6/7/2008
Well, John got me good. Our living room is no longer! There is now a beautiful black beauty that currently takes up 90% of our front room!
Before Hyrum went into the hospital, we were looking at pianos. We decided to stop looking as the day for surgery approached and the stress of looking became unbearable even though I had found a piano beyond words, we had decided to pass on it anyway.
John knowing that I already loved this piano and found that the chances of coming across anything similar were slim to none, and with a buyer flying in from Texas on Wednesday took it upon himself to work with the dealer and make all the arrangements. The piano movers left the house about the time I left the hospital to come home. Talk about him cutting it close!
I had NO knowledge of anything that John had been doing all week long. So when I arrived home...I was VERY shocked!!! I cried for about 10 min. all the while the camcorder sitting on the table in the kitchen was recording. Later when I watched the recording I cried again! It was an extremely pleasant surprise.
So for those who don't know pianos, we bought a 7'4" Grotrian that was 20 years old. Pianos are broken down in classifications 1 through 4. With over 70% of the pianos in category 4, about 20% in category 3, about 9% in category 2 and about 1% in category 1.
Category 1 has the likes of Steinway & Sons New York at the bottom of the category 1, Bossendorf somewhere near the top with Grotrian in between. Yeah, a piano that is better than a Steinway & Sons New York! Cool!!!
I always wondered where the name of your blog came from. Guess i should read more of your blog. ;)
ReplyDeleteMost people can't make it past Hyrum's second blog posting (which is why I created the abbreviated version at the top) let alone everything else. And one day I will finish more than just his surgery stories!
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