Klarinet Archive - Posting 000193.txt from 1996/07

From: Roger Shilcock
Subj: Rafe T. on Brahms
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 03:55:52 -0400

I believe there is evidence that Brahms's preference was for the Viennese
pianos of his time, which had a lighter, clearer sound than modern
sTEINBECHDORFERS. (Down D Leeson, please! Very sorry about your health
mishap ...). I don't enough about pianos to know whether they still had
the lighter and more direct Vienna action at that period.
This might well explain the "dense" sound of the piano parts in the
clarinet sonatas - and the violin sonatas, likewise.
Roger Shilcock

   
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