Domaine Musical de Pétignac - Lot 8

Domaine Musical de Pétignac Ignace Pleyel" piano Mahogany cabinetry N° 17554 Domaine Musical de Pétignac was founded in 1986 Pétignac in the Charente region of France. Thirty-eight years of tuning and supplying the finest pianos for concerts and and festivals, restoring pianos and giving restoration restoration, training men and women to practise men and women to practice a wonderful craft and to love it for a lifetime, passing on knowledge, know-how and interpersonal skills. Gérard Fauvin, piano maker, after four years of studying musicology in Strasbourg, he left for a one-month a month's internship in Bamberg, Germany, and eventually stay there for over 4 years, during which time he passionately during which he passionately learned all aspects of his of his profession, culminating in restoration work for for German and Austrian museums. For this evening, we are offering an upright piano made by PLEYEL. Pleyel is one of the world's oldest piano in the world. Pleyel pianos are also distinguished by their romantic romantic sound known as "à la française", giving the notes and the music played a coloration coloration characterized by round basses and fine high notes with a powerful, rich timbre rich timbre, the hallmarks of the brand's instruments. It has a so-called "mechanism, with the dampers above the hammers. hammers. The basswood keyboard, with ivory / ebony cover and pearwood pediments, ranges from C to A6, i.e. 6 2/3 octaves. Wooden frame with heavy bracing 3-layer windchest, equipped with two pedals two pedals: Dolce and Forte. And a cylinder with two shelves to rest candelabras or glass of wine... Ignace Pleyel" piano This "Ignace Pleyel" piano, made in Paris around 1850 bears N° 17554. It features mahogany cabinetry of mahogany, magnified by time, and loaded with "inscriptions and scars, bearing witness to the rich the rich past of a very "high-end" musical instrument musical instrument, the successor to the famous 5 and 6 octaves played by Frédéric Chopin. Piano incredibly original condition, a rare piece, of course playable. Tuned to Baroque pitch, a full semitone lower (± 400 Hz).