Thank you all for your advice and for putting up with dumb questions from me. I'll certainly be boring you with my progress and more questions!
Gill the Piano, I hope you approve
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So, what did I buy?
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So, what did I buy?
My new baby is a 1985 Marshall & Rose. You told me I should buy the best I could afford and this really blew the budget, but it's an absolute peach. It arrives next week and I'm excited beyond excited!
Thank you all for your advice and for putting up with dumb questions from me. I'll certainly be boring you with my progress and more questions!
Gill the Piano, I hope you approve
xx
Thank you all for your advice and for putting up with dumb questions from me. I'll certainly be boring you with my progress and more questions!
Gill the Piano, I hope you approve
xx
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Gill the Piano
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Re: So, what did I buy?
You probably have done better than you realise. An '80s Marshall & Rose is a rebadged Welmar, and 1985 was a very good vintage. Hope you have happy times.Nutroast wrote:My new baby is a 1985 Marshall & Rose. You told me I should buy the best I could afford and this really blew the budget, but it's an absolute peach. It arrives next week and I'm excited beyond excited!
I've never really understood why people publish the weight of babies. It's not like they do it when you die, is it? Imagine that: "Mr Openwood passed away last night after another depraved evening of orgiastic excess. 14 stone 10lbs."Congrats on the new baby; find out what it weighs and put an ad in the local paper announcing your happy event
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Well, Mr Openwood, it's because it's an announcement, therefore you have to say something and what, exactly, do you know about this short person apart from gender, time of arrival and weight? I guess you may know name or colour, but they're usually optional.
It's also the only time in your life when you'd be happy (or have not have the option) to have your weight included, so best make the most of it. I love your idea of the obit including it. Maybe a marriage could include the combined sum?
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It's also the only time in your life when you'd be happy (or have not have the option) to have your weight included, so best make the most of it. I love your idea of the obit including it. Maybe a marriage could include the combined sum?
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Hello Pianotechman, Uxbridge is my old stamping ground!
Yes, I'm still very pleased with what I bought. It was tuned 3 weeks after I bought it and, to be honest, could do with tuning again now, but I'll probably hold off until the New Year. It is a lovely piece of work and I hope I can do it justice.
It's a shame these manufacturers are no more.
Jan
Yes, I'm still very pleased with what I bought. It was tuned 3 weeks after I bought it and, to be honest, could do with tuning again now, but I'll probably hold off until the New Year. It is a lovely piece of work and I hope I can do it justice.
It's a shame these manufacturers are no more.
Jan