[CAUT] "1835 Steinway" (was Re: Fortepiano for University)

[Laurence Libin]

You'd be surprised at how well it sounds and plays. Of course nothing much is known of the original stringing and voicing, but Maene came up with a fine result, based on the copy I saw. By the way, some of today's best pianos have not much performance history either. And the so-called kitchen piano was obviously the product of an experienced builder, not a novice.
Laurence
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fred Sturm 
  To: caut at ptg.org 
  Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 12:41 PM
  Subject: [CAUT] "1835 Steinway" (was Re: Fortepiano for University)


  That seems like a strange instrument to make multiple copies of. A curiosity, yes, and something somebody might want to pay to have a copy of, but with no historical provenance as a performance instrument, merely an obscure, run of the mill handcrafted instrument of the time. Or are there features that reveal Heinrich Steinweg's "genius for design?"
  Not that copies of a run of the mill instrument of the time mightn't be worthy to have around, and if the Steinway connection leads to people paying to have some made, I'm all for it.

  Fred

  On Aug 28, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Laurence Libin wrote:


    Yes, that one.  
    Laurence


    ----- Original Message -----
      From: Fred Sturm
      To: caut at ptg.org
      Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 11:54 AM
      Subject: Re: [CAUT] Fortepiano for University




      On Aug 27, 2010, at 10:58 PM, Laurence Libin wrote:


         A Belgian maker, Chris Maene, has produced a few marvelous copies of the c. 1835 oldest known Steinway; Steinway in London has one.


      The "Kitchen Steinway" at the NYC factory?

      Regards,
      Fred Sturm
      fssturm at unm.edu
      http://www.youtube.com/fredsturm



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