanks for the info Barrie. For its size I was surprised how heavy the piano was to push into position in order to take the photos. One of these days I will attempt to calculate just how large you have to make the bars to withstand the turning moment.

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Well the Brahms Hungarian Dance no.5 got the thumbs up from piano teacher last night and I came away from the lessons with quite a few tips of how to tackle it. My piano part came from IMSLP and the violin part is too small to sight read so we (mostly she) sang the solo part as I tried to play accom...

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Thanks for moving the Broadwood post. I was in two minds which category to pose the question opting for Idle Chitchat because it was an "idle" sort of a question. The serial number was given in the post and this led me to suggest the piano was made in 1938. My wife calls Beethoven "old grumpy" but w...

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P1030237.JPG P1030236.JPG I came across this baby grand, serial number 255627, in a local church hall. It hadn't been played for about five years, was very dusty under the lid and the strings were extremely blackened. Obviously out of tune but not horrendously so and one key (Bflat above middle C) ...

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I don't think that the piano accompaniment is too bad. It's mostly humpah,humpah all the way through even in the Vivace section. However piano teacher may advise differently if I have an opportunity to share it with her tomorrow evening. However have been suffering with head cold over the weekend so...

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Einaudi went down well at last Saturdays piano meeting. For next month I have started to prepare some Michael Nyman from the film Diary of Anne Frank, then for month after that more Einaudi. A fellow member at the club who also plays violin has sent me the piano part to Brahms Hungarian Dance no.5 t...

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I have some experience accompanying a solo violin, either with my piano teacher who also plays violin, or with an acquaintance who attends the same piano meeting. I am still a piano learner,admittedly upper intermediate level, and I still find it difficult to fully listen to the solo violin. In addi...

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Ah yes ! My Safari opens to Forums and if I use Chrome I am selecting the header page.
Ta.

chrisw

Thanks for the info Barrie.

I hadn't been aware of the events calendar, probably because, up to now, I have started the forum page from an oldish version of Safari. When I start it using Google Chrome I can see it in the contents list.

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Thanks Barrie. I know of two other forums that he may have posted the question; Piano World and Piano Street but I tend not to look at either. Incidentally you may be interested to know that, all being well, I shall be travelling to Clitheroe today to participate in the piano meetup that you first a...

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I wonder if this correspondent ever came back to this post having gone to seemingly a lot of trouble to make a video to illustrate the problem. I am of the school that believes if you ask a question and receive a reply, then it is polite to acknowledge the reply. By doing so you might get supplement...

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I have friends and acquaintances with Yamaha CLP 625 and 635. They are very happy with their choice. I have played the CLP 625 and was impressed by it.

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Yes it's a Superb. If I were to buy a Skoda estate it would be the Octavia with a two litre diesel engine.

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Found a secondhand Zimmermann upright for sale at Rimmers in Bolton.

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Welcome Jezsutty. I hope you enjoy a new musical journey during retirement. As you are probably aware there are a number of piano dealers in and around Manchester. I always find the piano room at Forsyths on Deansgate impressive for both grand and upright pianos. My piano teacher bought her Yamaha b...

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Zimmermann appear to be good value for money but so far haven't found a dealership in the north of England.

We have a Skoda Citigo and all the parts are labelled VW. Good for local shopping but not quite quick enough for longer journeys. Luckily we have a quicker German estate car as well.

chrisw

Find a teacher and start from the beginning even if you have a little experience of playing already. If you do have experience you will go through the early stuff very quickly. Perhaps use an adult tutor book or even the full series of tutor books. Try not to learn exclusively from Youtube as you ar...

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I've decided not to do anything until I've had a look at some German and the Kawai uprights. (I know the Yamaha uprights).

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