The information about him, and the instrument, are all on the link. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Sykes <thetuner at ivories52.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 1:32 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] 6 meter piano I can't find the link you mention but I'm guessing it leads to this same video. I wasn't interested in sharing this information so much as I was interested in learning more about what the kid had accomplished. If anything. -- G • Geoff Sykes, RPT • 626-799-7545 • www.ivories52.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of wimblees at aol.com Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 1:00 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] 6 meter piano Geoff The link for this piano was posted on Pianotek about a month ago. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Sykes <thetuner at ivories52.com> To: Pianotech at Ptg. Org <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 9:12 am Subject: [pianotech] 6 meter piano Greetings all -- In 2005 David Rubenstein, here in Los Angeles, unveiled his 12' 2" grand piano. See it here: http://www.rubensteinpianos.com/r371details.html And more pictures and details here: http://www.la-ptg.org/rubenstein/ 0A Aside from a very old non functioningC2prototype in a museum in China, David's piano was the largest piano ever made. Now, a 14 year old kid in New Zealand, Adrian Mann, is making the news as having made the worlds largest piano at 6 meters, (about 18 feet), in length. And he made it over the span of four years in a neighbors barn. Here's the ONLY video available, a local TV news story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x57kcRdojrY And aside from a couple of photos on Flickr, (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37161992@N06/), one press release that has been re-written about a dozen times, and this one video, there is NO more information about this piano or the creator. The ONLY piece of technica l information I have been able to find is this: "When traditional piano-building materials weren't available, he improvised. The spruce used for soundboards wasn't available so Mr Mann cross-cut Canadian Douglas Fir bought from a salvage yard instead. An estimated 85 per cent of the piano is made from recycled materials." Has anyone else on this list heard about this? Does anyone know anything more about this instrument? -- Geoff • Geoff Sykes, RPT • 626-799-7545 • www.ivor ies52.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.322 / Virus Database: 270.12.4/2081 - Release Date: 04/26/09 09:44:00 Green cleaning products -- do they work as well? Find out now! No virus found in this incoming me ssage. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.322 / Virus Database: 270.12.4/2081 - Release Date: 04/26/09 09:44:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.322 / Virus Database: 270.12.4/2081 - Release Date: 04/26/09 09:44:00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090426/9d13a7d6/attachment-0001.html>
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