grand piano
Gerard Tuinman
built in Utrecht in 2018
A fortepiano built by Gerard Tuinman in Utrecht in 2019. Range: 5 octaves from FF to f3, double-stop stringing. Keyboard inlaid with ebony; two knee levers (dampers). There is a second register, a moderator, which is operated by hand. The case is veneered in walnut, finished with oil and wax. Two interchangeable keyboards/actions: an early Stein type with bare, hollow, wooden hammer heads and a post-1783 type with leather-covered heads. The fortepiano is part of the “Willem G. Vogelaar Collection.”
History of this instrument
In 2018, the Musical Instrument Fund commissioned Gerard Tuinman in Utrecht to build this instrument. This is the second instrument that Gerard Tuinman has built on commission from the Musical Instrument Fund. With this instrument, the Musical Instrument Fund fulfilled the specific request of pianist Artem Belogurov, who received this unique instrument on loan immediately after its completion in late March 2019.
About the builder Gerard Tuinman
No matter how comprehensive and representative publications of instrument drawings may be, they often still lack highly relevant details, such as the thickness of the soundboard. For this reason, Gerard Tuinman has spent the past few...