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New Piano Piece by Chopin Discovered – Free Piano Score
A previously unknown manuscript by Frédéric Chopin has been discovered at New York’s Morgan Library and Museum. The handwritten score is titled “Valse” and consists of 24 bars of music in the key of A minor and is considered a major discovery in the wold of classical piano music. Read more >>

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Siberian Husky

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HARD PIANO ACTIONS

on: June 26, 2005, 02:25:25 AM

hurt me and cause me to reinjure my tendonitis in my right wrist...am i the only one?..i had to stop my lesson today cause my teacher's grand has a tough action..i hope not all grands have this kind of action

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thalberg

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Re: HARD PIANO ACTIONS

Reply #1 on: June 26, 2005, 02:44:14 AM

Maybe your teacher's grand has verdigris.

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Barbosa-piano

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Re: HARD PIANO ACTIONS

Reply #2 on: June 26, 2005, 08:26:55 AM

Not all grands. It is said that Pleyel pianos of today have light actions. (My vintage one had). Steinway and Sons can have a tough one, depending on the piano. To me, the Yamaha Concert Grand that I played on UIL Competition had a surprisingly tough action, I am not sure if it was my extreme nervousness though. I am the kind of practicer that destructively bangs on the keys

. But at the performance, I had to play Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5. I went up the stage, warmed up, and started. That was a piano that I had never played on before. The combined nervousness, which made my hands feel weak, and the heavy action, made the performance sound tolerable, not so good. I would have given an 87 as a grade to myself...Several of the notes didn't even come out.
Anyway, my Clavinova's action is enough to make an injure. After practicing for 4 hours the Chopin Etudes every day, I had to stop for 3 days, because I had this crushing pain on the wrist.

Best wishes,
Mario Barbosa