{"title":"Steingraeber \u0026 Söhne Mozart Rail","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/9758\/8550\/files\/Mozar_rail_steingraeber.jpg?v=1545128150\" alt=\"steingraeber_mozart_rail\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMozart Rail®: The Performance of a Fortepiano, today.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteingraeber’s new features can often draw upon earlier variations of design features, such as the \u003cstrong\u003eMozart Rail\u003c\/strong\u003e® (DGB 20 2014 003 845.7), \u003cstrong\u003eemployed either as hand pedal or knee lever.\u003c\/strong\u003e In this instance, \u003cstrong\u003ekey depth in the grand pianos is reduced to 8mm,\u003c\/strong\u003e and distance from hammer to string is shortened to 36mm, \u003cstrong\u003emaking softer \u003cem\u003epppp \u003c\/em\u003earticulation possible, together with quicker repetition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/9758\/8550\/files\/Mozart_rail_d201b753-3b46-4e0e-81b1-32c13888739c.jpg?v=1545128542\" alt=\"steingraeber mozart rail\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe resulting instrument is faster and more ‘Mozart-like’,\u003c\/strong\u003e with a tone that is both small and silvery, but also more sustained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mozart Rail is available in two different versions:\u003c\/strong\u003e a knee lever to use it while playing or a hand rail to adjust it between 8 and 10 mm before starting to play. George \u003cstrong\u003eSteingraeber developed this pianissimo pedal in 1894\u003c\/strong\u003e and it was also used by Engelbert Humperdinck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/9758\/8550\/files\/Mozart_rail-1.jpg?v=1545128744\" alt=\"mozart rail\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe key-dip became deeper and deeper through three hundred years of piano history; starting under 5 mm it went down to more than 10 mm today – a real challenge for pianists! \u003cstrong\u003eDue to the Mozart Rail, pianist are able to perform authentically, as in historic fortepianos.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/9758\/8550\/files\/pianist.jpg?v=1545128955\" alt=\"pianist\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"result-shield-container\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"translation\"\u003eMany artists are enthusiastic about the Mozart Rail and record CDs with it. For example, the German pianist Martin Stadtfeld released his CD  “Chopin +” in November 2016 which was released by Sony Classical. For many pieces he makes use of the Mozart Rail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"result-shield-container\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"translation\"\u003eThe French pianist and professor Anne Le Bozek said in 2015: “\u003cem\u003eEveryone from my class, piano students and singers, without any exception was extremely enthusiastic about the D-232. (…) The Sordino was well appreciated and even better the Mozart Rail to reduce the key dip. There were lots of trials with Mozart and Haydn. I’d know how to use that piano for an extensive benefit of my class.\u003c\/em\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"result-shield-container\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"translation\"\u003eThe French pianist Cyril Guillotin recorded a double CD “Clair Obscur” in the Steingraeber Haus, “\u003cem\u003ewhich should inspire anyone who deals with piano sound\u003c\/em\u003e” (Cit .: Carsten Dürer, Magazine PianoNews). Guillotin compares the technical possibilities of historical fortepianos with those of our concert grand piano E-272 with Sordino and Mozart Rail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"result-shield-container\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"translation\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"593\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-EH06hM8H5U\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"result-shield-container\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"translation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHugh Sung – pianist, author, techie and entrepreneur – tested the Mozart Rail and other innovations at the NAMM Show 2017 in the U.S.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"result-shield-container\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"593\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UP5T4v3LFWE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"result-shield-container\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePianist Ratko Delorko during the Musikmesse trade fair 2014: „\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"translation\"\u003eIt’s a huge benefit for the pianist because you can now do things that will not work on a normal grand piano – just because the distances are different\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/9758\/8550\/collections\/banner_steingraeber_f7c2f079-1c64-428b-94a0-5f6b41e2ab7f.jpg?v=1545128363","url":"https:\/\/www.silkpianos.com\/collections\/steingraeber-sohne-mozart-rail.oembed","provider":"Silk Pianos","version":"1.0","type":"link"}