Having a piano is grand. Having a grand piano is...

Oh, hi! Are you still there?

I should share: about 3 weeks ago, Sarah and I went maybe a little crazy and bought a baby grand piano. Schmitt was having an unadvertised old-models-go-away sale, and we had wanted a Cristofori for a little while, so we decided to check them out. We ended up not getting a 5'8" Cristofori like we had planned, but wound up purchasing a 6'2" George Steck piano, that we randomly liked even better (though the price was the same.) We bought it Friday, rearranged our living room furniture (with my mohter's assistance) on Sunday, and had it delivered Monday.

We love it. It's a little big for our little living room, but we only lost one chair and table; mostly it's just a bit taller than you'd expect. But it sounds great, and it's pretty: