I own a 1988 IBACH FII 183 cm grand piano. I don't find it to sound romantic at all. All the IBACH pianos I have listened to on TH-cam are quite harsh in sound. Yours is exceptional with a wonderful sound that makes you dream. I believe older pianos are better in every way than newer ones. I envy you for owning this piano which has a soul that you know so well how to bring out. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you. Yes, this one has a nice tone. I rebuilt it and put new hammers on, and voiced them to what I wanted. Unfortunately the touch is a little on the heavy side, which I don’t like, despite having very light hammers. The action geometry is a little unusual. But all in all it’s a good instrument with a very high build quality. I fall in love with old pianos too 😊
@@jfisher6829 Respect! For putting so much work into a Grand! and voicing it! I heard that Voicing is pretty hard to do and needs a lot of understanding and time. Have you worked once as an Piano technician?
Truly a king among instruments and you matched its energy!
Wow I wish I could play like that. Beautiful piano, our old church had one just like that.
It's just a case of pressing the right buttons... or nearly
I own a 1988 IBACH FII 183 cm grand piano. I don't find it to sound romantic at all. All the IBACH pianos I have listened to on TH-cam are quite harsh in sound. Yours is exceptional with a wonderful sound that makes you dream. I believe older pianos are better in every way than newer ones. I envy you for owning this piano which has a soul that you know so well how to bring out. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you. Yes, this one has a nice tone. I rebuilt it and put new hammers on, and voiced them to what I wanted. Unfortunately the touch is a little on the heavy side, which I don’t like, despite having very light hammers. The action geometry is a little unusual. But all in all it’s a good instrument with a very high build quality. I fall in love with old pianos too 😊
@@jfisher6829 Respect! For putting so much work into a Grand! and voicing it!
I heard that Voicing is pretty hard to do and needs a lot of understanding and time.
Have you worked once as an Piano technician?
Beautiful. Your gramophone brought me to your channel but the piano is stunning. Thanks for sharing. Paul
I hope you're on top of humidity control. If that radiator is used it will kill it.
working radiators? Oh I wish
Great video! Just one question: are you sure this is a 6' 6" grand piano? To me it looks more like a 6 ft piano.