The modern piano is a triumph of technology and artistry. These early instruments (or reproductions), though historically interesting, are tough to listen to for very long. 😎🎹

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

True. But don't forget that early pianos were a revolution in their times. Just like you say for the modern piano. After playing on harpsichords and clavichiords, Mozart felt that the Walter piano opened a whole new world. This makes things way more interesting.

@larryferrell6453

8 ай бұрын

Exactly. And I bet Mozart would have instantly converted to my $300 Casio keyboard.

Music to my ears. That sound. It is a time machine to its day, the same way Mozart's music is.

This video is a delight. This piano is ideally suited to this Mozart piece. Thanks ! I think many people today forget that the music he composed was written for instruments that had a very different sound from today's pianos. In many ways the tone reminds me of the harpsichord recordings of Wanda Landowska.

I enjoyed your performance. I'm glad piano R&D did not stop at this point.

@paxwallace8324

5 ай бұрын

Your point is very complex. That R&D continues today as the modern piano continues to evolve in the Hands of those manufacturers pushing it further actually starting in Japan via Yamaha's hand built CF experiments and the Kawai - Shegeru but Fazioli and the ultra modern up-dated Bechstein pianos are mind blowing to pianists from Angela Hewitt to Herbie Hancock. Who've both switched over to Fazioli.

The 21 year old English musician Thomas Attwood visited M. around the 20th of July 1785 at which time he was able to see Mozart’s Walter Klavier ‘which had a set of organ pedals four octaves in breadth from c to c’’ and acted the part of a second Klavier’ - ‘The afternoon was very hot but when I went to see M. he was quite formally drest standing at his stand-up writing table busily composing a string quartet (one of 6 dedicated to Haydn) - and when I reach’d out to shake his hand, it was as cold as ice…’ Attwood began his studies in counterpoint ten days later on Monday 1 August 1785 (and remain’d a pupil until 4 March 1787 when he & his English friends Stephen (composer) & Nancy Storace (soprano) & Michael Kelly (tenor) of Dublin) all travel’d back to London stopping off in Salzburg to visit Leopold Mozart who was then slowly dying of cancer… At any rate the Walter Klavier with its organ-stile pedalboard of 4-octaves was already in use at the Landstrasse flat (now 5 Domgasse, Wien) - when his father visited him earlier that year (Jan to May 1785) he wrote to Mozart’s sister (‘Your brother has had to employ piano-movers & a piano-tuner anytime he performs for some nobleman or at the Theatre-you cannot imagine all the fuss & confusion I can hardly find a quiet minute to myself !’)

Art of wood, composition, and playing.

@MrInterestingthings

8 ай бұрын

These clackety monsters sound like nothing but wood and thin wires . I have many cds of these things . I find it hard to believe anyone would want to hear an entire recital on an earlier keyboard . Hadyn sometimes sounds because he is blocky ,chopped up sounding . Wheras Mozart,Hummel,Field and Schubert really need a singing sound that doesn't die immediately or sound like a woodblock with pitch !

As beautiful as it sounds I think Mozart would have loved a modern grand piano had they been around at the time.💛💛💛

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

8 ай бұрын

Perhaps, who knows? 😀However there are two facts to consider: 1st, Mozart was very excited about Walter pianos as in that time piano was not only the latest technology but a new instrument alltogether. 2nd, as the relation between instrument and composer is bilateral, had he had a different piano, he would have composed differently.

@RasielSuarez

8 ай бұрын

@@ClassicalSoundIdeal No ifs ands or buts, Mozart (and Bach and Chopin and...) would have dropped the crappy instruments of their day in favor of more modern ones if given the chance. The evidence for this is that they always used the best pianos they could get their hands on. No different than us preferring a modern car over a Model T. That's not to say that there's no place for these period instruments. There's a lot to be learned from how it played and sounded back in the day!

@dudeforcaster8630

8 ай бұрын

But they weren't, a fallacious argument at best. Akin to how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

@dudeforcaster8630

8 ай бұрын

@@RasielSuarez "No ifs ands or buts, Mozart (and Bach and Chopin and...) would have dropped the crappy instruments of their day in favor of more modern ones if given the chance." I'm sorry to say that your comment is pure fantasy. This demonstration and talk might enlighten you. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pIqnu9yulsbMd9Y.html

@caesarsneezer6992

8 ай бұрын

Interesting you brought that up since I had a lengthy conversation with him about that very conversation. His opinion was neutral on what instrument his music was played on, however he thought the late Romantic period late 19th century was overworked, at times tedious and dull and overated in general. He also told me he had a weakness for KFC, and would sometimes indulge himself on chicken to the point of collapse, not disimilar to a drunk bender. He also said if he hears his Turkish March one more time, he's going to drop flower pots out the window from his apartment on unsuspecting passersby

Great playing. This is the best-sounding Walter copy I've ever heard.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Be sure to listen to the newer videos, they have better audio as I have purchased a set of better mics!

