Our "new" piano

Okay, so this piano is NOT new, but it's ours! We finally have the piano that we have been trying to get for a few months now. Our piano teacher works with the choir director at Kerman High school who is also the choir director at the Biola Congregational Church, and they had this piano in one of their classrooms that has been sitting for years and they were offering it to anyone who would come to take it away. It took awhile before we had a weekend free to go get it, and today was it!

We had help from Ed Hagar, who brought his trailer, Eddie Molloy, Steve Kaufman and then Ryan Hergenroeder, our across the street neighbor, brought the keys to unlock the church for us.

We had never seen the piano before, so we weren't sure what to expect. Although it is obviously well used, with scratches and dings, etc., it is a beautiful piano. It was set on casters, so it was easier to move than we expected, and when the guys went to push it up the ramp onto the trailer, it went on MUCH easier than we all expected.

We all went back to Kerman and then unloaded the piano. This actually turned out to be the most difficult part of the process. Getting it over the threshold and then over the wood floors without gouging them was the challenge. We rolled the piano onto a rug and then pushed it across the floor, which worked out well.

We put it into the spot where it is going to sit for now and then got to cleaning it and taking a good look at it. It is really dusty but very pretty inside. It is BIG and takes up a lot of room. The living room just got quite a bit smaller.

We are now the proud owners of a Royal Cabinet Grand piano that was manufactured by the Krell Company. It is mostly in tune, and it is definitely going to need some work, but we are so glad to have a piano in our home now. We have been going over to the chapel as often as we could to practice, and that is difficult and time consuming. It will be very nice to be able to sit and practice here at home when it is convenient!

We have tried to do a little bit of research on the internet to try to find out what we can about this piano and how old it is. What we have found out is that the Krell Company made pianos between 1889 and 1949. We are hoping to get more information soon that will narrow down. We also are going to get it checked out and tuned soon as well.

We are very grateful to have this piano!

-Lora

See all the pics HERE.