I looked up the specs on the "L" on the Steinway page (apparently they still make them). It's 5' 10 1/2" long and 58" wide. Which is useful for figuring out where it will fit. (I thought it was going to be longer than that. I wonder if it's perhaps a typo because I thought my dad said when he measured the thing it was around 7'. Though then again, the L pictures the folks at the repair place sent me make it look more "snubby" than a 7' piano would be. Maybe that 7' is including where the bench and player go.)

I don't want to post photos here because they're not my photos and not my "property" to do such with, but I have to say the old creature looks incredibly beautiful. EVERYTHING has been refurbished and made to look not unlike it did (or so I imagine) when the piano first left the factory. (I will, of course, have photos when it actually arrives)

I had forgotten about the not-on-an-outside-wall thing; that means option 1 remains the best because the piano will be closest to the wall adjoining where my hall closet is and will also be as far as possible (in that room) from windows, which I suppose contribute to fluctuating temperatures.

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A few finished-object photos. None of the wearables as yet; I don't feel much like modeling today (apparently they had to work harder in my mouth than I realized; it looks like that side of my face is a bit swollen today).

So here are some photos of the three "flowers" I finished for the someday Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt:



"That Green" (not quite Nile Green but close - quilters refer to this as "that green" meaning the characteristic 1930s green) with a cute little stylized flower (almost recalling the Mackintosh Rose Arts and Crafts design).



Purple. Or rather, lilac. I'm not sure if the print is supposed to be cherries or tomatoes - the fruits look like tomatoes to me, especially at the stem attachment point, but the leaves are more like cherry leaves. Still, I like the print: it is typical of the sort of whimsical prints commonly produced in this era.



The first turquoise-background one. (It doesn't match quite as well as I had thought it would). The print is tiny bows if you can't tell.