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TIL about this 19-foot grand piano with the longest bass strings in the world – and it sounds huge (www.classicfm.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/obscureinstruments

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Interesting. Why do you feel that way? To me it seems to produce the fundamental frequencies much better in the low end. It's very clear sounding. Though the intonation doesn't quite sound perfect. But that's most pianos in the wild.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Because the bass strings vibrate too much and overlaps and even distort the sound of the other strings. I was waiting each time the interpreter will hit the bass keys. And there is a tiny momentum on his way of playing for that particular moment to show the piano particularities.