04/26/2022
WORKSHOP ON MAINTAINING HISTORICAL PIANOS, HARPSICHORDS, AND CLAVICHORDS
In Association With Catskill Mountain Foundation’s Academy of Fortepiano Performance
June 8 -10, 2022
Location:
Piano Performance Museum Doctorow Center for the Arts
7971 Main Street, Hunter, NY 12442.
Participants will work side-by-side with expert technicians on museum-quality original and reproduction keyboard instruments. This workshop offers an opportunity to gain an understanding of the unique structure and mechanism of historical keyboard instruments as well as the basics of repairs, regulation and tuning.
Tuition $300, including 2 nights (single occupancy, $50 off for double occupancy) 7 meals
HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES:
Examine instrument structure, material, and mechanism
Disassemble and reassemble instrument parts
Regulate instrument action
Tune instruments into different pitches and temperaments
Locate instrument problems, identify causes, and try out repair strategies.
TO APPLY (BY MAY 15): https://forms.gle/yceCVSoxwEM8kHKQ6
INSTRUMENTS:
Antiques
Graf Fortepiano, Vienna 1826
Clementi Square Piano, London 1803
Broadwood Grand Piano, London 1842 – 1846
Pleyel pianino, Paris 1840
Erard Frères Grand Piano, Paris 1873
American square pianos, 19th Century
Replicas
Walter Fortepianos, ca. 1785
Stein Fortepiano, ca. 1783, Philip Belt
Harpsichords, French, Italian by Hubbard, Dowd, etc.
Clavichords
FACULTY:
Richard Hester, fortepiano builder, piano conservation specialist
Masayuki Maki, Historical Keyboard Collection, The Juilliard School
IDEAL FOR:
Piano technicians
Piano technology students
Historical keyboard collectors and curators
Historical keyboard performers
And more …
The Academy of Fortepiano Performance website:
https://www.academyfortepiano.org/
