[pianotech] Borgato pianos?

Thomas Cole tcole at cruzio.com
Sun Apr 12 14:51:10 PDT 2009


I notice there are 5 pedals, so I'm guessing the second piano has its 
own sustain and shift pedals? But a lot of the sustaining is 
accomplished by the foot holding down the note, easy to do when there is 
only a single bass line.

Tom Cole

Ryan Sowers wrote:
> I was wondering about the damper system of the pedal piano - It sounds 
> like the notes sustain but I wonder how the musician controls it?
>
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 11:42 AM, David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net 
> <mailto:ilvey at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>
>     So the pedal sound is sort of harpsichord like?   I wish I could
>     see a close up of how the pedals work...
>      
>     David Ilvedson, RPT
>     Pacifica, CA 94044
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     Original message
>     From: "Noah Frere"  
>     To: pianotech at ptg.org <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>
>     Received: 4/12/2009 11:30:34 AM
>
>     Subject: Re: [pianotech] Borgato pianos?
>
>     I didn't look long, but here is a good example of the bass. I'd
>     like to hear something modern composed specifically for it,
>
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-HjoNUXbMw&feature=related
>     <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-HjoNUXbMw&feature=related>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Ryan Sowers, RPT
> Puget Sound Chapter
> Olympia, WA
> www.pianova.net <http://www.pianova.net>



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