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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@Adena Which Steingraeber do you have? Tell me why you love it.
Jenny Harrison
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3 wk ago
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@Andreu What a beautiful photo! I hope you get something as wonderful as this. By a concert grand, do you mean around 9'?
Jenny Harrison
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3 wk ago
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
Here is a related question for this group. If you won the lottery and you could purchase a great 9' concert grand for your modest size living room, would you?…
Jenny Harrison
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3 wk ago
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@Angela Fogg It was actually on eBay! I truly lucked out since Steingraebers are so rare in the U.S.. The price of $20k seemed fair.
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3 wk ago
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@Angela Fogg I have owned a Steingraeber upright for five years and love it, I bought it sight unseen after hearing James Shawcross' amazing review on youtube.…
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3 wk ago
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@cheryl jack Was the Yamaha hand built? There is a big difference in quality between the factory built and hand built.
Jenny Harrison
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3 wk ago
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@pacchiarotti Which would you put first: Fazioli or Steingraeber?
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3 wk ago
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
I am in the market for a great concert grand and have found a four year old demo Steingraeber at an excellent price. I have not yet tried it, but have heard wonderful recordings on it by concert…
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3 wk ago
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Re: Request: Playback speed of livestreams
I like that idea! It would also be nice to be able to play a section more slowly, or at least be able to repeat it as many times as we like
Jenny Harrison
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10 mths ago
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Re: How far can your hand stretch on the piano?
If I drop to the edge of the fingerboard, I can play 10ths in both hands.
Jenny Harrison
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1 yr ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play?
@Carol Chua You made a great choice. Your second great choice was to join tonebase. I jumped right in with a lifetime membership as soon as I read about it.…
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1 yr ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play?
@Carol Chua Now I see why you spent so much effort to get your hammers sounding right. Mine is a 130 TPS, very similar to yours. I heard one reviewed on youtube by James Pavel Shawcross and he…
Jenny Harrison
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1 yr ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play?
@Carol Chua I have a Steingraeber upright and had it voiced and regulated recently. It is almost at the level of my Steinway B! Which model do you have?
Jenny Harrison
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1 yr ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play?
@Carol Chua How interesting that steaming can improve hardened hammers. I would be tempted to try this out on one or two hammers, but only because I have a nice steamer that could hit the right spots.…
Jenny Harrison
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1 yr ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play?
@Jenny Harrison Carol, I would get another opinion about the felts. Hard felts can usually be softened with needling. There are also chemical treatments.…
Jenny Harrison
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1 yr ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play?
@Carol Chua
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1 yr ago
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Re: Which musician (non-pianist!) inspires you most?
I heard Gustavo Dudamel conduct the SF Symphony several times before he became famous. He is way up there in my list.
Jenny Harrison
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1 yr ago
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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Apply for the tonebase Mentorship Program - with SARA DAVIS BUECHNER
I am going to pass on this, but appreciate the invitation. I might be ready for the next semi-private tutorial.
Jenny Harrison
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1 yr ago
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Re: Which composer do you feel most "at home" with?
This question got me thinking and I realized that Dvorak is my favorite composer of chamber and symphonic works. I had never heard any piano music by him,…
Jenny Harrison
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Which composer do you feel most "at home" with?
Chopin and Brahms
Jenny Harrison
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Questions on using una corda
Great question!
Jenny Harrison
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
@Ben Laude Wow! That was fantastic! You packed in many techniques and tricks to this 20 minute video. I will be going through it slowly during the next few weeks to make sure I fully understand each…
Jenny Harrison
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
@Gail Starr So nice to hear a fellow cello spirit! Yes, there is that lovely stroke cellists can make with the bow that rests underneath and supports the other instruments.…
Jenny Harrison
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
@Ben Laude Thank you for the video. I am glad to hear I can essentially forget about the middle pedal.You are awesome to pay so much attention to our questions!
Jenny Harrison
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
@Ben Laude I had listened to Ohlsson’s lesson a year ago when I first started working on this, but was not ready for much of what he had to say. Now I am! Indeed,…
Jenny Harrison
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2 yrs ago
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