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In at number 37! Looking forward to everyone's performances

Whew! I am finally in at 38. I have been out of town for several weeks and had to wait for my piano to be tuned before I could submit. Now I can kick back and wait for the 15th!

I'm in, #40.

It's good to see everyone.

I'm in at #42 with my first recital. Ever. I’m certain that it's no coincidence that the number 42 appears in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as the "Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything."

Now I'm just hoping that I won't be drummed off the "piano" forum for my choice of instruments. :-)

Tom

Tom - did you build your harpsichord?

Cathy

> ...did you build your harpsichord?

Yes, save for the artwork on the lid. That was done by a local artist (Gale Whitman) here in Fort Collins. The usual figure quoted for this project is 400 hours, and that's probably accurate. And that's not to say that it can be completed in ten 40-hour weeks. It's more like a one-year project, especially if you also have a full-time job. Among other things, you have to wait for glue and seemingly countless layers of hand-rubbed enamel to dry.

Next project up is a clavichord (1782 Hubert) but I'm still waiting on parts.

Tom

Looking forward to hearing your harpsichord in action Tom

Whew! Squeaked in with a day to spare at #44. (+1 for Joplin!)

I give up. I've spent all afternoon continuously pressing that red button and then trying to save my MIDI file into a MP3 one, which I can not for the life of me work out how to do. It sounds awful anyway so I think I'll just concentrate on the next recital.

Of course not, especially since you're playing Bach on it! If it was Chopin, maybe someone would have complained

Cool! You may be the first one here playing the recital on his own-built instrument

I agree, really cool! And it looks marvelous.

Well, it looks a bit like a piano. . .has it got Vox Continental keys?

Submitted! Damn good thing I submitted and THEN checked out the last recital, because you guys are using an extremely loose definition of the word beginner and I probably wouldn't have submitted if I realised what sort of standard is expected!

Anyway, I had fun. I (inevitably) didn't do my overly ambitious piece that I said would do a month ago when i heard about the recital. I probably could have made a decent go at it (ok maybe not - I can dream right?) if I worked on it everyday, but alas as an actual beginner I have 20 bazillion things to work on and I don't think it would be smart to dedicate so much time to a piece out of my ability when I should be just working on hard but doable ones to increase my ability.

On the bright side I'm number 45 I think, so most people will probably have fallen asleep by the time they get to mine.

@AndrewJCW. There's definitely early beginners among the submissions (such as myself). Others are quite a bit more advanced but still, it is fun to participate.

No worries, there is absolutely no standard! And nobody will criticise your performance, not even if it was terrible. Maybe someone will provide very kind suggestions on how to improve on it, but nothing more than that. Judging from your videos, you will only get praise.

Me too. Only 7-8 months. So don't worry there's plenty of us actual beginners.

Hi Mandy, that sounds incredibly frustrating - especially if you had actually managed to make a recording you were reasonably happy with! Did you try the approach described here:
http://www.pianoclues.com/2008/03/11/how-to-convert-midi-files-to-mp3-and-make-them-sound-good/
I record line out rather than midi, but the instructions I followed were from this site.

There are all levels, which makes for a super recital listening experience in my view. Everyone at every level is welome!

Done! I'm number 46. It's not very good I'm afraid (in fact bordering on awful might be more appropriate lol) but the main thing is I'm glad I finally figured out how to get it on here. I've really enjoyed learning a new song and participating as I never imagined I would ever do anything like this.