Pianos

When I was in college, I played on a fully upright Mason & Hamlin. It was a beautiful piano in every way. A friend of mine had a 1927 Weber grand. That's a great piano to own but the Weber name is now owned by Young Chang and in my opinion are not the same as the vintage Weber pianos. At work we have two Steinway's. My thought in general is that almost any piano maker can make a great piano for $200,000.

My fascination is with a number of pianos that were local to Eastern Europe. Long ago before the current war in Ukraine, I was spending some time in Odessa.  I saw pianos I had never heard of. My friend who I was staying with had a pre Soviet piano with candle holders attached. And there were early sewing machines I had never seen in both Ukraine and in Poland. My guess is that western pianos, etc… were available however they would have been too expensive for the average household.