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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Andrew Smith François Dumont's album Clair De Lune was recorded on Debussy's Blüthner. Menuet from Suite Bergamasque
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@Linda Gould @Peter Lemken, clavierhaus I have talked to my piano tech about key width and she said that when she has measured different modern pianos' keys she has found a 0.…
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Andrew Smith I don't listen to pop music, but pianos are definitely voiced differently for non-classical music.
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@Noel Nguyen PASK mentions Hoffmann on their website: https://paskpiano.org/keyboard-history/
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@Marcia Richards The SX line is by far Yamaha's best line, in my opinion.
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@Andrew Smith I meant that I didn't specifically mean major, deliberate differences. I also didn't mean that I was looking for a narrow-keyed piano. I was mainly referring to marginal differences.
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@Jenny Young I have never played a Blüthner. I don't know what kind of computer you have, but on a Mac you can press option+u and then type the vowel.
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@Noel Nguyen I wasn't saying you didn't know what it meant. I agree that it would be an odd name for a brand.
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I don't understand his post either. Clavierhaus means "piano house" in German.
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@Peter Lemken, clavierhaus I was addressing stretto keyboards, just not specifically. I was mostly interested in whether anyone else felt like it was, for example,…
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@Noel Nguyen I don't entirely understand Roger's post.
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He doesn't manufacture pianos, he sells them.
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@Roger Ward He owns a piano shop, Clavierhaus. I don't think Peter was interested in the Steinway apprentice program, and neither am I. Lanolin and keratin are both found in wool felt.…
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@Roger Ward I hope to at some point.
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@Andrew Smith said: Salem College in NC has a small collection of pianos with varying key width. You could probably contact Barbara Lister-Sink if you wanted all the details.…
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@Andrew Smith Yes, they were sold to Parsons and now make stencil pianos.
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@Peter Lemken, clavierhaus said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKw8tds7is is not for the weak. I watch this and start weeping about the full and systematic destruction of the interplay between…
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@Roger Ward I personally would like to go on tours of the Seiler and Bösendorfer factories.
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@Roger Ward How long is Steinway's apprentice program?
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Those of you who have visited piano factories, which ones? And if you haven't visited any, do you want to/plan to visit any? If so, which ones?
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@Leon Rasberry My concern with stretto keyboards would be a pianist being unable to play a stretto piano in concert, and not being able to play a standard piano because he or she is out of practice.…
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@Noel I agree that we have different tastes! I tend to prefer European pianos to American pianos.
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@Noel Nguyen said: And I was quite upset when all the contestants who chose it at the lastest Chopin competition were eliminated early. Me too!
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@Noel Nguyen I do not think Mason and Hamlin works well for Schubert or Chopin. Fazioli for Liszt is interesting. I think Seilers are very versatile and work well for many composers.
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Which piano do you think is best for each composer's music?
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