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Re: 🌸 March Challenge: M is for Mozart
@Akina Kondoh Pianist I saw your Instagram, you are a great virtuoso! Looking forward to hearing your Mozart
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- 4 mths ago
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- Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: March Community Concert!
@springgrass Up here [pointing my own head], I'm already dancing.
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- 4 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: March Community Concert!
Perhaps a Liszt Etude Transcendental. No promises!
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- 4 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
Regarding Hofmann's custom built pianos, the only thing I could find in terms of more or less official info is this: https://www.steinway.com/artists/josef-hofmann#:~:…
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- 4 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
Liszt Etude Transcendental no.2, the sections that begin in bar 13 (super fast runs) and bar 58 (super fast chord leaps). For the leaps I tried the usual method of placing the fingers on the notes…
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- 4 mths ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Maria said: I don't understand his post either. It seems most of us agree that it was a confusing post to say the least. First there's mention of business models, then the lanolin and keratin,…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Maria I know that! And that's why I said in my opinion it's a good name for a shop and school but perhaps not for a piano brand
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Maria well now that I read it more carefully I think he was indeed proposing that Peter start manufacturing pianos, and a tuning school business. I believe he does do tuning already.…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Maria I know, I was simply saying he does have a brand. I just read Roger's post too fast.
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Roger Ward I believe his brand is Clavierhaus, since I see a nice "clavierhaus.at" logo/sticker on the side of his piano in his recording. In any case he is extremely knowledgeable in that field…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Peter Golemme Thanks Peter. I did participate in the new year community concert!
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Favorite composer vote
Chopaninoff, of course.
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- 4 mths ago
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- Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Peter Lemken, clavierhaus Totally agreed. I would be very happy to play and record any repertoire on it, certainly not just Prokofieff. And I was quite upset when all the contestants who chose it at…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Maria It's ok to disagree, and I wholeheartedly do with you about those matters based on personal taste AND experience. kindly😁. I can agree that I have particular tastes.
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@claudiadm73 I'm very curious about how the selections are made. This may seem trivial to some, but I believe it is a big deal, considering the effort that many participants are putting into the…
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- 4 mths ago
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- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Maria My very personal choices: JS Bach: Yamaha CFX Mozart: Bösendorfer 225 Beethoven: Hamburg Steinway D Schubert: M&H A Schumann, Scriabin, Ravel, Debussy: SK-EX Chopin: M&H BB Brahms :…
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Maria I heard that pre-1990 M&H have shorter black keys than standard. I played on one last year, didn't feel any difference.
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@claudiadm73 I agree with Vicki. I am 100% sure it had nothing to do with the quality of your playing.
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Maria I agree that its tone is not for everybody. Extreme in the darkness and extreme in the brightness at the same time. I compare it to listening to a recording with an equalizer on which the bass…
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Maria said: most Baldwins I have played have been slow/unresponsive/stiff. My Seiler has a heavier action but is quite fast and responsive. I actually think heavier actions are easier to control…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Maria Dream: Fazioli F308 , until I try more! Favorites I've played: in descending order, the F308, a Hamburg Steinway D, my own Baldwin SD-10, a Shigeru Kawai SK-EX (fabulous but perhaps not…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
And come on, @Dominic Cheli , we would love to know your answers to your suggested questions. Well, I would!😅
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Maria would you say a top Seiler model would be your dream piano?
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Maria No, so thanks for introducing me to that brand! Really when it comes to trying pianos I'm rather liberal😁. I think there is a way to make any piano sound good if it's in optimal condition.…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Maria I wish! There are many other top tier brands I would love to try. One particular brand I am very intrigued about is Stuart and Sons (from Australia). I know you own a Seiler.…
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- 4 mths ago
- General Discussion
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