lipatti pianos

[ncodrin]

hello,I'm interested in Lipatti pianos.Can anyone tell me something about it?Any technical details,photos?What kind of action is used for this piano?thanks,regards

[pianistimo]

is this piano any relation to dinu lipatti?  did he start a creation of his own?

[iumonito]

I have heard that his last recording is on a Bechstein.  Maybe some one can confirm or deny.

Very interesting topic.

[pianistimo]

i heard he took pies spinet keys and put them in random order.  leaving some of the black notes entirely out.  it was a freakish looking piano , until the spaces were filled in with wood glue.  someone tried to play it but they broke their fingers.  (just kidding)

wonders now what a lipatti piano is like.  fazioli is all i have been thinking about up to this point.

[deboerbarry]

Hi

I have copy of a photo of Dinu Lipatti playing the piano at his home - a Bechstein grand. This piano is now at the Rumanian Haskil-Lipatti museum (which is also a centre for annual piano master classes.) I understand the piano is maintained in top performance condition.

I have heard rumours that his last recital (Besncon Festival) was on a Bechstein but have seen no evidence. From the recording it's not possible to tell.

[grandpianoguy]

The printed program for Dinu Lipatti's last recital, on September 16 1950 at the Besançon Festival (his last commercially released recording, though he did play some Bach and Chopin during a radio interview shortly thereafter)  says he is using a Gaveau, a French make of piano.  I have a photograph of Lipatti's music room in Geneva; while you can't see the name on the piano fallboard, the piano's music desk is clearly that of a Hamburg Steinway, not a Bechstein.