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Make Beethoven's Piano Great Again: Campaign to restore Beethoven's Piano by 2020
World Piano News ^

Posted on 01/12/2019 5:43:12 AM PST by tellw

Beethovenhaus Baden has launched a campaign to restore a grand piano once played by Ludwig van Beethoven. The instrument in question was made by Conrad Graf between 1811 and 1818 and is an early example of his celebrated grand pianos.

Unfortunately, the piano has suffered considerable damage over the years and is now unplayable. Beethovenhaus Baden has embarked on an ambitious project to restore the instrument to its original glory in time for 2020—the 250th Anniversary of the composer’s birth. The piano will then once more be available for concerts.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: beethoven; classical; music; piano
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To: tellw

Don’t bother. The piano was never loud enough. No matter how hard he pounded on it, Ludwig could barely hear the thing! :-)


21 posted on 01/12/2019 8:31:36 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: tellw


22 posted on 01/12/2019 8:44:16 AM PST by zeebee
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To: left that other site

I always think that Beethoven’s Hammerklavier sonata starts off super loud so that if he heard someone play it he could tell the pianist had actually begun.
https://youtu.be/z3nY_jVaWL8


23 posted on 01/12/2019 8:47:16 AM PST by tellw (ed)
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To: tellw

I don’t doubt it! LOL!

(((I can chuckle about Beethoven’s disability, as I suffer from it as well. It’s not so noticeable when one is a bass-player though. Thank goodness for digital tuners! LOL!))))


24 posted on 01/12/2019 8:59:41 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: tellw

Moonlight Sonata doesn’t start nearly as LOUD. HA HA HA :-)


25 posted on 01/12/2019 9:00:44 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: zeebee

FIVE pedals!


26 posted on 01/12/2019 9:01:11 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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Specifications of Conrad Graf Piano at Beethovenhaus Baden

Place of manufacture: Vienna/Austria

Compass: FF-f4 (6 octaves)

Serial Number: 184

Original Nameboard : missing


Marks: "OPERA / 184 / A / WIENN / CONR:GRAF" in pencil on soundboard "No. 184" in pencil on backcheck rail

Casework: Walnut veneer; square tail, rounded corners; 4 leaf-lid with attached prop stick; 3 columnar legs each with three rings; stretcher connects front legs (lyre missing); long rectangular music desk

Strings: Triple-strung throughout; FF-F# brass, G-f4 iron

Pedals: 5 — una corda, bassoon, double moderator, moderator, dampers

Dimensions: 2360(L) x 1168(W) x 311(D) x 858(H) mm

27 posted on 01/12/2019 9:11:10 AM PST by zeebee
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To: zeebee

Thank you for that! My BFF from the sixth grade is an avid Beethoven fan. I am going to send her a link to this thread.

She might even join FR! :-)


28 posted on 01/12/2019 9:31:50 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: libh8er

Nope. Nothing compares to the Ninth. It is in a league all its own.


29 posted on 01/12/2019 9:55:24 AM PST by IronJack
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To: IronJack

I like Bach...man Turner Overdrive myself.


30 posted on 01/12/2019 10:55:28 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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