withdrawal symptoms kicking in....

genaa · Post by **genaa** » 17 Sep 2008, 16:30

Anyone got any good suggestions to deal with piano withdrawal symptoms?

My previous piano was moved out to the new owners yesterday and I now have a loomingly empty corner of the room and nothing to do but await news of the new arrival's construction and delivery

On a separate note, does anyone have comparative information on Tozer and John Austin concert stools? I want to buy a lovely stool, as will befit the hopefully gorgeous Sauter, and wondered what peoples' experience of them are... at present I am leaning towards the John Austin as they are still handmade in England....

Cheers

Openwood · Post by **Openwood** » 17 Sep 2008, 16:38

Anyone got any good suggestions to deal with piano withdrawal symptoms?

Listen to Glenn Gould.

mdw · Post by **mdw** » 17 Sep 2008, 17:25

Both stools are good kit. A million times better than the bolt on leg disposable junk available. You should have sorted the stool out when you bought the piano as thats the best time to squeeze the dealer.

genaa · Post by **genaa** » 17 Sep 2008, 17:52

I got such a good deal on the piano itself, although the price still was the absolute max of my budget. It is only that I have since sold my piano that I have any extra funds.. I did think about a lovely matching Sauter stool - but they were out of my price range at more than £1000...... hey ho

Openwood · Post by **Openwood** » 17 Sep 2008, 18:33

I've got a John Austin duet stool at home and am very happy with it. I've always prefered to use a duet stool, not just for the obvious reason, but also because they somehow feel more solid. It's also nice to buy British when you can.

crispin · Post by **crispin** » 17 Sep 2008, 20:50

How about going to visit Sauter in Germany - have a look at your piano in some stage of assembly...

PianoGuy · Post by **PianoGuy** » 17 Sep 2008, 21:26

Austin.

Every time.

Openwood · Post by **Openwood** » 17 Sep 2008, 21:32

Austin.

Every time.

And his sister's novels aren't bad either.

genaa · Post by **genaa** » 18 Sep 2008, 16:42

The Sauter rep did say I would be welcome to visit at any point, but in the end finances and time meant I couldn't. Perhaps in future as I think they invite owners to their music festival things in Spaichingen

Post by **Gill the Piano** » 18 Sep 2008, 17:21

PianoGuy wrote:Austin.

Every time.

You'd think the stools would be cheaper though. What with his brother Steve being worth $6,000,000...

crispin · Post by **crispin** » 18 Sep 2008, 21:53

Genaa
You wrote a full report (informative and interesting) of your piano search for the forum at Piano World... why not, in the meantime while you wait, compile and write a report on all the pianos that you try out while you wait (ie about the pianos that you did not catch).... keep it to the uprights - too many write about grands ... you can concentrate on the upper range - like you have have done already or also consider the tier below.

David B · Post by **David B** » 19 Sep 2008, 09:28

Openwood wrote:I've got a John Austin duet stool at home

From your photo, its easy to see why you would need one

I was at the piano auction in London last week and there were a number of decent stools there. The going rate was £65, though we had to go through the farce of nobody starting the bidding until the auctioneer drop the start bid to about £20......for it to then be bid up to £65

Got mine off eBay, padded leather concert stool, new £100 as best offer.

Openwood · Post by **Openwood** » 19 Sep 2008, 10:32

From your photo, its easy to see why you would need one

One duet stool per buttock does the job nicely