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...... > -- > ----Dave > > > ----------------------------- > Dave Doremus, RPT > New Orleans > ------------------------------
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