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Loved that

While the pianoforte as we know it was invented by Cristofori in the early 18th century, there was a precursor from the 15th century: the _dulce melos_ , or keyed dulcimer, which used a checked hammer to hit the strings. I hope there are more historical keyboards in that collection, like a clavichord (the simplest keyboard ever), and maybe some organs. If they had a Geigenwerk replica (very unlikely) that would be superb!

That tempo is way too fast for ragtime. You don't appreciate the syncopation at that speed.

Thanks, this one’s really good.

Your performances here are a joy to listen to. I love the 3 Preludes and I've wanted to learn the second one on piano for some time.

#3 was interesting Matthew. I hadnt heard that before. Thanks 😊

It's a Swinette.

Great sound You really have a feel for those popular songs of long ago.

Instantly visualizing women in frills and men with six shooters.

I always loved that record man. Great job. We used to listen to this while playing D&D back in the 90s.

it's a fortepiano.

Too fast - hence messy right hand.......

When I was much younger, my grandmother would play Maple Leaf Rag on our upright. It wasn't until I was much older that I realized it was the pop music of her time growing up. It's been over 70 years but I remember sitting on the bench next to her as she happily played the music, smiling and winking at me. I miss you Awma.

I like your "saloon" sound, tempo, and accents. Maple Leaf is often played too fast with no swing.

Too much talk. I unsubscribed.

the hammers on this instrument are covered in thin layers of learther which gives that nice bright an very percussive sound also the action al lot different not only is it lighter but in this type of action insterad of pushing towards a lever that makes the hammer jump and hit the string you are doing the opposite pushing the whole hammer that has a little beak at the end that pushes against the escapement and makes the hammer jump and hit the string.

It looks like a Stein fortepiano who made instruments in the late 18th century into the 19th. His shop was later taken over by his daughter Nannette Streicher. I have a Anton Walter fortepiano which improved some of the action of Stein's fortepianos.

Oops!

Keep it up! Sounding good!

You'll find the more you play the cleaner it will be. This is good, you will say to yourself and you'll play more just to get in that zone.

Roll the Bones!

Happy Holiday!

Sounds too reverb and muddy. I couldn’t listen to it anymore. Sorry.

sounds like a sfinette

Piano e forte

Definitely works

What we have here is what we call talent!

Matthew!!! That was Sooo---emjoyable! Now i want get out my copy of Maple Leaf Rag and try to re-learn it. I timed you, and you played a steady 108 bpm. Perfectly moderato! Thank you so much, and peace out yourself! 🎶☮️🎵🎶

It's a Fortepiano!

Why was i the first to give you a like you deserve?

Excellent

hell yeahhh

Great playing and composition!

Brilliant. You are forgiven for the errors - we never noticed ! You did a LOAD better than I could ! Take care 🙂

It is actually the type of instrument which Mozart and Beethoven used at least in his early days. It needs a bit of tuning It is actually a piano calling it a fortepiano is commonly said by recording companies for an historic piano. I like to hear what you are playing sounds fun .It is made by Thomas Wolff

I think it actually is a harpsichord. It sounds nothing like a fortepiano.

Brilliant rendition! Athough I cannot play at this level quite yet, I aspire to. But it sounds BEAUTIFUL in that pianoforte!

Personally, I like ragtime played more slowly, like this. Racing though rag pieces you lose the intricacies and wonderful syncopations.

That was wonderful. Once you got going I loved it.

He looks like shaggy

no hate but no need to rush this song

Sorry for the long intro. The song starts at 3:50 if you wish to skip straight to it.

Beautiful sounds Excellent performance! Great Like 3 From Japan 🗾 New friend 🔔 Have a good day

It’s an early forte piano. The type of instrument J.C. Bach, Haydn, or Mozart might have used. As far as Scott Joplin rags go, slow down! It’s not a race to the finish.

Very nice, apart from the brief reset. I loved the deliberate tempo you chose, I've always read that Joplin found ragtime to be fairly low-quality bawdy house entertainment, that the house pianists would compete to see who could race through faster with no regard for the musicality. He decided to try and compose top-quality rags - and OMG, mission accomplished! - and he added the famous note to all his sheet music that ragtime should never be played fast. He was referring specifically to the lowbrow showing off, but even now, when I hear someone playing ragtime at a moderate and respectful pace, one that gives the listener time to process the emotion in the phrases, I imagine Joplin nodding appreciately. His pieces obviously HAVE emotions, where the original barroom rags only had one emotion - beer. lol Thanks for sharing the video!

Hi Matthew, thanks for showing off the cool-AF historical keyboards! Maple Leaf is a tune for the ages and that vintage keyboard, whatever it is, gave it a distinct flavour. I agree that it pairs well with that keyboard - it made me think of salmon with white (actually pink) zinfandel, no less. lol Looking forward to more videos!

Maple Leaf Rag if the composer notes said “play as fast as you can without regard for consistency or dynamics”.

haydn would have fainted, mozart would have laughed and beethoven would have taken notes

Great song!

Good job bro