[78-L] Neo- Bechstein piano

[David Lennick]

Big deal..on Andy Kirk's Deccas, Mary Lou Williams is playing quarter tone 
piano. Would have been nice if they'd tuned the thing.

dl

joe at salerno.com wrote:
> I've heard the quarter tone piano - 2 of them actually - from the 
> Seraphim LP release.
> 
> I heard, and played on, Gunnar Johansen's dual keyboard, as you 
> described, but now I cannot remember if it was a Bechstein or something 
> else. Pretty sure it was a Bechstein.
> 
> joe salerno
> 
> 
> Malcolm Smith wrote:
>> They were one of the best pianos made and there were experimental  
>> pianos made in those days. It could be what, if memory serves, was  
>> known as a Bechstein Haas piano which had two keypoards like a  
>> harpsichord. I have a record made on one of them of a Bach work. On a  
>> different label from that time I have a recording of a quarter tone  
>> piano.
>>
>> Malcolm Smith.
>>
>> On May 29, 2009, at 12:00 PM, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:
>>
>>> Neo- Bechstein piano