Manfred Stahnke News
German composer
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- composer, musicologist, university teacher
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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-07-19 02:00:14
Winged Piano Victorious at Newport
[…] Strauss’s “Der schönen blauen Donau,” could be uncanny. That so much could be done with pneumatic coding from a punched paper roll must have inspired the cardreaders in early computers. Duo-Art was proud of its 16 levels of volume, but that was not enough for Godowsky who facetiously claimed to require 18. The Disklavier Pro of today has 1023 and records the motions of the hammers, and pedals with high resolution—not just the keys. Wayne Stahnke developed the first successful system to use electromagnetic solenoids in conjunction with motion sensors under the control of a computer to accurately record and reproduce fully nuanced piano playing. The Disklavier system and the Steinway Spirio are heirs to that research. On one occasion I attended a recording session before which Tonmeister Gunther Schuller told us to feel free to cough and squeak chairs. The Bösendorfer SE player mechanism was to record the motions […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2015-04-01 18:11:18
The Steinway that plays without you
[…] the unrivaled musical experience that Steinway’s customers expect, producing the most accurate reproduction of live performances ever achieved on a Steinway & Sons piano. Delicate pedaling, subtle phrasing, soft trills, and thundering fortissimos present no difficulty for Steinway Spirio. Damper and keyshift pedaling are replicated with unparalleled accuracy, following the pianist’s depressions and releases smoothly and precisely over the entire range of motion. Steinway Spirio is the product of Steinway & Sons’ partnership with Wayne Stahnke, building upon his decades of work as the world’s foremost innovator in the field of modern player pianos. The system’s superior playback results from the combination of numerous patented developments, including closed-loop proportional pedaling, immunity to varying line voltage, sophisticated thermal compensation, and proprietary high-resolution drive techniques. To take full advantage of Steinway Spirio’s unique capabilities, Steinway & Sons is recording an entirely new catalog of music for the system, featuring the roster of […]
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