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

3 жыл бұрын

Even better if you listen with headphones. Thank you again.

Beautiful. Would love to hear more, plus the Mozart violin sonatas, too

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

11 ай бұрын

Thank you ❗ There will be more coming soon.

@robertslagle7176

9 ай бұрын

Agree! I would love to hear some more. I bet the hiding Piano Trio it sounds swell.

If prefer stuff like Rachmaninof, Chopin, Liszt on a modern day piano but pianos like the one you have capture Mozart’s spirit and music style perfectly

@robertomarega6499

10 ай бұрын

Well, i think that Chopin haven’t played anymore on a modern piano!

@grahamnancledra7036

9 ай бұрын

Stuff?????????? Although I much prefer Bach. Mozart and Beethoven to Rachmaninov, Chopin and Liszt, I think all six would object to the word "Stuff" being used to describe all of their music.

@monet2633

9 ай бұрын

@@grahamnancledra7036 Why are you tripping over a comment I left almost 4 years ago. I was 14 when I wrote that and just got into classical music.

@Wolfganger

9 ай бұрын

@@grahamnancledra7036Holy cringe classical music nerd.

@BuggaUgga

9 ай бұрын

He plays Mozart and you comment on what else you prefer. Even though you were young, that's really showing a lack of respect for the whole creation of this video.

Amazing...and what a gorgeous sound, too. I love the old pianos, as well as modern ones, but there's just something to be said for these ancient and wise instruments.

The sound is a blend of harpsichord (metal tone) and clavichord (with its specific string twang) . Quite specific with a beauty of its own :)

@clavichord

9 ай бұрын

Did someone mention Clavichord? 😊

@oldtvnut

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for mentioning that. I know nothing about the details of the instruments, but that was my impression. Is it due to differences in the strings?

@MrInterestingthings

8 ай бұрын

You Said It !Temple blocks and woodblocks is all I Hear ! Metal and clangy wiry twang .You said it . Not for Mozart and not for Mendellsohn and Schubert . it makes sense with Baroque music esp Royer and martial war sounding stuff. Songs wout Words sound like Rosestem thorns on these things .

A beautiful instrument with a beautiful sound! 🎶🎹🎼🎵 It's very interesting to read the description and learn about this instrument.

What a lovely instrument, beautiful playing too!

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

👏👏👏Applause, applause, applause to you good sir!!!

bravo!

Gorgeous instrument and very talented player

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I think most listener's would agree the piano you're stuck with does not make it your ideal keyboard sound . Wonderful that yiou have the means to acquire and personally investigate the action,sound,respone etc. of these instruments ! It's exciting . I discovered the recently deceased player Ingrid Haebler and she helped me realize (how important listening is ) .Every note is part of a phrase and every note is not a throwaway action .Each sound-note needs to be attended to . Please listen to her /Pires ,Uchida etc. everyone knows already and their playing will always live but Haebler too is unique !

This would be absolutely amazing to have a harpsichord you can play at any time. Shame I am being recommended this 3 years to late haha Cheers and happy practicing!~ 😊

Ονειρικό παίξιμο Μάκη μου!!!!Μας ταξιδεύεις με τους υπέροχους ήχους σου!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a wonderful sounding instrument... and so well captured in the recording.

Really well played. That sounds very good.

When music was done by people with real talent! What a concept!!

That was great! Thank you.

Bravo et merci ❤👏👍💐

You capture Wolfgang spirit alright! You played that c major piece with precision , love the color dynamics of that anton walter replica , truly refreshing then hearing the usual steinways and ' moderns' . And the wood work on the side is so unique and full of light and character ! I would live to see a recording of mozarts Fantasie in D minor on this fortepiano

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your comment! Please check out the more recent videos, to hear this beautiful piano. They are made with better recording gear and the piano has got better tuning 😉

@randobravo4335

3 жыл бұрын

This recording on a period piano ( fortepiano ) sounds way better then this : kzread.info/dash/bejne/hq52wcuenq2WdJc.html Why do these pianists even record sonatas by Mozart on thier steinway moderns?! It should be a crime to do so 😂🛸👽

@williamsackelariou1860

Жыл бұрын

Piano is good even beautiful good tone too but the playing is rough and musically insensitive

I could have used this piano when I performed the Clementi Concerto with an orchestra a month ago! I live in San Francisco and our State University owns a Clementi piano. I have played a bit on it. Very similar to this. Thank you!

