Thank you Massimiliano di Mario for the information. I love receiving it. I love all things piano. I have an obsession with all things piano. I just put my 100 year old piano back together. I took it apart to work on the action. I felt I could only learn more about the instrument by taking apart the action to make minor repairs. I broke some pieces but managed to repair them and in the process learned more about how my action works.
A pity it was cut short. What a gentle, intimate sound. My ear is beginning a re-education at age 68! And what a crass act to "improve" the aristocratic appearance of a french polished piano with common garish paint?! Respect to the artisan restorers for a fine job done.
Yes I was aware of Hoffman efforts. I own and of course have read Great Pianist from Mozart to the Present. Also when I purchased my semi-concert grand several years ago I checked out every book they had in the main Library in downtown Los Angeles. The knowledge I gain was enough to get a free full concert regulation.
Video would be more interesting with audible explanations detailing what was replaced and why, the difference in materials and building techniques then and now, the cost and challenges of restoration, and perhaps how piano's in Chopin's day were different from today. Not looking for a video much longer than it is now, just something more educational.
I was under the impression that upright pianos were not being made prior to 1890. Seems maybe more research is needed to confirm. Fisher of New York was making piano then, perhaps they made an upright.
A beautiful restoration!
Yhank you for saving this beauty. Thank you very much.
Wonderful restoration!
Thank you Massimiliano di Mario for the information. I love receiving it. I love all things piano. I have an obsession with all things piano. I just put my 100 year old piano back together. I took it apart to work on the action. I felt I could only learn more about the instrument by taking apart the action to make minor repairs. I broke some pieces but managed to repair them and in the process learned more about how my action works.
THANK YOU!
Thanks for uploading this.
FAVOLOSO!!!
A pity it was cut short.
What a gentle, intimate sound. My ear is beginning a re-education at age 68!
And what a crass act to "improve" the aristocratic appearance of a french polished piano with common garish paint?!
Respect to the artisan restorers for a fine job done.
where the hell did you find rabbit fur felt strips like that o.o
Yes I was aware of Hoffman efforts. I own and of course have read Great Pianist from Mozart to the Present. Also when I purchased my semi-concert grand several years ago I checked out every book they had in the main Library in downtown Los Angeles. The knowledge I gain was enough to get a free full concert regulation.
Good for you. Most people even expert pianists have a clue and the dealers literally trade on that.
Video would be more interesting with audible explanations detailing what was replaced and why, the difference in materials and building techniques then and now, the cost and challenges of restoration, and perhaps how piano's in Chopin's day were different from today. Not looking for a video much longer than it is now, just something more educational.
I was under the impression that upright pianos were not being made prior to 1890. Seems maybe more research is needed to confirm. Fisher of New York was making piano then, perhaps they made an upright.
it's not a restoration- it's a disfigurement.
How can you sort the original white hammers out? The sound is lost
Si vous pouviez vous informer ..... merci .
This pianino had nothing to do with Chopin other than being made by the manufacturer Pleyel whose instruments Chopin preferred.