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South German square piano ca.1790
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5 octaves FF-f'''' - Prellmechanik with wooden Kapsels
This Germany square piano is similar to a Baumann from Zweibrücken who was addressed
by Mozart to several people including Archbishop of Salzburg and recommended as
''kleine piano fortes'' and has simple Prellmechanik which differs from another German square
piano of the collection by Melchior Guante which has Stein's escapement action. The same
period square piano of G. Malleck from Vienna has brass kapsels and quasi back check which
makes the touch and controll even a bit easier for the performer but in fact all of these actions
are proper for their own period. Malleck is supposed to sing like a Walter as Beethoven described
(about such pianos) but a Stein typ or a bit earlier models like this one have a pearl like or
harp like tone which is very pleasant and wonderfully articulated rather than louder and
cantabile of the viennese tradition which began with Walter in the last decades of the 18th century.
Square piano Tafelklavier Piano carré
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