Pianos

Since I come from Astoria, NY ,I would have to say Steinway. As a kid I can remember going to my Grandparents house and always seeing the piano against the stand up piano ,with music rolls to play songs from the 20s n 30s.Back then it seem like ,all of my relatives had one of those pianos,nice.

I first learned on one of those converted Player Pianos 

This may be the best thread I ever read on Audiogon. Love it!

Our converted player piano never sounded like a real piano even after a visit from the tuner.  It always sounded like the piano in Rocky Raccoon .  After practicing I would always be checking the room for a copy of Gideons Bible 

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.