Alexander Malofeev tries out the new "Maene-Viñoly" piano with curved keyboard in Verbier

EN How did Pianos Maene, a family business from Flanders (Belgium), team up with Rafael Viñoly, the New York architect of Manhattan's tallest towers, to develop a new concept in concert pianos... with a curved keyboard and fan-shaped strings? This is the story I tell you (IN FRENCH) in L'Echo, the Brussels business daily: bit.ly/3zteMaH
FR Comment Pianos Maene, une entreprise familiale de Flandre, s'est associée à Rafael Viñoly, l'architecte new-yorkais des plus hautes tours de Manhattan pour développer un nouveau concept de #piano de concert... à clavier courbé et cordes en éventail ? C'est l'histoire que je vous raconte dans L'Echo, le quotidien économique de Bruxelles: bit.ly/3zteMaH
NL Hoe heeft Piano's Maene, een familiebedrijf uit West-Vlaanderen, samen met Rafael Viñoly Architects, de New Yorkse architect van de hoogste torens van Manhattan, een nieuw concept voor concertpiano's met gekromd klavier en waaiervormige snaren kunnen ontwikkelen? Dit is het verhaal dat ik vertel in De Tijd vandaag! bit.ly/3b7xGdJ

[@deltasquared7777]

I gave this a "like". not because of the piano, but for Alexander who is exceptional in every respect.

[@whitefiddle]

Odd that you title the video "...piano with curved keyboard..." and then NOT show either the keyboard or the hands and arm movements!

[@XUMbxl]

You're right. See this one for a better view : czcams.com/video/utWEMSzMt2E/video.html

[@robertlaw6283]

Probably trademarked…

[@user-tl9on8sn1q]

かっこいい。絵になる存在。構図も良い。

[@wuwupiano]

Is the keyboard curved for ergonomic reasons?

[@XUMbxl]

Yes, it's the result of a discussion, seven years ago, between Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich on the ergonomic virtues of a curved keyboard. Attending architect Rafael Viñoly then said he would "do this thing". He designed the piano and, then, Belgian piano maker Chris Maene, who had already designed Barenboim's straight strung grand, made this particular instrument... That's the story

[@wuwupiano]

@@XUMbxl without having seen the keyboard, I'm surprised that a pianist could adapt so quickly. But then again, it IS Alexander Malofeev!

[@XUMbxl]

@@wuwupiano After trying the piano, he confessed that he was disoriented by the keyboard and that it would take him a few hours to get used to it... but, obviously, it's not bad!

[@emilyhutjes]

@@wuwupiano Yes the one and only Alexander Malofeev. He gives a recital Oct. 1 st. in Amsterdam 2022.... and we are going!

[@icnmd]

@@XUMbxl I played this piano and wasn't disoriented at all. Adapting was immediate, surprisingly. Extraordinary piano in every way.

[@isabellas5059]

What's the piece?

[@NotAnEconomist]

czcams.com/video/r_qOq88tOW8/video.html
Here’s Alexander playing it in full

[@sundancer7381]

Price?

[@XUMbxl]

Around 350.000 euros

[@michaeljaneschitz-kriegl9598]

The hitch pins of the last three choirs before the bass are too close to the bar. The strings before the bridge and between the bridge and the hitch pins should run in the same directoin and they don't.

[@naydaespinozamunoz4069]

La calidad del piano es lo de meno

[@leonhue722]

Click Bait