Hi Stéphane, any others interested... We just had one of Europes better known piano forté pianists in for a masterclass today and will give a concert tomorrow and he was interested in checking out the Bluthner. Bart Van Oort. He was absolutely enthralled ! This is the first direct feedback I've had from someone who's very familiar with how these kinds of instruments sound. I had just made some adjustments to add some stiffness to the cross over area between the lower tenor and bass bridge and the sound <<improvement>> was quite significant. His only "criticism" actually went in the opposite direction my ears want me to go with this thing. He said it was just a bit too boomy in the lower tenor and bass... which was what I'd just addressed. He also said if I was looking for a Brahms kind of sound then I should leave it like I have it, but if I was looking for an earlier period sound I should thin out the lower tenor and bass and concentrate on an flat clean attack sound that does not swell. Very encouraging comments to be sure. I'll have to try and get a decent recording of this instrument pretty soon and post it. In anycase... I'm tickled pink at his response. Cheers RicB Richard, Your Blüthner project sounds like a success. The piano is very musical, and retains that oldish feel that so easily disappears when you do severe restoration. Very agreeable also is the sound that comes out when the pianist asks for volume. Too often, in old pianos, you would get or harsh or confuse sound. Nothing like that here, but only flavor magic. Best regards. Stéphane Collin. -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Richard Brekne Sent: vendredi 13 novembre 2009 20:40 To: caut at ptg.org; Pianotech List Subject: [pianotech] Julius Bluthner rebuild recording Hi folks... Been so busy I haven't been able to think... but we took the Bluther in use again even tho I a STILL not finished with the case work. So I decided to do a quick little sound-byte recording for anyone interested in how this thing will end up sounding. This is just a short 2 minute clip from the opening of Chopins Etude Op. 10 no. 3. Its a simple mp3 stereo recorder just placed at the bent side instrument, open top... no attempt at making a wonderful sound recording yet. I'll get to that when I finnally finish the project. In anycase for curious minds... http://www.pianostemmer.no/music/Chopin.mp3 Cheers RicB
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