"the fortepiano" do you mean late 18C/early 19c Double-Action

Posted by Timbo in Oz (A) on June 16, 2017 at 04:14:10

In Reply to: I now suspect the fortepiano is not easy to reproduce well posted by John C. - Aussie on June 15, 2017 at 16:31:05:

wood frame 'forte'-pianos or Viennese Action forte-pianos? How are Brautigam's recordings miked? This is important.

No instrument is hard to record if you don't get too close and maybe, even! shock-horror! use a stereo pair of mikes.

If you are used to multiple-mono miked pianos - which you almost certainly are - you might find a modern iron-frame DA piano - when recorded with a stereo pair - difficult to like, too!

How often have you been to a live concert with a VA piano-forte?

Never, I'd be betting. .......

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Tim Bailey

Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger

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Topic - Ronald Brautigam's Beethoven Sonatas via the fortepiano - John C. - Aussie 00:05:07 06/15/17 (13)

"the precision one hears on the harpsichord, ... as it is a derivation of that instrument" WRONG!!! - Timbo in Oz 04:00:33 06/16/17 (0)

I'm glad you had a bit of an epiphany, I have not. The whole set was 1/2-off a couple of months ago and very - jdaniel@jps.net 06:46:49 06/15/17 (6)

I now suspect the fortepiano is not easy to reproduce well - John C. - Aussie 16:31:05 06/15/17 (5)

"the fortepiano" do you mean late 18C/early 19c Double-Action - Timbo in Oz 04:14:10 06/16/17 (0)

"Chris, please repeat your feelings on the fortepiano" - Chris from Lafayette 18:33:54 06/15/17 (3)

You like the sound of a fortepiano much more than I do - Analog Scott 07:56:57 06/17/17 (0)

"some inmates here just don't like to be exposed to my opinions about fortepianos" - jec01 07:03:35 06/16/17 (1)

Yes - that was a funny exchange! - Chris from Lafayette 10:43:29 06/16/17 (0)

RE: Ronald Brautigam's Beethoven Sonatas via the fortepiano - PAR 02:53:22 06/15/17 (0)

"Maybe someone here has actually played on one?" - Chris from Lafayette 00:49:09 06/15/17 (3)

Ignorance once AGAIN!!!! - Timbo in Oz 04:05:53 06/16/17 (1)

Not ignorance - YOU'RE making assumptions! - Chris from Lafayette 10:33:23 06/16/17 (0)

Have you heard this one? - kuma 19:38:40 06/15/17 (0)

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"the fortepiano" do you mean late 18C/early 19c Double-Action - Timbo in Oz 04:14:10 06/16/17 (0)

"the fortepiano" do you mean late 18C/early 19c Double-Action

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