Ravel's prepared piano with Lutheal mechanism

[mhschmieder]

Thanks to an email notice about a new sample library released this month, I just discovered Ravel's secret:

http://www.mim.be/pleyel-grand-piano-wi ... from_i_m=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luthéal

http://www.bestservice.de/detail1.asp/r ... l_piano/en

I was hoping to print the description, but the vrndor's site scrolls inside an interfam frame so can't print.

For some reason, the realsamples website doesn't list it. I guess they no longer sell direct so don't bother.

I just shut my audio interface off before the email came in, so haven't had a chance to listen to the snippets.

[mhschmieder]

The Wiki page on Prepared Piano seems to indicate John Cage was not aware of Ravel's earlier experimentation, but that both were influenced by Satie:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepared_piano

This latter point is reinforced by the following musicological article on Satie's influence:

http://tzenkadianova.com/concerts-event ... inimalists

[realsamples]

For some reason, the realsamples website doesn't list it.

Took a bit, but it's on our site now as well:

http://realsamples.com/index.html?d_650 ... ano297.htm

This particular library was priced for orchestras/institutes/producers, but we've lots of requests from musicians who couldn't afford it at the original asking price ($ 899.95 for the whole set). To accomodate that niche "mass market", we did a drastic cut. The library is available for $ 269.95 as of now.

[mhschmieder]

Yep, good to see your site updated -- some of us were wondering if you were just using reseller sites like Best Service from now on, for hosting the full product descriptions and audio clips.