Hello Chazmo.
Thanks for your comments. I have played Bösendorfers, both on stage and in recordings. For one recording session I deliberately transposed the piece so that I could end it on the lowest C on the piano. That one really shakes the gut!
Re the Steinways and their piano designs, see "The Steinway Saga" by D.W. Fostle. On pages 108-114 the author address the role of hearing loss by the 19th Century Steinway men and how it may have influenced their quest for a more powerful singing tone from the instrument.
Fostle also addresses the Steinway v Bösendorfer question, one that has been going on since the 19th Century.
Thanks for your comments. I have played Bösendorfers, both on stage and in recordings. For one recording session I deliberately transposed the piece so that I could end it on the lowest C on the piano. That one really shakes the gut!
Re the Steinways and their piano designs, see "The Steinway Saga" by D.W. Fostle. On pages 108-114 the author address the role of hearing loss by the 19th Century Steinway men and how it may have influenced their quest for a more powerful singing tone from the instrument.
Fostle also addresses the Steinway v Bösendorfer question, one that has been going on since the 19th Century.