Unique Piano Tuning Sharing Knowledge

Two remarkable piano tuning Dutchman catched me last month.

The first one, a creator Jan-Gert Vink making it possible very fast going like qualifying start Christmas Entertainment Concerts. This  modified Bösendorfer Phoenix 275 Grand is tuned in classic format temperament. More information: http://pianovisions.com/

The other second: creator Gert Kramer starts introducing new unique tuning characteristic within the number Divine 9, so a Fazioli 228 Grand has been modified for another sound and another musicworld. More information about its tuning and concert events, please visit: http://www.soundsofsilence.eu/

Curious about one of the world's largest pianos the David Rubenstein's R-371

http://rubensteinpianos.com/index.html

Remarkable - Opmerkelijk een Bechstein met 5 sterren

ode aan de late Beethoven

Afgelopen zondag 12 januari trad op de net 60 geworden Hongaarse meesterpianist András Schiff
in de grote zaal van het Amsterdams Concertgebouw.

Schiff voert zijn volledige programma uit op een Bechstein uit 1921,
die heeft toebehoord aan de in 1969 overleden fameuze Duitse pianist Wilhelm Backhaus:

Beethoven 6 Bagatellen, op. 126
Sonate nr. 32 in c kl.t., op. 111
    – pauze –
Diabelli-variaties, op. 120

Een bijzonder woord voor de Bechstein

Hoewel Schiff een Steinway een schitterend instrument vindt,
is hij van mening dat sommige muziek op een Bechstein beter tot zijn recht komt.
The Guardian gaf hem daarin gelijk:
de cd die Schiff van dit programma op dezelfde Bechstein opnam,
kreeg de maximale beoordeling van vijf sterren.

Andras Schiff plays Beethoven
It’s amazing how modern a Bechstein grand piano made in 1921 can sound in direct comparison
with a fortepiano made by Franz Brodmann around 1820.
András Schiff demonstrates as much very forcefully: in 2012,
he recorded Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations on both instruments for the ECM label.

Schiff said it was simply a pleasure to be able to play on two different beautiful
instruments. However, the listening habits of audiences and music critics alike are
still fairly one-sided. They’re dominated by prejudices; there’s no curiosity.
Schiff purposely chose a Bechstein piano and an instrument from Beethoven’s day.
The 1921 Bechstein represents a world long forgotten.
Wilhelm Backhaus played it often, and used it on recordings.
And we may recall that Bechstein was Arthur Schnabel’s preferred brand.
Schnabel’s piano tone especially playing Beethoven and Schubert
has always been my model. The Bechstein piano helps me come closer to that ideal.

These outstanding recordings explain why Schiff’s Beethoven interpretations have
achieved a similar status today to those of Backhaus and Schnabel.
And as an encore, Schiff rounds out this total work of art with Beethoven’s last
Sonata, op. 111, on the Bechstein, and the Bagatelles, op. 126, on the Brodmann.
See aswell: http://bechstein.com/en/concerts-and-pianists/cds-and-dvds.html