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The 2.2m Stuart - all 102 notes of it "I visited the Stuart & Sons Piano factory in Newcastle to play their latest pianos - and let me tell you these are something to behold. These are the world's only currently manufactured 102-key grand pianos. The new Reference series Stuart & Sons Concert Grand Piano (2.9m) and Studio Grand Piano (2.2m) have pushed the frequency boundaries for the acoustic piano to the limits CCC (or C0) @ 16.3516Hz to f5 (or F8) @ 5587.6517Hz." http://cjmoore.blogs.exetel.com.au/  | |||
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I wonder if all those extra notes on the Stuart actually get played or are the strings just there for sympathetic overtones?
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That is incredible. I so appreciate all the intricasies, but they are not needed so much on an instrument. I wonder what the wood is and where this will end up.
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"In 2009 Hailun entered the market for luxury-case instruments by commissioning a one-of-a-kind concert grand. Named "Dreams of the East," the instrument's rim was created from a single piece of Chinese rosewood. After the Music China Fair, Hailun’s hand-carved concert grand, called Dreams of the East, sold to a Chinese businessman for $347,000" http://www.pianobuyer.com/pages/183.html http://www.thefreelibrary.com/...estic...-a0217814047 http://www.hailun-pianos.com/blog/ http://hailun-pianos.com/press...c_Trades_Article.pdf http://www.hailun-pianos.com/engineers.php http://www.hailun-pianos.com/company.php | |||
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Atjoli Crystal “the piano with a Crystal Glass Soundboard” A piano with a glass soundboard has the following assets: * A glass soundboard makes the piano insensible to temperature (fluctuations), atmospheric humidity and pressure; * The sound stays warm, but is more homogeneous and has a higher clearness; * The sound does not distort; * The tones keep sounding on longer; * Almost 25 seconds (compared to 15 seconds with a wooden soundboard); * The application of a glass soundboard instead of the laborious wooden one, makes the production of pianos and grand pianos easier; * Glass is environment-friendly. http://www.atjoli.nl/crystalsoundboard.html    | |||
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| Minor Deity |
Kinda flowery, huh? 
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Broadwood William IV Cabinet Piano - London, ca. 1835  | |||
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The bizarre but brilliant Paul Wittgenstein "Three days after arriving on the Eastern Front, he was shot in the right elbow while on a reconnaissance mission, and his arm was clumsily amputated in a field hospital..." I read the book, wow, amazing story! http://web.mac.com/davidcheshi...CE-670144A610F6.html  | |||
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18th Century German Piano Forte 18th century Forte piano German work Attribution : Matthäus Schmahl (1734-1793)  | |||
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the Motoring Nun "She? was riding round on an electric piano and stopped briefly to have a jamming session with a late night busker...." Up close and personal: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXUa...t+night+2010+071.jpg  | |||
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Palais Stoclet - Bösendorfer according to Hoffmann’s design Read the story: 'Vienna and the Secession group' http://www.boesendorfer.com/en...-news.html?page=3812  | |||
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Young Chang Bestiano  | |||
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The 1933 PLEYEL Cortolette (after the virtuoso Alfred Cortot). Pleyel has also made a model of upright piano equipped with a radio-phono, at the initiative of the pianist Alfred Cortot, instrument nicknamed "Cortolette. The cabinet contains a radio, a phonograph, electric pickup, a dynamic speaker and other accessories. The keyboard is returning and the enclosed cabinet hides phono, speaker, radio and pedal.  | |||
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