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nowaypablo  ·  3211 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, what's your "Holy Grail?"

Those Namiki pens are sick. They didn't list a price, but a quick google check gave me a quaint range of $500 to $150,000. Neat.

As a pianist, my holy grail is a Steinway & Sons grand piano. The Model D is an absolute masterpiece of engineering, integrity, detail, and beauty. I can go on for a long time about what it takes to obtain the Steinway sound, and how much unmatched care is taken by the company to produce each one.

I've had a few opportunities to play on a Model D, most notably at Carnegie Hall. The last thing that I was worried about was how it sounded to the audience. Listening to that thing

with the acoustics of a performance hall was seriously a near-religious experience.

Goes for about $80,000 new, priceless used.