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A restored 1860 Steinway square piano: Chopin and more

Pianist Artis Wodehouse performs a segment of Chopin's Op. 15, No. 2 Nocturne in F-sharp major on restorer Ralph Nielsen's 1860 Steinway. Nielsen, who restores historic pianos from the 18th C. to 1930 then goes on to describe the historical background driving vast technological innovations that lead to the modern piano. These innovations--developed mainly during the first half of the 19th C-- were avidly adopted by the fledgeling Steinway company. Nielsen describes the specific design characteristics of this 1860 Steinway square, and contrasts them to the all-wood 1830 Alpheus Babcock square that he had just acquired. (see his description of this historic Babcock square piano in another video on YouTube, entitled "An early American square piano by Alpheus Babcock ca. 1830"). Nielsen explains why square pianos have a different tonal characteristic than that of a grand piano. He shows how the short-lived treble sound--an initial attack followed by a very rapid decay, a sort of "plink"-- was a built-in and inescapable artifact of the square design. Wodehouse filmed this interview at Nielsen's shop outside of Salt Lake City, Utah on September 3rd, 2014. More information about his work can be found at his website, www.historicpianos.com