
I'm starting to try and relearn the piano after quite a long time of not really playing it. It's nice to be able to play music without it being considered part of your work, with no professional consequences for posting it online!
Luckily, in our house we have a nice selection of instruments to choose from: harpsichord, fortepiano, clavichord and a "normal" piano! For this first attempt, I'm playing on the fortepiano, which is an instrument that was between the modern piano and the harpsichord in keyboard evolution. This particular one is a Graf (I think, I'm only a violinist...) copy which is similar to the instruments that Mozart would have had access to when he was performing and composing.
The fortepiano is my wife's instrument, but I'm allowed to use it... however, the kids are definitely NOT allowed! It is a 5 octave instrument which knee pedals and a much lighter touch and action than the modern piano. It is tuned at A=430 (the standard "Classical" pitch for Early Music performances)... I'm not sure what temperament it is in, my wife handles that... and it hasn't been tuned for a couple of months, but it is still holding up okay... not perfectly but okay!
The sonata is the Andante Cantabile (second movement) from the Sonata in C (K330) by Mozart. I have always loved this sonata, it was one of the last things that I had learnt when I still used to play piano... and so it is a nice re-introduction to the button pressing machine for me!






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