Very charming. Congratulations on your acquisition.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Paul Mcnulty's instruments are highly regarded and VERY expensive since he only produces a few instruments made from rare high quality wood. Lucky you!

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment! Indeed, they are very fine instruments. I had never a personal encounter with a McNulty piano before, although I was aware of their great reputation and had heared then on recordings. When I found this piano for sale at a very reasonable price, made in the early 90's, I took the opportunity although it was thousands of miles away and there was no way to try it out, certainly during Covid19 travel restrictions! I decided to buy it and I have to say, it exceeded my expectations! It is a very fine instrument, easy to play but with such qualities that I feel that, after 6 months I haven't yet explored them all. Please, feel free to watch the more recent videos of my channel, with better recording gear which does more justice to the instrument. Kind regards from Athens, Greece.

@charlesross9260

3 жыл бұрын

@@ClassicalSoundIdeal More please, sir.

*BEAUTIFULLY SUPREME, SIMPLY AS THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* ❤❤🎹🎹

Love the fortepiano!

Beautiful

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you so much!

Λατρεμένη σονάτα, υπέροχος! Μπράβο Γεράσιμε!

Bravo!! Gorgeous instrument and lovely sound.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thanks for watching and being on my channel!

Bravo!

Beautiful. I would say there is room for performances on such a piano, on a 19-th century Pleyel, and a modern Steinway or Bösendorfer. All different and all valuable.

Interprétation élégante, limpide et émouvante ❤❤❤ Merci et BRAVO 👏👍👏👍👏👍

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

Wonderful instrument, I like the interpretation as well.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Please, listen to more recent videos on my channel where the instrument is in tune and with better recording microphone!

I really enjoyed this. A very bright and twangy sound that makes me think of a cross between a piano and a harpsichord

Καλορίζικο!!!! Αναμένουμε κι άλλα υπέροχα!

beautiful instrument and playing

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Bravo! Bravo!❤

Almost a blend of piano and harpsichord.

wowwww!! I want one!! the sound I long for!!!

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

10 ай бұрын

I wish you will get one, soon! 1000% worth it.

Que lindo recuerdo de la infancia. ,,,, 🇮🇷 📚🎹🎶🎶😘

Beautiful! Thank you so much! The authentic sound of your fortepiano is absolutely charming! I subscribed to your channel.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thanks for subscribing! I am glad you are enjoying the content!

Vibrations from the straight strung fortepianos travel along the strings and along the body of the instrument, so the best recording and listening spot is past the bottom of the instrument. The raised lid is useless for straight strung instrument, it doesn't deflect the sound, it only dilutes it. The raised lid deflects sound only with cross-strung modern pianos.

What a beautiful piano to add to your instrument collection. I’ve never heard of this kind of piano before. It has a slight sound of a harpsichord to me. Very nice!

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! You are right, it is a very enjoyable instrument to play this kind of music. Thank you for being on my channel!

According to Thomas Attwood’s recollections from c. 20 July 1785, Mozart already had his Walter Klavier in his Landstrasse Apartment (now 5 Domgasse, Wien 1010) which had been specially fitted out with a 4-octave 32 pedal organ style ‘pedalboard attachment which acted like a second fortepiano (from the octave below middle C to c’’) - Attwood studied harmony, counterpoint & free-composition with M, six days a week beginning Monday 1 August 1785 through Saturday 3 March 1787-and his 240 or so surviving sheets of exercises with corrections by M. are an invaluable window into Mozart’s musical mind… It is known that M. us’d to have his Walter Klavier & pedalboard attachment carried around Vienna whenever he perform’d in public after 1784-and always had professional tuners on hand to keep the instrument in fine order for performances … It is a tragic fact that concerti such as K. 466 & K. 491 are not play’d on period fortepianos (or better than exact replicas) with the pedalboard attachment which gives the rather ‘thin sounding’ instrument far more depth of sonority … I suspect one day someone somewhere sometime will squawk loud enough to get a brave forte-pianist who knows how to work organ pedals to record his larger Klavier concerti the way M. himself perform’d them - instead of using anachronistic modern Boesendorfer-type monsters tun’d to the modern (‘way too sharp’) A = 440Hz when Mozart’s father’s two tuning forks shew that between say 1770 and 1800 in Southern Austria the A was generally tuned anywhere between A=425 to 432Hz) …

Bravo bravissimo Wonderful sound🎵👏🎶❤️

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@shoshannafachima1306

11 ай бұрын

@@ClassicalSoundIdeal you are very welcome

Lovely,!

