Historical keyboards played in chronological order

2024-09-08T22:30:21Z

Here’s a link to me playing in PianoTeq 8 ten of the historical keyboards, in chronological order. The settings were all on the ‘Recording’ preset, with Condition Wear and Tear set at 0.20, with Small Hall reverb. To me, the 1899 Bechstein starts to sound like a familiar instrument.

https://on.soundcloud.com/zXAYYAmt86fvR9D68

The instruments with their pieces are:

1600s Neupert Clavichord - CPE Bach: Cantabile from Sonata in B Minor, Helm number 245, 1774

1697 Grimaldi Harpsichord – Handel: Menuet from Piano Suites, HWV 434, 1733

1790 Schantz – Haydn: Adagio Movement, Hob. XVI/50, Sonata Number 60, 2nd movement, 1795

1796 Broadwood – Beethoven: Sonata in G Major, Opus 49 number 2, 2nd movement, 1797

1835 Pleyel – Chopin: Mazurka in A Minor, Opus 17 number 4, 1832

1841 Frenzel – Brahms: Intermezzo in A Minor, Opus 76, number 7, 1878

1899 Bechstein – Tschaikowsky: The Seasons: June, Opus 37, 1876

1922 Erard – Ravel: Menuet sur le Nom de Haydn (M. 58), 1909

1926 Pleyel – Debussy: Prelude: Voiles (Sails/Veils), Lesure number 117/2, 1909

Modern Steinway D NY – Debussy: La cathédrale engloutie (The Engulfed Cathedral), Lesure number 117/2, 1909

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Historical keyboards played in chronological order