Hi Ed! We have a Walter copy made by Philip Belt which is supposed to be something similar to the forte from Beethoven or Mozart's time. Malcolm Bilson at Cornell can give you much more information than I know. He was here about 2 years ago and gave me many free "lessons" on our instrument and taught me how to move it myself with very little effort. He might be a good source of what's out there these days. It's a very nice forte and sounds great after Malcolm and I tweeked it a bit. Robert Murphy at Oberlin also knows this instrument you may also want to contact. He's up on old stuffs as well :>) Stays in tune about like a harpsichord, but is much sturdier and strings rarely break. Hope this helps a bit. Paul T. Williams RPT Piano Technician School of Music 5 Westbrook Bldg. University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588-0100 pwilliams4 at unl.edu From: Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com> To: caut at ptg.org Date: 08/27/2010 12:02 PM Subject: [CAUT] Fortepiano for University Greetings, The school is considering acquiring a new fortepiano or a pianoforte. The first question is which era, as they are not homogenized like pianos. Another question is style of action, and yet another question is durability, I don't want to get a prima donna instrument that gets weird every time it is moved. I also don't want to re-invent the wheel, so was hoping that other Cauts that deal with the 18th century in an academic environment would offer a suggestion or two. Thanks, Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100827/58b014fa/attachment-0001.htm>
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