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Post by julesd68 on May 26, 2015 17:22:37 GMT
Daniel Barenboim has designed a 'radical' new piano... www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32885683Hmm... Wonder what the price is? Designed with support from Steinway, I am sure it will be in second mortgage territory... Would be good to hear it in a concert hall to see if my amateur ears could appreciate any difference. |
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Post by aurender on May 26, 2015 20:18:53 GMT
Wonder how it compares with the Fazioli.
Fazioli designed with very careful consideration of resonance within the instrument
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Post by julesd68 on May 26, 2015 23:05:57 GMT
I've heard the Fazioli many times at St James Piccadilly where they do their fabulous free lunchtime concerts. Obviously a very fine instrument but this is the only venue I know that has one in regular use. Very difficult for one to compare unless you heard them side by side in exactly the same acoustic...
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Post by MartinT on May 27, 2015 6:09:35 GMT
I've always liked the sound of a Bösendorfer when I've heard one. Radu Lupu played one in concert and I was in Heaven (my favourite pianist playing my favourite concerto with a great sounding piano).
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Post by aurender on May 27, 2015 9:32:21 GMT
Boesendorfer really excellent piano with a huge sound.
Im really keen to hear more examples of Fazioli. I like what samples Ive heard: seems a very "clean" sound: just wait a bit and Ill be talking about soundstaging and jitter!
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Post by MikeMusic on May 27, 2015 12:12:53 GMT
A bit further up the chain than that hifi stuff.
Talking hifi like language though, specifically the note separation.
I'd love to hear a few different styles of music played on it and compare to a vanilla piano
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Post by danielquinn on May 27, 2015 13:08:42 GMT
Re-inventing the wheel !!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 13:42:34 GMT
I've always liked the sound of a Bösendorfer when I've heard one. Radu Lupu played one in concert and I was in Heaven (my favourite pianist playing my favourite concerto with a great sounding piano). Favoured by Tori Amos. |
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Post by julesd68 on May 27, 2015 14:35:28 GMT
I favour a 1970's Yamaha myself, well my son does at least...  We had some fun at the Yamaha showroom in Wardour St, London - we tried all the upright pianos one after the other so he could appreciate the difference in tones... The piano that impressed us the least was their baby grand... Nowhere near as good as one of the better uprights... |
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Post by MikeMusic on May 27, 2015 17:01:19 GMT
The piano that impressed us the least was their baby grand... Nowhere near as good as one of the better uprights... Oh. I expected the opposite |
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Post by MartinT on May 27, 2015 18:20:39 GMT
I didn't know that but should have guessed. |
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Post by julesd68 on May 27, 2015 23:46:03 GMT
The piano that impressed us the least was their baby grand... Nowhere near as good as one of the better uprights... Oh. I expected the opposite Indeed - turned out to be style over substance... |
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Post by jandl100 on May 28, 2015 5:54:55 GMT
Are there any audio links of the new piano in action?
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Post by julesd68 on May 28, 2015 11:59:52 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on May 28, 2015 19:36:36 GMT
Ta for the link - sounds like a cross between a modern concert grand and an old style fortepiano - clean, clear and lucid, and although he doesn't play any big stuff on the clips, I suspect without the firepower and gravitas of a standard Steinway.
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