08 August 2010, 11:54 PM
Brian BecroftPiano picture of the day
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/
09 August 2010, 02:53 PM
LLI wonder if all those extra notes on the Stuart actually get played or are the strings just there for sympathetic overtones?
09 August 2010, 02:56 PM
LLquote:
Originally posted by Brian Becroft:
“Dreams Of The East” - is one-of-a kind, all hand-carved concert grand exhibited at Music China Fair in Shanghai.
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.
09 August 2010, 08:50 PM
Brian Becroft"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.htmlhttp://www.thefreelibrary.com/...estic...-a0217814047http://www.hailun-pianos.com/blog/http://hailun-pianos.com/press...c_Trades_Article.pdfhttp://www.hailun-pianos.com/engineers.phphttp://www.hailun-pianos.com/company.php09 August 2010, 09:00 PM
Brian Becroft 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
10 August 2010, 06:59 AM
LLquote:
Originally posted by Brian Becroft:
Atjoli Crystal “the piano with a Crystal Glass Soundboard”
A piano with a glass soundboard has the following assets:
is more homogeneous and has a higher clearness;
THE SAME CRYSTAL CLEAR HIGH AND LOW ? I WONDER IF THAT IS RATHER PIERCING AFTER A WHILE?
* Almost 25 seconds (compared to 15 seconds with a wooden soundboard);
I WONDER IF THAT IS A GOOD THING OR WHETHER IT DISTORTS THE MUSIC
ANYONE HERE HEAR ONE? ARE THEY ON DISPLAY AT NAMM?
12 August 2010, 09:15 AM
Brian Becroft"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
13 August 2010, 08:58 AM
Brian Becroft18th century Forte piano German work Attribution : Matthäus Schmahl (1734-1793)
14 August 2010, 07:59 AM
Brian Becroft"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
15 August 2010, 07:54 AM
Brian BecroftRead the story: 'Vienna and the Secession group'
http://www.boesendorfer.com/en...-news.html?page=3812
18 August 2010, 08:38 AM
Brian BecroftPleyel 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.
