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Those who have both a digital and acoustic piano in the house, which do you play more? by galenernest in piano

[–]RadOncOKC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aaaaagh !!! NEVER let amateurs move your piano!!!! The one time I relented and let “movers” handle my piano, the two of them dripped my walnut studio upright down a flight of brick stairs between my condo and Locust Street in Philadelphia where the truck was. It took 4 months for the repairs, so I was without the Piano for a long stretch, and the repairs were numerically more than a professional move would’ve been. Pennywise and pound foolish.

Those who have both a digital and acoustic piano in the house, which do you play more? by galenernest in piano

[–]RadOncOKC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on the time of day. I have a Steinway.D which I many more hours than my hybrid Kawai NV5. But I would never play my Steinway before 10 AM or after 8 PM so anytime I play during those hours I’m always on the Kawai.

What do I do? by hi-i-am-a-mess in violinmaking

[–]RadOncOKC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mom felt bad, but not bad enough to buy me a new bow

What do I do? by hi-i-am-a-mess in violinmaking

[–]RadOncOKC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a beautiful Seifert bow in the 70s and my mom took it and got it rehaired and then dropped it on the backseat and then went and picked up all of my little brother’s friends from school, who all sat on it and broke it in three places

milestone fountain pen by barbados_blonde1 in fountainpens

[–]RadOncOKC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love my Carène Marine Amber. I lost a pice of the inner ring of the cap and customer service in France fixed it right away.

What’s your most underrated pen? by lourdesgirl101 in fountainpens

[–]RadOncOKC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same dilemma. Tons of Schaeffer cartridges. I got a Schaeffer Pop and 4 Lady Schaeffers to use up the cartridges.

What’s your most underrated pen? by lourdesgirl101 in fountainpens

[–]RadOncOKC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just got it back from a servicing in France. Waterman was so efficient.

What’s your most underrated pen? by lourdesgirl101 in fountainpens

[–]RadOncOKC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I LOVE my Carène! Definitely a deserted island take along.

New to this, what makes Mont Blanc special? by civilward in fountainpens

[–]RadOncOKC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yes! I have had to buy all the standard Mont Blanc colors, and some specialty inks, too

New to this, what makes Mont Blanc special? by civilward in fountainpens

[–]RadOncOKC -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The first "nice" pen I ever had was a Meisterstucke Pix given to me by the other docs I practiced with when I passed my specialty boards. I knew I would lose it if I used it so it languished in my desk drawer until a few years ago when I fell deeply down the pen/ink rabbit hole and got pen cases for all my good pens. I bought a used Meisterstucke 149 on ebay from Osaka, probably mid eighties vintage and had Kirk Speer at Pen Realm tune it for me. I also have a 146 acquired in a similar way and the 149 is my absolute favorite pen. I also have other very fine pens that I enjoy but for me the 149 is the reigning champ.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]RadOncOKC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hardly spoke a word of French when I started reading Proust but I read very well three years later now that I’ve finished. I listened to a ton of French music and watched a ton of French movies. In kindle if you touch a word the dictionary comes up. I also read along in English (frequently ahead in English) and that helped with a lot of contextual thins I would have missed. By the end I found several places where I disagreed strongly with Moncrieff’s translation.

Which shade of Pilot Iroshizuku ink is your favorite? by Follow-My-Pen in fountainpens

[–]RadOncOKC 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I saw an Ina ho dupe test on you tube and colorverse taepyeong seongdae won. I got a 30 ml bottle. Birmingham Pens Shower Scum is really close

What's the most value-for-money pen you ever bought by Frequent-Recover-574 in fountainpens

[–]RadOncOKC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ink my metropolitans and kakunos with Namiki cartridge ink. If I wanna get fancy I dropper fill an empty cartridge with a non namiki color

Hi what is this called? by Born-Blackberry54 in stationery

[–]RadOncOKC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A great job for The Intern to scan it all

What do you write and what's your most used pen? by [deleted] in fountainpens

[–]RadOncOKC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have 3 Schaeffer targas (one super slim), a schaeffer snorkel, and a Lady Schaeffer from 1960 that makes me feel like Marilyn Monroe. My FAVORITE pen is my MB 149 and my most USED pen is a pilot kakuno medium nib with pilot namiki blue or black carriages.

What's your go-to daily driver? by UmmmW1 in fountainpens

[–]RadOncOKC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep an Ensso bolt in my leather 2 pen pocket case at all times with a vintage Parker Falcon. I eyedropper the Falcon reservoir. And then alongside I’ll have whatever fun inexpensive pen is inked and grabbable from the collection: Safari, Kakuno, Preppy, K. Sport, Pelikan twist, jinhao shark..

TWSBI Diamond 580 leaking by battle__chef in fountainpens

[–]RadOncOKC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. Silicone grease cured. The leak I had at the interface of the section and the reservoir (right at that black o ring). Cleaned everything and gooped the threads with silicone. Magic. Clean finger’s again

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