Chopin's piano

[Vinny Samarco]

Hi,
Sure wish some of this was online as I could never get to any of these 
events from northern B.C. Canada.
Appreciate your perspective.

Vinny Samarco
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Doremus" <algiers_piano at bellsouth.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: Chopin's piano


> On 3/19/07, Farrell quoth:
>>I would love to have the opportunity to give a serious listen to
>>three levels of early pianos - all original (which I have heard),
>>properly (authentically) restored, and accurate new reproduction.
>>That would indeed be quite an educational opportunity.
>
> Terry, these opportunities are available and interesting, if you have
> a chance to attend say the Boston Early Music Festival or visit the
> Smithsonian, the Met, the Shrine to Music or some of the European
> museums. My perspective is somewhat unusual because as well as modern
> piano training I spent several years with a harpsichord and
> fortepiano builder and restorer in DC and Northern Virginia. The
> early instruments are a revelation to those not blindly stuck in
> modern piano mode. They may not be to your taste but what they can
> reveal about the music is fascinating. I personally think exposure to
> early instruments, the history of keyboard instruments and their
> literature, would be a valuable addition to any piano technical
> curriculum. When I started out, non equal temperaments were purely in
> the early music world, when I tuned Valotti on modern pianos, and
> told people how easy early temperaments are to tune aurally, I felt
> like a real rebel. Now, of course, thats not unusual at all thanks to
> great teachers like Ed Foote. There should be more interaction
> between the modern and early instrument camps. You'd be, I think, as
> impressed by the quality of work going on in fortepiano workshops as
> in the shops of the best rebuilders and designers of modern pianos.
> But, yes, the claim to reveal the piano sound as Chopin heard it is a
> bit over the top......
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> ----Dave
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> Dave Doremus, RPT
> New Orleans
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