More historic Pianos

I am unlikely to see, let alone hear, and probably not even dare touch any of the pianos in the Cobbe Collection, given that I am on the other side of the globe. It is a marvellous collection of instruments and there are a number there that I would like know more intimately musically, but unless Modartt actually model any of the instruments, then I am unlikely ever to have the chance to hear them, even virtually.

So can I add my voice to yours in requesting the availability of more historical instruments to the Mordartt collection. It would be interesting to virtually play on Chopin's own 1848 Pleyel, or the Broadwood he selected for his London concerts. I suppose that there is a vicarious pleasure in knowing that my fingers are virtually touching a model of a physical piano that was once touched by Chopin; one may never virtually wash one's hands again.

All joking to one side it would be interesting to hear the actual sounds that Chopin could have produced, if he played as badly as I do, of course. There are also a lot of the percussive string instruments, from the rest of the world, that I would appreciate getting a chance to experiment with. Having discovered that I already have a cimbalom on my copy of Pianoteq, I have been experimenting with A=415 Hz and various temperaments, and thus having great fun with some of the early English Baroque music.

There is so much fun to be had musically, that it seems a shame not to ask Mordartt for it all

Michael

Jcitron,

You may be also half a world away from the Cobbe Collection, but you are also on a very much bigger island. There is a lot to be said for living in Aotearoa, but having easy access to major collections of musical instruments is possibly not one of them.

However, we do have lots of interesting scenery and sheep!

Michael

+1 for more historic instruments and especially another clavichord.  For clavichords, I am unaware of a really good and large enough controller with polyphonic aftertouch.  Any suggestions?  Perhaps a ROLI?

I think that for an instrument of limited dynamic range, weight may not be so important, as long as the action is controllable (which in this case may mean, quite shallow).

A little bit off-topic but perhaps of interest for everybody subscribed to this thread.

https://youtu.be/itLh_yWsOX0

There is some technician aspects, learning, music played on the instrument, a piece without time signature (!)

I wonder if pianoteq also implements some on-purpose latency for the various stops of the harpsichords as they do for the felt pianos as discussed at https://forum.modartt.com/viewtopic.php?id=9034 -- and now that I think about it, if it does the same with the pianos for which louder notes are played with less latency than quieter notes (to account for the time the hammer reaches the strings -- this is measurable on a acoustic piano). Does anybody know?