The Earliest English Piano?
May 14, 2013 6:20:43 GMT -5
Post by neilmcgowan on May 14, 2013 6:20:43 GMT -5
An instrument claimed (by the BBC) to be the earliest English piano - or at least, the oldest one still playable - has gone on display at Apsley House in London.
The BBC visited, and David Owen-Norris played a short demonstration.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22507415
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Unfortunately the journalist didn't hold the mike close enough to the instrument during the interview with Owen-Norris, so the instrument sounds muffled and distant. However, when DO-N actually plays a full piece they reposition the mike, so it is worth hanging on for that.
[David Owen-Norris taught me at Univ, so it makes me feel pleasantly young to see him still in action - a generation older than myself
The BBC visited, and David Owen-Norris played a short demonstration.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22507415
[NB the sound on this page opens immediately and automatically
]Unfortunately the journalist didn't hold the mike close enough to the instrument during the interview with Owen-Norris, so the instrument sounds muffled and distant. However, when DO-N actually plays a full piece they reposition the mike, so it is worth hanging on for that.
[David Owen-Norris taught me at Univ, so it makes me feel pleasantly young to see him still in action - a generation older than myself
