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Grrr property improvement programmes...

WinstonWinston
edited July 2012 in Chit chat
Gnggh. I'm in the break room at work, tv on in the background, one of those awful property development programmes is on and this woman has a room in her house with a really beautiful grand piano... and admits it's just there for show and no one plays it. Gnnngnghghghghghghnnn!

Seeing a wasted piano (and a really nice looking one) really grinds my gears. Almost as much as the moronic property programme it's featured in...
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  • polomintpolomint
    edited July 2012
    It's also annoying that they only do improvements to homes where people already are loaded... grrr
    So far, so meh :)
  • Maroc's Astral ProjectionMaroc's Astral Projection
    edited July 2012
    You've got a break room at work with a telly? Do you work at Google? :lol:
  • beanzbeanz
    edited July 2012
    Winston wrote: »
    ... and admits it's just there for show and no one plays it. Gnnngnghghghghghghnnn!

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  • def chrisdef chris
    edited July 2012
    yeah using a piano as status symbol is a bit cringeworthy. bet there must be loads that have never been played all over the world just standing neglected in posh rooms. wouldn't get that with most other instruments. has anyone ever seen a drum kit that was 'just for show'? or a synth? "this is my steve vai model 7 string ibanez axe.. no one actually plays it, just for guests to look at"
  • beanzbeanz
    edited July 2012
    Personally If I had the cash to blow on a Grand Piano and a room to dump it in, I'd pay for Piano lessons too.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited July 2012
    There is a regular piano here, and I can't play a bloody thing on it, but then again it was here before I moved here.

    The wifes uncle can play it though, and usually does to entertain all the little un's when there's loads of people coming over to the house. I'm not sure what's more cringeworthy though, a wasted piano, or a hippy playing a piano for a bunch of kids? :lol:
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  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited July 2012
    I have the opposite problem. Our piano a bit looks rough, like it was rescued from a pub that was going to be knocked down. But its tuned and its played regularly all be it very badly by all but the piano tuner.

    I too hate those day time property programs starring middle class oiks obsessed with property prices and who have a materialistic view on life. Yet the general audience would be those on the dole.

    Jemima and Hugo have a budget of 500 thousand pounds, and are looking for a cozy nook in north London. Jemima owns a successful chain of art galleries and enjoys hosting wine tasting evenings whilst Hugo is an investment banker and venture capitalist. The program usually ends with the couple spending 'a little more than they had originally planned' 250 thousand more'.

    The other ones that do my head in are the middle class coupled that go to the South of France to do up some dilapidated barn in the middle of nowhere that will eventually result in them comming back due to boredom once the work an is done and bragging rights are exhausted.
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  • SpexSpex
    edited July 2012
    Learn to play it then! Seriously, I got a book from the library and started that way. You can probably download books now, no need to even leave the house.

    At one time every house had a piano and always someone who could at least play "a bit". It used to be the central piece of furniture, now it's the TV.

    If you play computer games, you will be used to hand co-ordination, so it will be easy for you. Just takes practice, but again you persevere with computer games don't you?
  • milemile
    edited July 2012
    there's a lot of porn shot in big houses with girls learning to play the piano and a frisky teacher.


    jus sayin'
  • zx1zx1
    edited July 2012
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    There is a regular piano here, and I can't play a bloody thing on it, but then again it was here before I moved here.

    The wifes uncle can play it though, and usually does to entertain all the little un's when there's loads of people coming over to the house. I'm not sure what's more cringeworthy though, a wasted piano, or a hippy playing a piano for a bunch of kids? :lol:

    You could invite your redneck neighbour round and he could join in and play his banjo:grin:
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  • beanzbeanz
    edited July 2012
    He tried that already...

  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited July 2012
    Wheras Beanz just Squeeled like a pig...

    ...and no I'm not posting that clip "EEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!" :D
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  • martynneillsonmartynneillson
    edited July 2012
    From Garfield:

    "Liz, your boyfriend is outside, shall I call security?"

    "Uh, why?"

    "He's carrying a banjo. . ."
  • Bermondsey BobBermondsey Bob
    edited July 2012
    zx1 wrote: »
    You could invite your redneck neighbour round and he could join in and play his banjo:grin:
    beanz wrote: »
    He tried that already...

    martynneillson wrote: »
    From Garfield:

    "Liz, your boyfriend is outside, shall I call security?"

    "Uh, why?"

    "He's carrying a banjo. . ."

    HEY!!!! I own a banjo :lol: :lol: :lol:
  • fogfog
    edited July 2012
    dunno what the fuss is all about.. I've got ... a few, I've lost count.

    Steinway D Grand / Yamaha C7 Grand /Steinway K Upright /
    Steinway Vertegrand "Mrs. Mills" piano / Challen studio piano /
    Bosendorfer 290 Imperial Grand / Bechstein D 280 Grand;
    Steingraeber und Soehne Vintage Upright 130 + the Concert Grand D

    and a few custom ones... (don't get me started on rhodes / synth emulations :D )
    all as software, don't have an 88 keyboard though.. I get on ok enough with 61.

    you can get fake pianos (just the box).. basically that hide the laptop / midi controller.. they use them on tv

    parents house , they had a piano (upright) , that was never tuned or played.. but this was long before technology did a decent job

    ?100ish vs.. ?30k+ .. no problem :)

    if people have the money and want to spend it.. their business..

    with regard to houses, because of some peoples BIG greed it has royally messed up housing prices.. there is a couple that own basically half a town in the uk.. that shouldn't be allowed. a friend owned 10 houses, and blagged building grants for loads of them.. but in reality it's a business to him... he'd get insider knowledge of stuff to buy dirt cheap.. estate agents huh ? not spoken to him in years.lol

    there was a show on recently secret history of our streets http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jt9zh

    basically showed how the prices are f'd up because of bankers etc.. portland road , near me.. one end is council estate.. other end is ?3m+ houses
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