Bowed piano video

[fiasco]

This is the first time I've seen these guys, it's really something

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18666248

Click link on left side to watch video

[retrouvailles]

Yeah, bowed piano is an interesting thing. Stephen Scott is a wonderful composer for that medium. I have also seen pieces performed by Vicky Ray that call for bowing techniques. Interesting sound. I am surprised that George Crumb did not come up with it first.

[astroboy]

I played this piece last year called 'Quadrivial' by european composer Michel Van Der Aa. It was for flute, violin, cello and piano, and i got to bow the strings of the piano (with bow hair), not quite as much as in that video.. i only had about maybe 10 strings to bow, at first i couldnt work out how to make the sound, but then i thought, err put some rosin on it.. so now some of the strings have rosin all over them lol. it makes a really interesting and haunting sound