I would prefer a Knabe piano any day to this. Leave the past in the past. Where is the doggie¿ Whats his name¿ Would be nice to see more of the dog. Excellent playing.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Knabe pianos have more than 300 years of tradition! Never tried one, but I wish I had. Maybe one day! Dog's name is Riccardo and he enjoys the fortepiano very much!

Καλορίζικο Μάκη μου!!! Περιμένω το επόμενο upload σου ❤

Congratulations on a fine instrument. It wouldn’t be the first thing I’d get myself - more likely a harpsichord - partly because it has such a specific sound that would already be out of place with music from just thirty years later… but I did once rent an 1820 square piano for a couple of years and enjoyed playing it. It certainly increases one’s appreciation not only for the “authentic “ sound but also for the expressive power of modern instruments. Again, congratulations.

Bravo!!

Bravo Jeras, ook van Tina en Margot. Tot snel...

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

4 жыл бұрын

Bedankt allemaal! Beste groeten en tot snel!

Enjoyable!

Beautiful! It just sounds right.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Maybe I will record the whole sonata, this was just a tryout of the piano, when it just had arrived! In the mean time, please feel free to explore the other videos of my channel with complete movements. Best regards, Jerassimos.

Well, there it is.

That was nice, but I still prefer the contemporary piano. I bet Mozart would had prefered it as well.

@raymondgood6555

9 ай бұрын

There is a reason fortepianos went out of style. Can you guess what it is?

Fun! 🕺

Amazing renditions! All seems easy for you, though all is uneasy in fact on these light keyboards (for a "regular" pianist). May were you trained as a harpsichordist? Wonderful instrument, as ever with Mc Nulty!

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Indeed, I am a pianist and a harpsichordist. If you want, check out the more recent videos with better sound quality and recording of this McNulty piano. Thanks for being on my channel! Regards from Athens.

The modern A=440Hz is way too sharp if one compares the A=425Hz of M.’s own day in Vienna to judge from his father’s two young forks (the first set at A=425 the second at A=429Hz = about 60-cents lower on average than the modern standard A=440Hz since 1939 [NB: a semitone is divided into 100 ‘cents’] so the A of Mozart’s Vienna years sounds to us to-day as a very sharp G# … Playing Mozart & Haydn & their contemporaries on ‘fix’d instruments’ like harpsichords & clavichords &c. at c. A=425Hz rather that the modern sharpish A=440Hz would allow modern audiences to ‘enter their tonal world as they knew it’ …

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

10 ай бұрын

I tune my fortepianos at 430 in winter and at 425 in summer when tuning is more unstable.

Best 👍👍👍

The sound is closer to the harpsichord than a fortepiano in the romantic era and much less the modern piano.

Nice playing! Is this what pianos were like before they started using metal frames?

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! That's an 18th century Viennese piano (copy) so yes, it is way before they used metal frames. However that isn't the only difference.

This was the original sound of the piece

❤⚘

I noticed the dog leaves.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

2 жыл бұрын

A hahaha yeap! He is more attracted to Beethoven!

Thanks for your uploading. Perhaps people of Mozart's day could hear a sound like this. Now a days, our ears are used to the piano sound. Claudio Arra's recording of Mozart's piano sonatas is one of the reference recordings.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for being on my channel!

Incredible sound ! Does it have any dampening stops ?

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, it has 2 knee levers, a moderator and a dampers lift.

The old masters really come alive on the instruments their music was intended to be played! I find using modern instruments and tuning really diminishes the effect of the music - which is a shame!

could you explain what the moderator knee lever does? i've never heard that term. thanks!

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for being on my channel! The moderator register works pretty much like the middle pedal in upright pianos. It puts a thin piece of cloth between the hammers and the strings thus the sound is "moderated". It produces an atmospheric and soft sound, suitable for "Fantasieren".

