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- by joseph
- 21 Aug 2008, 00:02
- Forum: Piano History
- Topic: A. Bord Piano
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6098
Don't always be put off by what you think is a bad piano. It may be that your piano isn't great but. . . ..... my first piano was a terrible straight strung upright with a split soundboard, a birdcage action which didn't even know that a note could repeat, and pedals that never worked properly. Some...
- by joseph
- 20 Aug 2008, 23:54
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: What are we all learning to play at the moment?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 42312
- by joseph
- 20 Aug 2008, 23:52
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: How important is using a metronome and at what stage?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14480
- by joseph
- 20 Aug 2008, 23:49
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: How important is using a metronome and at what stage?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14480
use a metronome from the outset, but don't let it become a millstone round the neck. Playing with a metronome is something that needs to be practiced, like everything else. I am sure that you will be able to find ways to make metronome practice fun (little and often i find helpful) and that when you...
- by joseph
- 19 Aug 2008, 23:19
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Which piano should i buy???
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5381
If those really are your only two choices then my gut feeling says go with the Yamaha. Its bigger, so should have a wider choice of tone colour, and it will be more robust but of course it depends on how old it is and what condition it is in. There are other pianos out there by Brodmann, Wendl and L...
- by joseph
- 19 Aug 2008, 17:54
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: What are we all learning to play at the moment?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 42312
- by joseph
- 19 Aug 2008, 17:52
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Soft-Fall lid on used Yamaha U3 or U1 upright pianos?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14430
hi mark i have no idea BUT i have seen such a system on some IRMLER upright pianos (imported by bluthners in London) and it was something that bolted on to the end block of the keyboard (you know, where the pencils and the mobile phone goes), so just perhaps talking to Rodney and Bluthner might help...
- by joseph
- 13 Aug 2008, 20:37
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Piano nerves
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17605
not so strange actually - you're never too advanced to take advice from those more experienced! If you think about it, advanced players do this all the time. Record producers advise the artists, there are hundreds of masterclasses throughout the world aimed at advanced pianists and teachers of piano...
- by joseph
- 13 Aug 2008, 10:03
- Forum: Piano History
- Topic: Schiedmayer & Soehne, Stuttgart - Upright Piano
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14290
Schiedmayer
My guess is it won't be worth more than 500 UKP because old pianos just don't fetch high prices when you can get a new piano that works for not very much these days. Uou probably want to get it tuned more than once every century though. Some of these pianos have a beautiful tone even if they're not ...
- by joseph
- 13 Aug 2008, 00:46
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: problems with technique
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7189
- by joseph
- 11 Aug 2008, 19:27
- Forum: Piano History
- Topic: German Piano, manufacturer ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18049
- by joseph
- 10 Aug 2008, 12:00
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Piano advice schimmell
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13381
schimmell are a very well made german piano that command high prices when new. They're not so easy to sell 2nd hand because it is a bit of an unkown name when compared to yamaha and steinway etc. I think you need to get the piano evaluated by an independent tuner/technician because without seeing th...
- by joseph
- 10 Aug 2008, 11:56
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: best upright pianos in the world
- Replies: 19
- Views: 29702
Re: Best Pianos (Upright)
[quote="jakbowtell"]I am a pianist and in my personal opinion i think that steinways are very well made but i disslike the sound produced by them, i like the somewhat brighter sound of a kawai or yamaha, there is no doubt that if buying a new upright i would go for a kawai... Thats a fair ...
- by joseph
- 09 Aug 2008, 17:02
- Forum: Digital Pianos
- Topic: CLP170 TO CLP380 not sure
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8781
- by joseph
- 09 Aug 2008, 16:55
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: best upright pianos in the world
- Replies: 19
- Views: 29702
well there is only one steinway and sons that is true! They don't have their reputation as the best pianos in the world for nothing! I find that Steinways make you play better because they are so sensitive and unforgiving in a way, they show up all the nasty little bumps in the sound etc. This means...
- by joseph
- 08 Aug 2008, 11:11
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: problems with technique
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7189
first of all STOP him from playing for HOURS A DAY! He's overdone it and he's used a bad technique. So he must stop playing for a week and start again. OK you need to get yourself a copy of mark westcotts technical regime from the october 1978 issue of piano magazine (I have a photocopy i might be a...
- by joseph
- 08 Aug 2008, 11:02
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Piano nerves
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17605
thats where the motive comes in . . . OK lets talk about phrasing: A phrase in music is made up of a string of notes organized into a melody. That melody has several components to it. First of all there is the phrasing. Phrases can be divided up into smaller phrases and then into motives. I recommen...
- by joseph
- 08 Aug 2008, 10:55
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: caird hall steinway
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4746
caird hall steinway
I have just spent the last two days recording on the steinway D in dundee's caird hall. It was great fun, the hall seats nearly 3000 people and despite its huge size, it has a really warm sound. The piano was very very bright but we coped with that with our mic set up, and being well tuned by an out...
- by joseph
- 08 Aug 2008, 10:50
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: best upright pianos in the world
- Replies: 19
- Views: 29702
- by joseph
- 08 Aug 2008, 10:48
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: So, what did I buy?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14633
- by joseph
- 08 Aug 2008, 10:45
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Glenn Gould obsession latest...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20071
yeah call me a cynic, but a copy of an old dining room chair for 900 euros? Forget it! Besides, why would you want to copy the style of another pianist? I wouldn't want to play like Glenn Gould, I want to play like me, albeit a much better version of me! (NOTE: I mean by this that all great artists ...
