Jean Muller

Some memories of last Sunday’s concert! 🎹🙏

Can two pianists play the same note on the same piano — and still sound different?
We often think the piano only responds to dynamics. But is that really true?

🧠 A new post on my piano blog Art of Piano explores this very question.
“Can We Control the Sound of a Piano Beyond the Dynamics?”

🎹 Can We Control the Sound of a Piano Beyond the Dynamics? Today, we begin exploring the mechanical heart of the piano: the so-called action.When Bartolomeo Cristofori first experimented with replacing the plucking mechanism of the harpsichord with hammers, he encountered a major engineering problem.If the key were directly connected to the hammer, the hamm...