Historic Pleyel Double Grand of the Quad Cities
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2024
- See the beautifully restored historic Pleyel Double Grand of the Quad Cities (on the Iowa/Illinois border) as introduced by Dr. Marian Lee. This is a unicorn in the piano world. Only 74 were produced during the turn of the 20th century and FMTA of the Quad Cities owns one of the only fully functioning, playable ones in the Western Hemisphere if you don't count France.
BTW, the copyright claim is invalid and being disputed. It is obviously my duo partner and I playing and the music is from 1918 so well below the 1927 public domain threshold in the US. #doublegrandpiano, #pleyelpiano, #pianoduos
0:00 Pleyel History
4:07 Intro and tour of Double Grand
8:24 Provenance of Double Grand
10:51 Formation of Pleyel Restoration project
12:46 Premiere Piano Restorers
16:04 Pleyel Double Grand Renaissance
17:52 Performance on historic Pleyel Double Grand
20:00 Conclusion and contact
That piano is a hidden gem. This lady is great also. I started watching and next thing you know it was complete. I am trying to up my piano game so this channel has been helpful and entertaining.
Much respect for restoring and sharing a piece of history with us. I'd have never have known anything about this was it not for this video. Hope to see more videos from this teacher.
Double pianos are, in short, a way to celebrate music and friendship. I love them 🥰
Fascinating stuff! This story needs to be told to more people. Without history we won't know who we are.
So beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Very interesting! Thank you very much.
Hello dear friend, this song is very beautiful,
a video that touches the heart. Congratulations . Lolo🌹❤
I’ve heard of these before and enjoyed getting some additional information. Thanks.
Good morning 😃 Thank you for the beautiful music 🎶 Have a wonderful day 😊
There are lots of songs that would sound amazing on this instrument like Balloon Pop Polka by Ruth Ellinger, Rejoice We sing by Ruth Henderson (the 2 Piano Parts), you name it.
Fascinating instrument! I have seen another one some years ago in the Brussel’s conservatory… Congratulations for the marvellous and generous project. 🎉
Amazing!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Great video !
There was one on display at the Shanghai piano expo in October 2019. It was playable, but I do not remember to what extent it was (if at all) restored.
I bet you're going to have some virtual instrument developer come out to sample that double string resonance.
Can't wait to hear Reich's Piano Phase on that. Lovely video.
Wow 👌 I never knew 😊
Imma need that Rondo in C for Two Pianos by Chopin next...
Yeah the amount of tension on this Piano is Twice as much as a Normal Piano at 90000 Lbs.
This is a surprise!!!! I'm from Davenport and this is the last thing that I might expect to find on TH-cam. Thanks for rescuing the pianio. I also grew up about two blocks from St. Ambrose. My father had a business in the front of our house, Fey Builders Supply. Sadly, both our house and my father's business have been replaced by commercial businesses.
Very cool! You should come visit during the QC Piano Ensemble Festival!
Thanks, I don't get back there very often.
Hi Doctor Lee, How are you ?
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Grotrian has also a double grand. The idea WOULD be interesting, but a piano needs a harp-like format in order to have a very controlled and clear sound. squared pianos sound like uprights.
Agreed. I've played a few square grands, and none of them were particularly "sonorous"; the keybeds themselves also seemed a bit on the shallow side. However, I'm fairly certain that someone with the funds to invest in rebuilding one of these instruments could address these issues, to some extent. I'd be interested to hear the results.
Amazing 😍 piano 🎹 utube smile by john bavas
Awsome!
Yourhe felkom
There’s one in Chile, it is playable, recently restored and it is known that it is the one that was on the brusells expo, almost 110 years ago
Amazing! I will be in Santiago this July so I will try to visit it!
It is in a museum call Museo de Sonido, Huerfanos street
The model it is like the one from the video, but it has not that configuration to block both dampers in order to get more resonance.
It is also known that this is one of the 10 first models made by Pleyel, it was finished in 1897…. The same year that the model was published and announced
@@josevicentecopajavelasquez6121 Yes, it's older than ours.
I wonder why the right side of the piano gets the artist bench while the left side sticks with the traditional wooden bench
Hi