[NewMusic] Boesendorfer vs Steinway in the field...

[Polly Moller]

Gordon envisioned the "field test" not so much as Boesendorfer vs. Steinway,
but a Boesendorfer + Steinway.

I guess the resulting "baby" grand would be either a Steindorfer, or a
Boesenway.
Combining each maker's best features.

P.

On Nov 21, 2007 12:45 PM, grobair at emusician.com <grobair at emusician.com> wrote:
> Polly Moller shared with us:
> <<Also he recommended in a faculty meeting that the most cost-effective
> way for the music department to get another grand piano would be to take the
> Steinway and the Bosendorfer out to the meadow
> by College Eight and let nature take its course.>>
>
> That would be the ultimate "field test". I vote for the Bösendorfer.
>
> While in Vienna last week, I got a tour of the company's plant, including
> the room where they build the CEUS pianos (with the digital
> player-piano-like feature). It's pretty amazing to see an upside down piano
> with 88 solenoids and a field of computer boards attached. Takes a few
> months for the retrofit, and it ain't trivial.
>
> The CEUS apparently has a greater resolution than the Yamaha Disklavier,
> including the pedals. They had Gonzalo Rubacalba record some pieces into ii,
> and when you watch the pedals while listening back, the level of nuance is
> astounding. Not to mention the playing technique.
>
> Hey Goodheart: I also saw a chamber music concert that included a piece b y
> Swiss-composer Michael Pelzel, which included two pianos, tuned a 6-th tone
> out from each other. And he used Ebows in them. Very nice piece. A recording
> of the show sometime will  arrive here in the near future....
>
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