IT sounds between a piano and a harpsichord.

δεδομένης της τεράστιας σημασίας του Anton Walter για την εξέλιξη του πιάνου και της μουσικής για πληκτροφόρα γενικότερα, θα είχε μεγάλο ενδιαφέρον το εξής: να δοκιμάσει κανείς το κατά πόσο είναι εφικτή η εκτέλεση έργων του πρώιμου ρομαντισμού, όπως πχ το Rondo Capriccioso και άλλα έργα του Mendelssohn, ή έργα συνθετών όπως οι Hummel, Cramer, Czerny (αναφέρομαι στον Czerny ως συνθέτη, όχι απλώς ως άτομο που συνέθετε Études), ακόμη και πρώιμα έργα του Chopin, σε ένα πιάνο του Walter. δηλαδή το κατά πόσο ο Βιεννέζικος Μηχανισμός (viennese action) μπορεί να τα υποστηρίξει. αν δεν απατώμαι, κατά το α' ήμισυ του 19ου αιώνος οι συνθέτες αυτοί ναι μεν είχαν ορισμένους τύπους πιάνων που προτιμούσαν, αλλά αναπόφευκτα ήταν εκτεθειμένοι σε αρκετούς διαφορετικούς τύπους πιάνων, καθώς δεν υπήρχε όπως σήμερα ένας standard μηχανισμός πιάνου (άν και ο αγγλικός μηχανισμός κέρδιζε με γοργούς ρυθμούς έδαφος, εκτοπίζοντας σταδιακά τον Βιεννέζικο), και ουσιαστικά ισχύει αυτό που πολύ σωστά λέει ο R. Levin ότι "τότε τα πιάνα εξελίσσονταν όπως οι υπολογιστές σήμερα".

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

3 жыл бұрын

Ευχαριστώ για το πολύ ενδιαφέρον σχόλιο. Είναι γεγονός οτη η εξέλιξη του πιάνου ήταν ραγδαία κατά τις πρώτες 10ετιες του 1800, και μάλιστα προς διαφορετικές κατευθύνσεις. Είναι σημαντικό να αναφέρουμε ότι πριν την επικράτηση του λεγόμενου αγγλικού μηχανισμού, ο οποίος δεν ήταν ο ίδιος με αυτόν του Broadwood που πέρασε από τα χέρια του Μπετόβεν, η Βιέννη κρατούσε πάντα τα ινία, με μεγαλύτερα πλέον πιάνα όπως Graf, Tröndlin, Nannete Streicher κα. Θα έλεγα ότι ο αγγλικός μηχανισμός που τελικά οδήγησε στο σύγχρονο, κυριάρχησε μετά το 1830. Για συνθέτες γεννημένους από το 1800-1810 και μετά, πχ Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, το Walter δεν προσφέρεται. Όχι τόσο λόγω μηχανισμού, αλλά κυρίως λόγω του σώματος του ήχου. Έτσι, ενώ έχω δοκιμάσει Mendelssohn, Schubert και Beethoven ως περίπου τη Waldstein, και λειτουργεί άριστα, δεν ικανοποιηθηκα με τον Schumann. Ειδικά τα Lieder των Schubert και Mendelssohn ήταν αριστούργημα, με μια καθαρότητα και πολύ καλή ισορροπία με τη φωνή. Ωστόσο, ο Schumann ειχε ανάγκη από περισσότερο σώμα στον ήχο και μεγαλύτερο sustain. Τεχνικά μιλώντας: ενώ η repetition θα μπορούσε να είναι ένα πρόβλημα για έργα τύπου Czerny, Hummel κτλ, αυτό αντισταθμιζεται τεχνικά από το ελαφρύ touche και το μικρό βάθος του πλήκτρου. Ενα άλλο πρόβλημα που θα συναντήσει κανείς σε συνθέσεις μετά το 1815 είναι η έκταση του κλαβιε. Συνοψίζοντας, το Walter του 1795 είναι ιδανικό για συνθέτες που γεννήθηκαν πριν τα 1800, και περιστασιακά για πιο όψιμη μουσική. Το πρόβλημα που έχει η αμέσως επόμενη μουσική γενιά, είναι το decay και το σώμα του ήχου, και όχι ο μηχανισμός. Έτσι, συνθέτες που θα παίζαμε με πολύ πεντάλ μάλλον δεν λειτουργούν, ενώ η σχεδόν κλασική καθαρότητα των Σούμπερτ και Μεντελσον είναι μια χαρά, με την προϋπόθεση ότι μας φτάνουν οι νότες!

