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I did this after 4 weeks of practicing and only to demonstrate my set up in terms of microphones, but I liked it, so I decided to just upload it for the fun of it. It's far from perfect, but maybe you can enjoy it. The piano is an 1887 Hamburg Steinway B.



This is the recording set up:

Thank you for sharing such an eerie piece. Try playing the B flat above the escapement at times. It gives it an even more eeriness to the piece. Will you learn the entire suite?

This is heavily Work in Progress, so here is another version with less fear-induced accelerandi and a different microphone set up:



I am afraid that 'Scarbo' is way beyond what I'll ever be able to play. Basically the same goes for 'Ondine', but I admit that I am tempted to waste countless hours on trying Ondine anyway.

And here we are with a newer version that should show some distinct improvement. I simply cannot incorporate escapement touch on that particular note, but this time I've tried to mimic the effect. Played on a brand new Bechstein D 282.