https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/arts...chiff.html

Thanks for that link.
Although I’m an NYT subscriber, I missed that interesting article. And thanks to the both of you for the inspiration. I guess that’s what drew Schiff to this particular piano.

Well, that's a good read and interview - thank you so much sigasa! (I would likely not have come across it)

Excerpt fta - the "aha" moment:

Interviewer David Weininger, New York Times:

What changed your skepticism about historical instruments?

Andras Schiff:

What converted me was when I first played Mozart’s piano in Salzburg, in the room where he was born.

No need to say another thing really Kind of a moment no amount of conscious thought can probably describe adequately. 

The Pianoteq library of period instruments is something I hope all new users find out about for that very reason, or 'moment' and beyond.

New York Times - David Weininger wrote:

"Schiff’s latest venture in this arena is his most convincing yet: a vibrant new recording of Brahms’s two piano concertos with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Aiming to recover the sound of this music when it was written, Schiff plays a piano made by Julius Blüthner in Leipzig, Germany, in 1859 — the year of the First Concerto’s premiere."

The whole interview at the link sums up exactly what most lovers of early instruments that I know were wishing for all along - if not just exposing a genuinely innocent love of the sound (or just for clarity in a period orchestra) - all valid, as is the joy in 'living it' somewhat or virtually re-living the time-period through experiencing 'what it was like' - understanding the 'feelings/inspirations' the composers where exposed to, more exactly perhaps, than what is experienced via a beautiful modern grand and etc. - and that 1859 Blüthner would be seriously interesting to hear for sure

And still, using one of the period pianos in Pianoteq's collection is a foremost inspiration for me (I began with quasi-classical intent and find I use them for all kinds of styles and unusual applications). Those lovely instruments I feel a kind of 'comfort' with - yet that doesn't wipe out my appreciation for the 'grand performance' or any other usage of a modern grand piano, which I now love about equally.

Thanks again you for this link sigasa. Hope others here who have shared a love of the fortepianos are able to find this article too - cheers!

Thank you for your thoughts Qexl,

Warmest regards,

Chris

Excerpt fta - the "aha" moment:

Interviewer David Weininger, New York Times:

What changed your skepticism about historical instruments?

Andras Schiff:

What converted me was when I first played Mozart’s piano in Salzburg, in the room where he was born.

No need to say another thing really Kind of a moment no amount of conscious thought can probably describe adequately. 

The Pianoteq library of period instruments is something I hope all new users find out about for that very reason, or 'moment' and beyond.

The whole interview at the link sums up exactly what most lovers of early instruments that I know were wishing for all along - if not just exposing a genuinely innocent love of the sound (or just for clarity in a period orchestra) - all valid, as is the joy in 'living it' somewhat or virtually re-living the time-period through experiencing 'what it was like' - understanding the 'feelings/inspirations' the composers where exposed to, more exactly perhaps, than what is experienced via a beautiful modern grand and etc. - and that 1859 Blüthner would be seriously interesting to hear for sure

And still, using one of the period pianos in Pianoteq's collection is a foremost inspiration for me (I began with quasi-classical intent and find I use them for all kinds of styles and unusual applications). Those lovely instruments I feel a kind of 'comfort' with - yet that doesn't wipe out my appreciation for the 'grand performance' or any other usage of a modern grand piano, which I now love about equally.

Thanks again you for this link sigasa. Hope others here who have shared a love of the fortepianos are able to find this article too - cheers!