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Topic: Additional information about the Pianoteq Erard grand pianos

Hello,

I have some questions about the Erard grand piano currently offered by Pianoteq:

What is the exact model of the Erard 1849 grand piano used in the Pianoteq Kremsegg No1 collection? What is the actual length of this instrument? Is the string length indicated for this parallel string instrument in Pianoteq's parameters (2.1m) the equivalent length of a cross-stringed piano, or is it a representative value? the length of the parallel strings of this instrument?
Is it possible to confirm that this is actually a piano Erard Paris and not Erard London (from the shape of the desk on the photo site Pianoteq / Kremsegg collection). ?

According to information from the Pianoteq website, on the 1921 Erard grand piano (Kivir collection) with serial number 109 933, it would be a 2m long piano model.
Is it possible to confirm that it is actually a piano Erard London and not Erard Paris (after the shape of the desk on the photo site Pianoteq / Kivir collection). ?
What is the exact name of this model?
Is the string length indicated for this parallel string instrument in Pianoteq's parameters (1.9m) the equivalent length of a cross-stringed piano, or is it a representative value? the length of the parallel strings of this instrument?

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Reply by Philippe Guillaume

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Re: Additional information about the Pianoteq Erard grand pianos

Hi bm,

Regarding the the Erard 1849, I'm not sure if it is from Paris or London, there was some confusion by the museum itself to retrive this information.

The 1921 Erard grand is from Paris.

Regarding length, the displayed length in the Pianoteq UI is the size of the piano, please look at https://www.forum-pianoteq.com/viewtopi...93#p928593

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Re: Additional information about the Pianoteq Erard grand pianos

Thank you Philippe for these clarifications.

So, if I wish to reproduce with Pianoteq pro our Erard (Paris) of 1899 model 2 (parallel strings) of 2.48m length (according to the site http://www.fanderard.org/Beaupain.htm), all using the half grand piano model (1922) of the Kivir collection, which would be after "fanderard" a model of 2.12m, I have to use a proportional string size of 1.9m x 2, 48 / 2.12
It is thus from this size of string that I could "try" to compare note by note the spectra of the Erard of the Kivir collection with a recording of our Erard model 2.

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Bruno