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Thursday, October 16, 2003

There's lots of things I want to do if I become rich and famous (mostly just rich) - chiefly, buy myself this:

This, Ladies and Gentlemen, is Boesendorfer M 290. Which sounds like a fancy car but isn't. It just happens to be one of the best pianos in the entire world. This is the tag that goes along with the picture from the webpage:

" It is the only concert grand in the world to have nine sub-bass notes, down to bottom C, giving it a full eight octave compass keyboard. These extra notes enable some compositions to be accurately performed, which were originally scored with lower notes, by composers such as Bartók, Debussy, Ravel and Busoni. Special construction features have a very positive influence on the overtones produced when the piano is played, and helps to create the maximum range of both power and volume, and allows the smallest subtle variations in sound to be heard, across the whole range of the piano.

97 keys l: 290 cm w: 168 cm net: 570 kg
l: 9'6" w: 5'9" net: 1255 lb
"

I don't even want to think about how much this thing costs. But I'm going to drool over it until I can afford it.

Karlie@11:21 p.m.