The real sound depends also on the room.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

Not only the room, also the recording gear. This is a bad recording, the newer ones are much better.

I would like to see the knee operation

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

5 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKGAzqxpj6jZaLg.htmlfeature=shared

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

5 ай бұрын

Around the 4th minute of this video (Beethoven sonata n. 1, second movement, there is a close-up of the knee action.

@hotmathsax

5 ай бұрын

Cool, thanks!

"Play Salieri..."

I wonder how is the touch? Is the action light?

@hori166

3 жыл бұрын

Very! Nothing like a modern piano, which means that the playing technique is all about the wrists and the fingertips. No heaving of shoulders for power, because power is not required.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the interesting question! Yes, the action is VERY light, which gives mixed feelings to the player. From the one hand, it gives a certain easiness for rapid passages and very delicate ones. If the escapement mechanism is well regulated, you can go to a pianissimo of an incredible extent. From the other hand, the light action does not forgive any sloppy playing. It is very easy to have wrong notes and unwanted dynamic discrepancies!

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

3 жыл бұрын

@@hori166 indeed. It is more a matter of speed of fongers attack, than force, however, on contrary to the harpsichord, some force may be used occasionally and with caution.

A little loud for the dog I guess. But stayed in the room to listen anyway. Nice. My p125 comes close to emulating it, but you can't beat the real deal.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

The dog actually has made a home out of it. He sleeps under it and he always comes near when I play. He got used to it 😀

Mozart sonatas on a modern piano are always a compromise. That instrument shows Mozart in its natural habitat

😄👏👏👏

Nice but I still prefer the sound of the modern Steinway.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

This was the Steinway of its time. Also interesting!

Mozart played on the banjo

Sounds more like a harpsichord!

Wunderschön, nicht so "stumpf" wie bei modernen Flügeln!

For me and my Country, I prefer D$Y$K$E$RI$T$Z$

Yup :) I always knew Mozart OUGHT to sound clunky.

@danielgloverpiano7693

8 ай бұрын

That’s what Beethoven said about Mozart’s playing! Very perceptive of you.

Le chien 😍

Who is crawling away out of frame!?

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

It is Riccardo, the black dog! In the mean time he has learnt to appreciate the historical piano 😊

I love the instrument but the performance could be a little better

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

5 ай бұрын

It could and it should. This isn't a performance, this is me trying out the instrument for the 1st time. Thanks for the comment!

Great job. Its a shame the main-line classical world is so fixated on playing all keyboard works on huge modern pianos with equal temperament. Just not right.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Mind you, now they moved on to digital pianos, which are the only really modern instruments 😀

Interesting, almost honky tonk sound. I'd imagine it's a very expensive instrument even in repro form.

I prefer my $300 Casio.

It surely explains why in Mozart's piano concertos the fortepiano never plays together with the whole orchestra.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

11 ай бұрын

The fortepiano plays together with a classical orchestra. Not a modern symphonic one if that's what you mean by the "whole" orchestra.

@pedroruiz193

11 ай бұрын

@@ClassicalSoundIdeal But not the whole orchestra. I mean one flute, 2 oboes, 2 basoons, 2 horns and the string sections together would be enough to drown the sound of that fortepiano. It plays against some of the orchestra but not all of it at the same time.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

11 ай бұрын

@@pedroruiz193 all you have to do to find out yourself is go to a period instruments concert. Mozart's concerti include all these instruments. However Mozart knew how to write his music. The balance will probably not be what we know today, but it works. Mozart was a good composer. The sound of the fortepiano is not as loud as the piano but it is penetrating and has a good projection. And yes, in Mozart's concerti the fortepiano is mostly in a "dialogue" with the whole orchestra, but there are also tutti passages with piano.

Very interesting for its historic value, but afraid my ears would get fatigued quite quickly listening to this instrument.

Unlike the modern piano, however, it lacks the warmth of tone. Why is it more like what Mozart's music should sound like?

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for being on my channel! The simplest answer is that it's a matter of taste or personal preference. One can come across more answers during their musical journey - or not.

Knee levers hmmmmm 🤔🤔🤔

I dunno, but doesn't this sound out of tune?

@ClassicalSoundIdeal

10 ай бұрын

It is more or less out of tune. I had just unboxed the instrument as it just had come to Greece from Scotland.