Historical Pianos

[Richard Brekne]

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Phillip Ford wrote:

> Thanks Ric.  A nice site indeed.  The man has some interesting things to say.  Also apparently he's quite a good pianist.  I might have to look for one of his CDs.

He was refered to me amoung several others as a potential restorator for our Herz instrument. We are currently in the process of attempting to find funding for a very very complete, 1st class historical restoration. The instrument is to be brought back to as fine a playing condition as is possible without using any new material... or at least as little as is possible.... that is if we can find the money :)

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> Here's one quote from the site which might be of interest:
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> "The variety of different pianos, which could still be found around 1900, was displaced by a boring uniformity. The modern piano is the result of a development, which increased in the USA in late 19th century and which swapped over the whole piano-building and -playing world. So it happens that almost all modern pianos sound more or the less similar, because they are built following the same principal rules of construction. One may
> object to this opinion that the modern piano is the last step of a
> "darwinistic" process. At the moment we can watch industrial
> massproduction, in which cultural dullness and global greed are mirrored."

Yes... he has quite the interesting set of views and perspectives on piano history doesnt he ?

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> I also found his views on restoration interesting.  At odds with some on this list.

Grin... that isnt hard to accomplish... hehe.. half of us are in dissagreement with the other half of us most of the time, and in dissagreement with the other half the rest of the time... gets confusing :)

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
UiB, Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html


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