This old guy has been faithful to me for the last 8 years. I remember the day a friend of ours called us up and told us they were at a garage sale and the people had an old piano they were trying to get rid of for cheap. I had been wanting a piano since we had got married, so we headed over and loaded it up. Ok, so it wasn't THAT simple. We had to get a trailer and about 8 big guys to help us, and we still managed to drop it a couple of times and break a wheel off. Whenever we tell people that this baby is heavy, they just smile and I know they are thinking to themselves, "It can't be THAT heavy." IT IS! My husband's exact words were, "That baby is never being moved again. If we sell this house, the piano goes with it!"
I loved this piano. The first time I saw it, memories washed over me. It looked just like the piano my Mamaw and Papaw had in their home when we were growing up. Every family gathering someone would attempt to play that old thing. The keys would stick, it was WAYYY out of tune. Great memories! Lucky for me, this piano was in a little better shape, but it still had that old-timey piano sound to it.
WELL, for Christmas this year my husband decided it was time to retire the old guy and replace him with something a little more modern. I don't think my husband ever had the same love for the old guy as I did. He always complained about how big it was and how much space it was taking up. He decided I needed this new guy.
I will admit the new guy is less bulky and MUCH lighter. It is a weighted keyboard and I have to say I am very impressed with how realistic it plays. I miss my old-timey piano sound, but hey, this new guy has a setting for that!
So what happened to the old guy that my husband said was NEVER moving again? A friend of ours took it with the stipulation that they bring their own trailer and their own men to move it. All we had to do was sit back and watch them! (O.K., my husband gave in and helped them a little.)
