Modartt user forum » Pianoteq user forum » Bill Bremmer's EBVT III on a spinet playing the Bach Partita no 4
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
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?
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...
I'll confirm that "spinet" means "small" in North American piano and organ marketing. It will be an "apartment size" upright.
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".
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.
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