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Also the Roland HP101 which looks equally good...

I might have to invest in some ear plugs if I've got to keep playing it... it really does sound appalling! Although, since I've got nothing to lose, I might try tweaking the tuning slightly to see if I can improve it a little. And if a few more strings snap, who's going to notice?! BTW, the digital ...

A pianna full of piranha, lol!! And no, I'm not planning to take anything sharp to the piano or do anything reversible until I'm very very sure (and that will probably be never). I just can't get my head around gutting a piano, it somehow ranks with cutting the pictures out of an old book to sell th...

I'm not sure I could bear to do that to the Broadwood, but I must admit it does look very good! Did you do it yourself or buy it already converted? And if you did it yourself, was it a big job?

Hi Gill, Thanks for your advice, it's very useful to see the situation through someone else's eyes, it removes the "rose-tinted specs" aspect! I think I have been side-tracked by the history and need to concentrate on finding a piano that is just that: a piano. The Broadwood is not current...

Some time ago I was given a beautiful Broadwood cottage upright, wooden framed, straight-strung and overdamped, serial no. 60072, which I date to between 1880-85 (unless someone can provide more accurate info). After reading some very useful posts on this forum, I removed the top keys to look for an...