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posted 09 December 2011 08:27 AMHide Post
"Richard Dain is a retired research engineer who developed the IC225 trains that hold the rail speed record for non-specialist track. He is also a nut farmer, amateur pianist, piano dealer and designer, and recital host. Based at Hurstwood Farm Piano Studios in Kent, England, Dain has designed and developed a bridge agraffe – a device to clamp the string to the bridge without causing down-bearing pressure on the sound board - and carbon-fibre sound board. Licensed in a partnership with Steingraeber & Söhne his designs are incorporated in the Steingraeber-Phoenix range of grand pianos. A Steingraeber-Phoenix E-272 with spruce sound board and finished in rare Santos Rosewood won the Bavarian state award for Innovation in the Arts in 2008. A CD by Eric Himy playing this piano was declared the best sound of piano ever recorded on CD by Audio Emporium in the USA. BBC Music magazine has made similar comment. A track from this CD will be played in the second program on January 24th."

Richard Dain sounds like a very interesting person. I remember when AJF (PW) wrote about visiting Hurstwood.

Brian, have you a recording of your piano?


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posted 10 December 2011 10:12 PMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by lilylady:
"... ... Brian, have you a recording of your piano?

No am afraid I don't, have tried but never get a good result, the room leaves a lot to be desired...

However can post a recording of my Pianotech/Roland V-Piano, which due to my living situation am spending most time on right now, it is halfway OK...
 
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Well it is getting to be that time of year again here down under, fiddling with a little sand and if you have talent you turn out something like this...
 
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posted 12 December 2011 06:35 AMHide Post
Philadelphia Flower Show 2008
This might be what you are meaning, Lilylady...?
 
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posted 13 December 2011 03:12 AMHide Post
On that Piano Flower theme again...
 
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posted 15 December 2011 08:32 AMHide Post
The photos of Hurstwood Farm and Richard Dain bring back memories. He must be nearly 90 years old?

I am tempted to visit again to play a 272 Phoenix and maybe compare it with a Stuart 290. And to play the 138 upright.
It's a 90 minute drive for me.

Thanks for posting the photos.


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posted 16 December 2011 04:00 PMHide Post
Phoenix Piano, Cobnuts - BBC 'FOOD FROM BRITAIN' TV program
"He played the piano in the walnut orchard and it was a magical scene."
http://www.cobnutoil.co.uk/new...etails.php?newsid=64
 
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posted 19 December 2011 01:06 AMHide Post
EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK - Piano, candlestick and bed
 
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posted 22 December 2011 02:23 PMHide Post
Piano At Christmas
 
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posted 23 December 2011 03:59 AMHide Post
Caey's piano player
 
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posted 23 December 2011 04:07 AMHide Post
Piano and Christmas decorations
 
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posted 24 December 2011 05:09 AMHide Post
The stockings were hung...
 
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posted 24 December 2011 12:45 PMHide Post
what's a beach without a ... white piano?
 
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posted 25 December 2011 01:20 PMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by Brian Becroft:


Now *THIS* is what a grand piano *SHOULD* look like! Let's put this on the concert stage! No boring black for this boy...


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posted 26 December 2011 05:25 AMHide Post
A special photo that will temporarily make you forget how ridiculously annoying most people are.


Clearly Piano Keys should be cat biscuits...


Beau_sing_play and beau_on_piano
The pictures are rather big so link to them here, one of which Zorba posted back in 06 September 2005, titled "Cats rule, dogs drool!"
http://www.phyllisantiques.com...s/Beau_sing_play.jpg
http://www.phyllisantiques.com...es/beau_on_piano.jpg
 
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