Why do suites have pianos in them?

[tkline]

OK, not all suites, but the really expensive ones.. on the photos on the Celebrity website there's pictures of a piano in the living room area.. why? I mean, do people just suddenly feel like playing the piano? Or can you call down to the front desk and ask for a piano man to come up to the room and sing for you? Just seems like a waste of space to me, why not have a nice super comfy recliner or 2 in it's place?

[dogs4fun]

16 minutes ago, tkline said:

OK, not all suites, but the really expensive ones.. on the photos on the Celebrity website there's pictures of a piano in the living room area.. why? I mean, do people just suddenly feel like playing the piano? Or can you call down to the front desk and ask for a piano man to come up to the room and sing for you? Just seems like a waste of space to me, why not have a nice super comfy recliner or 2 in it's place?

The baby grand pianos found in penthouse suites? They are digital player pianos (you can also play them yourself). Nice touch for music lovers.

Edited December 31, 2019 by dogs4fun

[Bo1953]

I Am quite sure, that if one is in an Iconic Suite on E Class ships, they will provide someone to play upon request.. maybe one of the musicians aboard already...

 

bon voyage

[ZiggyGA]

They have been removing them from the penthouse suites as the ships are revolutionized

[Life Buoy]

I guess they're in the PH because they can't fit into an inside cabin.

[TeaBag]

10 minutes ago, Life Buoy said:

I guess they're in the PH because they can't fit into an inside cabin.

😀😀😀🤣.

 

I thought it was so your kid could practice.

[CruisersTimesThree]

We have sailed in the PH several times with the pianos, IMHO, a huge waste of space.  For us, they are where we keep our sunglasses and I line up what we need to put in my purse/ hubbys pockets when we are heading out for dinner and our evening!

[meechee341]

41 minutes ago, Life Buoy said:

I guess they're in the PH because they can't fit into an inside cabin.

LOL!😏

[meechee341]

4 hours ago, tkline said:

OK, not all suites, but the really expensive ones.. on the photos on the Celebrity website there's pictures of a piano in the living room area.. why? I mean, do people just suddenly feel like playing the piano? Or can you call down to the front desk and ask for a piano man to come up to the room and sing for you? Just seems like a waste of space to me, why not have a nice super comfy recliner or 2 in it's place?

They're something nice to put a drink on or hold articles of clothing! 

[chemmo]

Those of us traveling in Penthouses need somewhere to place our box of chocolates..

 

Seriously, we have cruised in a couple of PH suites and usually enjoy the novelty of auto playing it once or twice...When we were on Summit this feature didn’t work. The M class PH suites are loosing their pianos. I believe the Equinox partly refurbished PH kept the piano. We are on Silhouette post Revolution and really don’t care if the piano stays or goes...I just hope that if it does go they replace it with a nice sea facing second lounge area rather than a stylish but uncomfortable ‘stage set’...The S class PH is simply a decadence of light and space...I guess the piano fits in with that.

 

 

 

[CHEZMARYLOU]

The Equinox did keep the piano. I like the idea of as ocean facing recliner or 2 to fill the space.

[chemmo]

7 minutes ago, CHEZMARYLOU said:

The Equinox did keep the piano. I like the idea of as ocean facing recliner or 2 to fill the space.

 

I do wish the designers would ask the ‘regulars’ what they want...It could really be a nice and very comfortable seating area. A couple of really nice recliner chairs, a round table at an appropriate height for the chairs....

 

My worry is they could fill it with two stiff wire chairs, a ridiculously heavy and odd shaped table, half a dozen cushions and several cacti....We definitely fancy trying Edge/Apex sometime soon for the ship experience but we are not overwhelmed by either the RS or PH furnishings (or the price!)... 

[farawayatsea]

I think snob value mainly.  Like people would have a baby grand in their house but never play it. I guess in the suite it's useful for putting drinks down on at a cocktail party.

[ZiggyGA]

This is what they did on the Summit during the revolution

[chemmo]

If I remember rightly the ‘chair in a bubble’ is about where the piano stool was...I think the sofas may be further from the TV...I think you have gained a ‘chic’ chair and lost a grand piano...

[dogs4fun]

30 minutes ago, farawayatsea said:

I think snob value mainly.  Like people would have a baby grand in their house but never play it. I guess in the suite it's useful for putting drinks down on at a cocktail party.

Wow - you guys are a group of tough customers! I love classical music and can assure you that I am definitely no snob. I enjoy playing my baby grand & would have a heart attack if a visitor was so rude as to park a cocktail on my piano.  

[dogs4fun]

1 hour ago, chemmo said:

I do wish the designers would ask the ‘regulars’ what they want

agree

[farawayatsea]

20 minutes ago, dogs4fun said:

Wow - you guys are a group of tough customers! I love classical music and can assure you that I am definitely no snob. I enjoy playing my baby grand & would have a heart attack if a visitor was so rude as to park a cocktail on my piano.  

 

Beautiful piano and great that you are a musician. I'm a musician myself and it just annoys me to beautiful instruments used as pieces of furniture (status symbols) and not played.

[Islandatty]

So can someone who has stayed in a suite with the baby grand tell me if you can play it?  Or is it auto-play only?  I always thought it would be the ultimate splurge to stay in one so my husband could play it.  No dice?

[dogs4fun]

10 minutes ago, Islandatty said:

So can someone who has stayed in a suite with the baby grand tell me if you can play it?  Or is it auto-play only?  I always thought it would be the ultimate splurge to stay in one so my husband could play it.  No dice?

Yes, you can also play the piano.

[Islandatty]

17 minutes ago, dogs4fun said:

Yes, you can also play the piano.

So can someone who has stayed in a suite with the baby grand tell me if you can play it?  Or is it auto-play only?  I always thought it would be the ultimate splurge to stay in one so my husband could play it.  No dice?

[Islandatty]

Ok! Thanks. So I will hold onto my daydream then.  

[Lady Chew]

I hope you can't hear it in the surrounding cabins?, next door, under, over, wherever.  Not that I don't enjoy piano music now & then, but only when  I  want to hear it, not coming through the walls or ceiling when I don't want to hear it!

[Happy Cruiser 6143]

1 hour ago, Islandatty said:

So can someone who has stayed in a suite with the baby grand tell me if you can play it?  Or is it auto-play only?  I always thought it would be the ultimate splurge to stay in one so my husband could play it.  No dice?

 

Yes, you can play it.

[TeaBag]

Wow - you guys are a group of tough customers! I love classical music and can assure you that I am definitely no snob. I enjoy playing my baby grand & would have a heart attack if a visitor was so rude as to park a cocktail on my piano. 

 

Love your piano and your selection of music.  I only have an upright but I don't play it that often since I took up the harp.

 

I love classical music also and I'm disappointed that they don't have more musicians performing at the evening shows.

Edited December 31, 2019 by TeaBag