Hey, I am from Sweden.

by Kentz Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:52 am

Greetings.

My name is Fredrik Engström, I am 15 years old and I live in Sweden. I may live in the oddest place in Sweden, want to know where?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotland

I am not joking.

Oh well, I have been playing the piano since last Christmas, I have always had interest in the piano since I was a little kid but I always thought it was too hard.
Anyway, I own a regular keyboard. I dislike it very much as it doesn't have weighted keys or any touch-application. So the comp usually sounds really bad.
Whenever I get the cash I am going to buy a good keyboard, or just save for an upright piano (acoustic>electric)
Oh what can I say? The piano is fantastic, it's really fun if you're with a group of people and there is a piano nearby; and you and you can just show your skills.

My favorite pieces (Not in order) :

Marcia Alla Turca (Turkish march from Ruins Of Athens - Beethoven)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (Horowtiz)
Liebenstraum (Liszt)
Rachmaninoff Prelude 23 op.5

by Thomandy Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:27 pm

HI =) Welcome =)
Nice favoritelist, they are pretty high on mine as well, at least the bottom 3 there. Smile

by Kentz Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:15 pm

Also I just saw an upright piano being sold for 100kr (~10$) with only two keys that are "broken" (I can fix that by myself)

Should I buy it?

by Thomandy Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:34 pm

Kentz wrote:Also I just saw an upright piano being sold for 100kr (~10$) with only two keys that are "broken" (I can fix that by myself)

Should I buy it?

Its not the keys you should worry about!! I did a lot of research on pianos when I got mine. And the problem is that many old pianos are either that little maintained that they never can be tuned properly again! And that will destroy your ability to hear pitches ect after some time! So even if you get a piano for Free you should be sure about how well tuned it is ect and where the piano was made ect and these things Smile

by Kentz Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:39 pm

Thomandy wrote:
Kentz wrote:Also I just saw an upright piano being sold for 100kr (~10$) with only two keys that are "broken" (I can fix that by myself)

Should I buy it?

Its not the keys you should worry about!! I did a lot of research on pianos when I got mine. And the problem is that many old pianos are either that little maintained that they never can be tuned properly again! And that will destroy your ability to hear pitches ect after some time! So even if you get a piano for Free you should be sure about how well tuned it is ect and where the piano was made ect and these things

I can always try it out before buying it.