1.    A Bartolomeo Cristofori – e.g. as presented at https://www.animus-cristofori.com/en/in...-1726.html

2.    A Gottfried Silbermann – e.g. as presented at https://www.animus-cristofori.com/en/in...-1749.html or https://www.fortepiano.eu/materials-silbermann-1749/

3.    Either a Franz Jacob Späth (or a C.F. Schmahl) – e.g. as presented at https://www.greifenberger-institut.de/e...h-1770.php (or https://www.chrismaene.be/historical-ke...h-schmahl/) – or a Johann Andreas Stein (from 1777 or similar) with bare wooden hammers (and a moderator)

4.    A Nannette Streicher from after 1809 – e.g. as presented at https://mittelmosel-museum.de/tour/firs...2-room-14/ or https://www.khm.at/fileadmin/pdf_KHM/on..._Huber.pdf

5.    A Bösendorfer 225

6.    A Bösendorfer Imperial

7.    A historical Blüthner grand

8.    A historical Steinway B from New York

9.    A straight-strung upright

Can we emulate any of these by tweaking an existing preset?

hornet900 wrote:

. .....a Hammond B3 organ!!! I think this is what is missing in Pianoteq's instrument range.

Hammond and similar sounds...We can already do a lot with Organteq. I experimented a lot already with Organteq 1 visavi hammondlike sounds.
Here something I recently tested again with Organteq 2 and some extra additions

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...st%20-.mp3

Best wishes,

Stig

Very nice. IMHO Organteq should go the way of Pianoteq in allowing a difference in the cosmetics of the interface and provide a hammon-like interface and perhaps other options too.

Did you share the settings for this anywhere?

. .....a Hammond B3 organ!!! I think this is what is missing in Pianoteq's instrument range.

Hammond and similar sounds...We can already do a lot with Organteq. I experimented a lot already with Organteq 1 visavi hammondlike sounds.
Here something I recently tested again with Organteq 2 and some extra additions

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...st%20-.mp3

Best wishes,

Stig

I too would like to see emulations of:

Baldwin
Mason & Hamlin
and another upright (A large, grandmother's upright.)

Actually, in terms of real acoustic pianos that I've played in realistic settings for an average person, I have really enjoyed Baldwin 7 footers probably more than any other.

I have no idea whether they would be considered worthy for many who have played some of the very high end pianos. But I kinda think that if I were to want to fill my tiny living room with a grand piano, a Baldwin 7' grand would be sweet. Always loved that warm rich tone, spoke to me way more than a similar sized Steinway. (There would actually be a possible path to own one of those old Baldwins if I was willing to rebuild it myself. I'm getting old enough, though, that I don't know if I wanna take on that size of project anymore.)

The old Mason & Hamlin pianos were not ones I saw often, they were kinda rare in the circles I traveled in my tuner/tech years. They were built like battleships, though, solid as any. And the few I saw sounded good. Still, not much to go on as what I saw was pretty tired. Never got to rebuild one of those.

or a spinet

Btw the virginal in the Karsten collection is a spinet

Baldwin
Mason & Hamlin
and another upright (A large, grandmother's upright.)

The clavichord included with the historic instrument package is not a particularly authentic reproduction of a typical 18th century clavichord.

Out of interest, since I've not had much exposure to clavichords, I'd love to hear your observations on what's off with the Neupert model? Are there better examples out there?

I am honestly in a pinch because there are very few top brands remaining. The models that immediately come to mind for me:
Boesendorfer 360 (I mean we cannot have a Boesendorfer pack without the Imperial can we? No reason to risk another war between Austria and France...)
Fazioli
Baldwin
Mason & Hamlin
Another Upright (I am good with everything that is not Yamaha inspired because I hear that sound everywhere in RL and my ears beg for something different)

Fazioli 100%

Stephen_Doonan wrote:

I'm still amazed and deeply satisfied by the continued improvements in Pianoteq, especially in the current Pianoteq 9.

If I had one thing on my wish list, it would be for the Modartt team to create a piano model for the Ravenscroft 275 grand piano--

https://ravenscroftpianos.com/ravenscroft-model-275/

VI Labs created a sample-based virtual instrument of the Ravenscroft 275, and it sounds wonderful; I wish that Modartt could/would also create a carefully crafted virtual model of that piano, as they have done with so many other great pianos.

For some reason(s), I have come to love the sound of the Ravenscroft 275 over its entire bass-to-treble range. Although Modartt has already carefully-crafted detailed models of many great grand pianos, I'm wondering if they might consider the Ravenscroft 275 (and in addition at some point, perhaps the Estonia 274)--

https://www.estoniapiano.com/our-pianos...model-274/

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But Pianoteq isn’t just about pianos. How about going for historical plucked-string instruments? Baroque lute, Renaissance lute, theorbo, vihuela, Baroque guitar… there’s a whole world there!

Plucked instruments should be (relatively) easy for them now. They already started on this with the Classical Guitar. So I'm guessing a lot of the basic legwork is already done. But that's just my guess.

A good German upright would probably be an instant buy for me. I struggle practicing on the large piano sounds, I'd like something "smaller" but I dislike the U4, the Steinway B, and the K2.

I share your opinion. A nice upright would be a great addition to the Pianoteq collection. Unfortunately I don't really like U4. I would like to see (hear) something like https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t39LZJKtzSo