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Topic: Video : Richard Wagner's 1855 Erard

For those of you interested in historic pianos, here's a video of a visit by one Tiffany Poon
to the Richard Wagner Museum in Luzern to play the piano.  She had a good nose around although I don't imagine the recording equipment was more than basic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WriW5YkGv64

Kremsegg one has an Erard 1849 which looks very similar.  Anyone with a more experienced ear than mine care to comment on how similar the KM1 model is to this video's version ?

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Re: Video : Richard Wagner's 1855 Erard

Cool!  Thanks for posting this.  I think that the Pianoteq Erard 1849 in the Close Mic preset is actually quite close to this, and I had never noticed the relative power of the straight-strung piano's bass before.  Never mind all the reverb on her cell-phone recording - the tone quality and rapid decay is similar.

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Re: Video : Richard Wagner's 1855 Erard

'nice link—thanks sjgcit!

I attempted a render of the Lucerne Erard using our 1849 Erard a while back ==> https://www.forum-pianoteq.com/viewtopi...68#p941868 , but the mp3 link I'd posted isn't working for me for some reason ('getting a "You do not have permission to access this page" error message).  The post though does have some details about setting-up our 1849 Erard to come a little closer to Wagner's instrument as it is today (with some generous play of the condition & noise sliders) based on indications from the instrument's current tuner.

and Dave's spot-on: the straight-strung bass is indeed nice & beefy, not to mention clear!  one of my favorite instruments!

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dj

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