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Re: Bill Bremmer's EBVT III on a spinet playing the Bach Partita no 4

2011-04-20T23:39:59Z

You say tomato I say tomáte...

Re: Bill Bremmer's EBVT III on a spinet playing the Bach Partita no 4

2011-04-20T05:46:13Z

A small upright piano with a small sound, usually. The mics are apparently placed in such a way as to make it sound very different (bigger, more resonant) than any spinet I remember hearing.

Re: Bill Bremmer's EBVT III on a spinet playing the Bach Partita no 4

2011-04-19T22:55:50Z

Or Pianette
http://www.google.dk/search?q=pianette&...mp;bih=605

Re: Bill Bremmer's EBVT III on a spinet playing the Bach Partita no 4

2011-04-19T22:04:40Z

Ah, thanks for clarifying . In French we have the word "epinette" which is a small harpsichord, and I wasn't aware of this other meaning of "spinet".

Re: Bill Bremmer's EBVT III on a spinet playing the Bach Partita no 4

2011-04-19T21:02:38Z

I'll confirm that "spinet" means "small" in North American piano and organ marketing. It will be an "apartment size" upright.

Re: Bill Bremmer's EBVT III on a spinet playing the Bach Partita no 4

2011-04-19T20:52:16Z

I suppose spinet in the US is also a synonym for small upright. Here is the instrument refered to in the file's legend: http://for-sale.yakaz.com/lester-spinet-upright-piano

The poster also mention owning a "1903 Haddorff Upright, rescued from a family room". A friend of mine owns a Haddorff (small upright with real ivory keys, but maybe not so old) and the sound is very similar to these recordings...

Re: Bill Bremmer's EBVT III on a spinet playing the Bach Partita no 4

2011-04-19T20:19:13Z

I am as surprised as you are, this does not sound at all like a spinet. I hear hammers, not plectrums. Maybe a file mismatch?

Bill Bremmer's EBVT III on a spinet playing the Bach Partita no 4

2011-04-19T13:38:02Z

Just wanted to share this recording of the Bach on a spinet tuned to Bill Bremmer's EBVTIII
temperament:

http://www.box.net/shared/sdpvadg9k3

Hard to believe it's a spinet, to me, but it is. Wonderful coming together of the temperament, the piano, the tuner and player, and the music.

From a post in this thread: http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthre...9/118.html