My name is Felicia Cristina, I was born in the Dominican Republic, but for 20 years I have lived in Italy where I met the man of my life, with whom I am happily married. Some years ago I expressed the desire to play the piano, and a year ago my husband gave me a wonderful Bechstein upright, and I began attending a piano course with the passion of a teenager, although I haven't been a teenager for a long time. While browsing the internet, I discovered your forum, which immediately fascinated me because it gave me the impression that it is a serious site, with competent people. Therefore, I have happily decided to register.
Welcome Felicia. You have a Prince piano and we will be happy to converse with you .....and with your instrument!!!
Happy studying
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Gennarino
Reply 4 by Gennarino
Welcome Felicia,
from a non-teenage senior (I am indeed a piano senior!)!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you will enjoy the contact with the people who frequent the Forum and that you will be able to delight us by telling us about and introducing us to the beautiful composers of the divine music of your lands!
Hello and see you soon.
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Felicia
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Reply 5 by Felicia
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A heartfelt thank you to everyone for your kind welcome. You Italians are nonetheless a good and hospitable people; at least I have never found myself in situations of racial intolerance, even if sometimes someone jokingly told me that I look like a little chocolate because of my skin color. I believe that the whole world is one, just as our gender is one, the human race. There are no differences of race, ethnicity, or culture, but the difference only exists between those who are good and those who are not, between those who love and those who hate, between those who are altruistic and those who are selfish.
Hi Felicia and welcome to our forum. I find myself in perfect agreement with what you said... Racial differences are a stupid and backward concept. In the face of the infinity of the universe we are all nothing, so what should change skin color? That which illuminates a person can only be art and culture and, thanking God, these things belong to everyone and to no one, in the sense that following an enlightened path depends solely on the choice a person makes for their own life regardless of their race.
I agree with Simone. Not by chance do 'Ivory' and 'Ebony' "represent" our wonderful instrument. They "marry" in a perfect way!
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Felicia
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Reply 8 by Felicia
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If I have understood the meaning of your words correctly, Mr. Paolo, are the piano keys that my husband gave me (a Bechstein upright concert 8) made of ivory and ebony? Is that why it is so expensive? By intuition, I had imagined that the black keys were wood colored black, while the white keys were simple plastic. I don't know if I understood correctly, but if that is the case, it will be much more pleasant to caress my piano keyboard with my fingers. And as for the rest, for the casing, what wood will they have used? And the varnish (my piano is black), is it not shellac?
Originally they were made of ivory and ebony. Then, rightly so, in honor of the "great animal", prince of the savannah, ivory was banned and replaced by resin. Ebony is still used in major brands. I only wanted to capture the union of black and white, as a stand against every form of racism and Love for all Ethnicities. I was also referring to the deep meaning of Paul McCartney's famous song "Ebony and Ivory". Perhaps your precious Bechstein, if it is a few years old, still has those materials....
Best wishes
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Felicia
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Reply 10 by Felicia
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pianoexpert wrote:
Originally they were made of ivory and ebony. Then, rightly so, in honor of the "great animal", prince of the savannah, ivory was banned and replaced by resin. Ebony is still used in major brands. I only wanted to capture the union of black and white, as a counter to every form of racism and Love for all Ethnicities. I was also referring to the deep meaning of Paul McCartney's famous song "Ebony and Ivory". Perhaps your precious Bechstein, if it is a few years old, still has those materials....
Best wishes
My piano is only one year old (at least my husband bought it new a year ago); anyway, I liked your response, because black and white are two sides of the same coin, and I don't understand how so many people can fail to understand what you express with such courtesy and love; furthermore, to be honest, I prefer that my piano does not have ivory keys (out of respect for the "great animal"), even though I wouldn't have minded ebony.
I fully agree. In Africa there is a great respect for the "great animal". We must learn from the "Ebony" race. They are much more sensitive, a sensitivity that we have lost in our souls (fortunately not everyone).
Greetings also to your husband, who, I am sure, belongs to the sensitive beings and whom I believe also loves Music.
Ciao Paolo
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Felicia
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Reply 12 by Felicia
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pianoexpert wrote:
I fully agree. In Africa there is a great respect for the "great animal". We must learn from the "Ebony" race. They are much more sensitive, a sensitivity that we have lost in our souls (fortunately not everyone).
Greetings also to your husband, who, I am sure, belongs to sensitive beings and whom I believe also loves Music.
Ciao Paolo
Thank you Paolo, you are a very kind and humane person, as I have had the chance to know by reading your responses to other topics and watching your very useful and interesting videos. Yes, my husband also loves music, but while I prefer classical music (in addition to South American music), he prefers rock, which I sincerely like very little. Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney, with Stevie Wonder, is extraordinary nonetheless; but the Beatles are a higher level, something unto themselves that has little to do with rock.
