Pleyel from 1869

[John5828]

Wow, that's nice!  Thanks for sending the URL with the audio.

John

on 6/19/02 11:26 AM, Richard Brekne at richard.brekne@grieg.uib.no wrote:

> Hi list
> 
> Just got my complimentary copy of a CD produced here in Norway. Ketil
> Bjørnestad and Ole Paus decided to do a CD on a old Pleyel forte grand from
> 1860. This piano was put back into playing condition about 15 years ago. To
> the
> dismay of some and pleasure of others this included a complete rescaling of
> the
> instrument and inclusion of some modern action parts.
> 
> I got invited to do the tuning for this recording but only got to tune it
> twice
> for the whole recording which was done in the course of one weekend. This was
> my first attempt at a forte, or anything this old for that matter. The high
> treble is nearly impossible to tune... no matter what you do it sounds bad..
> but the rest of the piano is pleasing enough... to hard to get and keep
> abolutely clean. I would have prefered to stay there the whole time to touch
> it
> up as needed. 
> 
> From about A4 down it is actually quite nice and the bass is just wonderfull
> really. This despite the fact that the rescaling included hex core copper
> wound
> bass strings replacing the entire bass. The origional strings I believe were
> plain iron, then lower a type of plain bronze ?? and the lowest strings were
> iron wound...tho my information is sketchy on this.
> 
> Anyways.. I thought I would let you all hear a one minute cut from the CD.
> 
> Pianist is Kjetil Bjørnstad, Mixing by Jan Erik Kongshaug at Rainbow Studio,
> Oslo.
> 
> The file is in MP3 format, entitled "E Kann So Mangen Ein Vakker Sang" which
> translates roughly to <<I sense so many beautiful songs>> ... I think...grin..
> you can listen at the following address.
> 
> http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/music/cut1.mp3
> 
> Cheers
> 
> RicB
> 
> 
> 
> Richard Brekne
> RPT NPTF
> Griegakadamiet UiB
>