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I just had the opportunity to do this concerto in a Yamaha CF. Great piano, i only checked the piano 1 hour before the concert and it seemed like it was mine since i was a child. Check it out!!

Warsaw Concerto

http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=_bOD0Qt1FXM

It sure feels nice to get a piano that just instinctively fit, doesn't it?

It's such a luscious piece, too!

May I ask which orchestra you played with in that video?

This is a windband version. it`s Sociedade Musical Gouveense from Portugal. We just recorded it on CD. The CD version is much better than this performance and i recorded in a Steinway piano also very good and with a beautiful sound!!!

Thanks for your reply, i hope you liked it. This CF was really easy to play, i just felt that i could get a little more power but it`s a piano tha is not played that often.

Thank you for the info regarding the wind band.

I haven't been exposed to that many CF. The only CF that left an impression had its hammers replaced with Renner. While I liked it, I'm not sure if that's representative of CF pianos because of the hammer change.

Thank you, too, for sharing the video! I do like it.

Thanks a lot. i`ve played in yamaha pianos for a long time, but CF and C7 is a totally diferent world. The one i really don`t like is C6.
I read that you have a kawai too. Is it tail? mine is upright (no room for tail, have to practice in school). I played in a tail kawai in Italy and it seemed to have a hard keyboard...

Yes, I have a Kawai, "tail." Indeed, earlier Kawai pianos have "harder" keyboard. The new ones, with Millennium III, not as "hard."

I'm just an amateur, but if you'd like to hear what my Kawai sounds like, I have recordings here:
http://www.pianorecital.org/Baw/recordings.shtml

Hey Ax,

Beautiful music. Enjoyed your playing immensely.
Each of the pianos sounded wonderful in it's own unique way.
Of course, in my non-biased opinion, I liked the tone of the RXA the best.

Thanks for sharing.

Cordially,

Bear

Thanks for the compliment, Bear 1.

Ha ha! I'll believe you if you can find the RX-A from the challenges below before looking at the answers.

Challenges:

Indentify the Pianos - Round I
Indentify the Pianos - Round II

Answers:

Answers to Round I
Answers to Round II

Ax,

I got them 100% right.
I picked out the RXA immediately!
The RXA was the one Ah, Er, Oh, Mmm, The Er, Ah .....
That one, sitting right over there behind my computer screen

Now where did I put my durn ear trumpet hearing aid?

I Love your music,

Best,

Bear

Well, i think the quality of the microfone that capture the piano tone can really make a diference in a recording seccion as well as the acustic (real or added). I did a studio recording in a Steinway about 6 months ago and it dosen`t sound as well as the live instrument. Sound editing can also do a lot for the sound of the piano. I can only compare pianos when i play on them. Even so, in a good recording we can alway identify Steinway sound or Yamaha.

Thak you very much for your replies!!!

Axtremus

Good recordings, Dosen`t sound like an Amateur... Fantasy sonata of Baw seems to be a very hard sonata (difficult toccata). I liked the recording!!! Congratulations!

I finaly have this recordings in a Yamaha C6 in my myspace

www.myspace.com/andrevazpereira

It´s the worst piano for me in terms of control of the keybord... Those anyone ever played in a C6? I like C5 and C3 or even G`s than this piace of junk. The sound is not bad, but the rest... YUKKK!!!

I mean "Does" and not "those". Sorry.

I mean "Does" and not "those". And i like C3, 5 ans G`s MORE than C6!.Sorry.

i also have a rippen recording 1/4 tail of schubert standchen in myspace...

www.myspace.com/andrevazpereira