- by joseph
- 06 Aug 2008, 06:39
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Piano nerves
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17605
practice 'motivically' that is, find the motives and work on them individually. Then work on the phrases individually. Don't settle for anything less than the sound you want on each motive. Spend a long time on this because you will get to know the pieces really really well and they will be spacious...
- by joseph
- 06 Aug 2008, 06:35
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: best upright pianos in the world
- Replies: 19
- Views: 29702
oh thats a difficult one! Pianos are all so different, and I have played many unknown uprights that have been amazing, and some top level uprights that just haven't cut the mustard! IMHO the best uprights are all the 130 cm or thereabout size and in joint first are Bechstein 8/Bosendorfer 130 /Stein...
- by joseph
- 04 Aug 2008, 10:56
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Damp
- Replies: 33
- Views: 30134
my room is very humid too, especially as it rains so much in dundee, yet both my pianos are ok, sometimes the brodmann gets a bit sluggish but i have it regularly regulated! Of course its still quite new (1 year old now) and I'm teaching on it lots and practising on it for hours a day, yet it still ...
- by joseph
- 04 Aug 2008, 10:50
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Trouble with Bass Clef
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14752
- by joseph
- 04 Aug 2008, 10:44
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Is using a digital piano,bad for your fingers touch???
- Replies: 24
- Views: 33702
it is bad for your touch because your touch wont develop properly. It is true that some high end digital pianos have a key weight equal to some acoustic pianos however its not all about weight and its not all about finger strength. Its about subtlety too. You see, a digital piano effectively works b...
- by joseph
- 30 Jul 2008, 18:09
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Nippon Gakki SKK number 20 grand piano
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11463
- by joseph
- 30 Jul 2008, 10:25
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: New Yamaha upright sounds too "bright"
- Replies: 31
- Views: 27863
i'm sure it will be fine in the long run. Yamaha's are technically perfect pianos and the bright sound is just part of the package. It can and will improve with several voicings. I guess the reason your tech wont voice it to be extra mellow all at once is because he wants to find out what tone you l...
- by joseph
- 29 Jul 2008, 23:50
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Glenn Gould obsession latest...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20071
you could get the mic in your computer to convert the tenor voice of your bach fugues to the humming sound for added authenticity. isn't it more of a dee dah dee than a hum? Glen Gould was a jewel, I love his playing. Some people say his sound is spikey and abrupt. I think his sound is warm, its jus...
- by joseph
- 24 Apr 2008, 17:08
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Grey imports vs. Buying new
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11361
- by joseph
- 24 Apr 2008, 17:03
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: purchase with a limited budget
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7552
- by joseph
- 24 Apr 2008, 17:01
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Chappells Piano Hall
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13741
True, and Bluthners etc are less consistent than Yamaha who undoubtadly have their quality control down to a very fine art. I find also that certain pianists sound good on certain pianos. I know that we should be able to make every piano sound good, within reason. However, some pianists don't sound ...
- by joseph
- 21 Apr 2008, 18:22
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Chappells Piano Hall
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13741
ok call me a philistine.... but i haven't yet fallen in love with an S6. I preferred the Bluthner Model 4 which is the same size. Once upon a time I played a C6 that I thought was beautiful tho, much better than most s6s that I've played, altho it could have just been that particular one. Also, ther...
- by joseph
- 11 Apr 2008, 10:54
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Wheelock Grand Piano
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6311
not that this is relevant to a wheelock (which i've never heard of) but my brodmann has a screw which attaches the fall to the slow close mechanism. I took the screw out though, and taped it to the underside of the piano, because my pencil keeps falling behind the fallboard. . . . and its a pain in ...
- by joseph
- 11 Apr 2008, 10:51
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Buying a piano on a 2-3000 pound budget
- Replies: 26
- Views: 22634
how about something like a yamaha p121, its the same size as a U1 and is apparently an improvement on the old u1 that is being imported. Here's a link to chris venables website that has inifo on it. BTW I have no connection with mr venables, I live in dundee and have nothing to gain from giving this...
- by joseph
- 09 Apr 2008, 16:01
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: I have 500 GBP for a piano - what will it buy me?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 23238
- by joseph
- 09 Apr 2008, 00:06
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: 1979 Bluthner 6' vs New Estonia 6'3" vs 1974 Sauter 5'1
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13333
Personally, I'd go for the new estonia. I've played loads of Bluthners and the new ones are absolutely beautiful, they rank among the best that money can buy. The old GDR pianos tho, are a bit naff. IF the price is right tho and you like the Bluthner then go for it. I have a new brodmann 187 which i...
- by joseph
- 08 Apr 2008, 23:59
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Piano Tuning fees in the UK
- Replies: 41
- Views: 31917
scotland Seems like you can pay anything from 35 to 75. I used to use this guy who was charging 50, and it seemed that the piano would stay in tune for ages. It also seemed that every other piano would sound slightly sharp. He was tuning the blessed thing flat so the piano stayed in tune longer. SO ...
- by joseph
- 08 Apr 2008, 23:52
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Fazioli
- Replies: 20
- Views: 23441
i've used the middle pedal in the poulenc trio for bassoon, oboe and piano. Its marked in the score. I've also used it in rhapsody in blue and some very modern works like McCabe stuff. The fourth pedal on the Fazioli puts the hammers closer to the strings, like an uprights soft pedal, except its mor...
- by joseph
- 08 Apr 2008, 23:42
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Brodmann 187 grand - your views please
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4237
YES I've bought one and i think its beautiful. It is a good solid grand piano with a fantastic action and a sound not unlike a Steinway model A. Infact, the scale design and cabinet are copied from the model A. I had a tuner who is steinway accredited look at it and he confirmed this. OK THE BUILD I...
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