Erard 90 Notes

Straight strung! Love it.

France had the 440 from first half of the 19th century

For aesthetic maybe you are right, Reality : This is called Out of tune. Not A 4XX

@@claudiaklinkenberg3839A435 was the standard pitch in France from the mid 19th century until the switch to 440 happened after WW2

@@baroquewinds, thanks for your clarification. I have a list here, with all the historical pitches, so much variations, and up to 456 mid of 19th. As you say, 435 was the official proposition from the Frensh Government in 1859. This special Erard comes from the Opéra Garnier, Paris. To be safe, our calculations are prepared for 440. 435, or 438 will sound great on them.

432hz is the perfect tuning. Back in the day of Beethoven and Bach and even Chopin was 432h. Much way better.

Hi Ian, thanks for your really kind message! Stay in touch...best from Claudia and the Klinkenberg Team

Chopin played the Pleyel pianos of that period as he was an official spokesman for the piano manufacturer. Privately, he had the opinion that Erard was his preference.

neither? its a large grand piano. square grands are much smaller, sound worse, and went out of fashion in the 1860s or so. piano fortes are older than that.

Hola Catalina, no tiene nada que ver con la posición de las cuerdas. La pregunta es: ¿el piano tiene una placa de hierro fundido o no? Con la estructura solida de hierro, afinarlo una vez al año. Sin estructura de hierro, afinar lo dos veces al año. Ademas, depende del modelo. Los tamaños más largos, incluso sin hierro fundido, se pueden acordar una vez al año. Sobre los mecanicos: una vez que el mecanico se ha regulado correctamente, durará y jugará de manera confiable. Simplemente... ¿quién en tu region es capaz de regularlo correctamente?

On all pianos we do your own recalculation of the strenths. We are using Paulello material.

A prototype by Erard, has 90 keys, a heavily constructed romantic concert grand

The middle part of Albeniz Granada

1876

@@claudiaklinkenberg3839 Thanks! I had an instrument like this, but the dampers were malfunctioning (as you know, on this old model they work from bottom to top). In addition, changing the pins, adjusting the mechanism and a total repair would have been very expensive. Finally, I sold it cheap. I now have a 1930 model F Pleyel. It sounds heavenly!

Bosendorfer uses the modern cross-stringing method of construction, however, thereby obtaining more resonance out of those bass strings than Erard did with its straight stringing. So does the even more exclusive Stuart from Australia with more keys both above and below the standard 88. I think modern cross-strung pianos do sound better and fuller than this Erard. But that might just be my modern bias.

Composer Albeniz, piece is Granada.

Its Albeniz, Suite española Granada

Dans l'extrême grave: la bémol et sol (qui deviennent ainsi les 2 premières notes du clavier

@@joelrigal4622 Du coup si j'écris une musique avec ces deux notes, elle ne pourra être jouée que sur ce piano 😃 à l'époque c'était peut-être une tentative de faire évoluer le piano vers ce standard, et puis ça n'a pas été conservé 🤔

the Erard has 90 keys, goes down to G in the base

Isaac Albeniz

@@SergejBortkiewicz what song?

​@@E1R4C87 Granada from Suite Espanola

@@wassimbejjani6793 thank you!

the 90 notes Model was the most advanced model by Erard, and was meant to change the future of the piano building. The weight is heavier than that of a Steinway Model D. The 90 notes Erards are quite rare and have a lot of innovating features. Still it is a romantic approach to piano building, a very French way. The price was higher than that of a house. Our aim was to have it correctly restored and back to like new condition, as on the day it left the factory back then.

Good because this one sounds like shxt

Digital synthesizers, executed well, can bring sounds of many piano models -- both rare and antique like this Erard, and plentiful and modern -- within the reach of the average artist. And that's the trick, for there is no standard internal mechanism for a digital keyboard and service parts will eventually become unavailable. (However, MIDI remains a standard after decades.)

You must have cloth ears and limited musical understanding. That’s what.

It's a different thing from a modern piano, with different construction and therefore more limited resonance. I think too that modern pianos do sound better, which could be our bias from having known them. If this was the only piano we knew, we might consider the modern pianos to be clunky and boomy.

The negative commenters have no idea about the historical real sound of these grandpianos. See here kzhead.info/sun/ndKFabSBhHpnoaM/bejne.html

What is upsetting is we can't even see the keys. It's like a photograph if Mozart but it's just the back of his head and his tailcoat

Are you deaf? This piano sounds gorgeous.