Authentic Sound

I recently read Beyond The Art of Finger Dexterity: Reassessing Carl Czerny, edited by David Gramit (Cambridge University Press), one of the few recent academic books devoted entirely to Czerny.

A reflection on Johannes Brahms’s late organ chorale prelude Herzlich thut mich verlangen, Clara Schumann, and the musical image of a fading heartbeat.

Arthur Friedheim’s 1916 edition of Chopin’s Études raises difficult questions about Franz Liszt, Chopin tradition, metronome marks, Karl Mikuli, Anton Rubinstein, and Whole Beat Metronome Practice.

If you are reading this post, I assume you are familiar with the name Frédéric Chopin.

If you didn't know that we play all music rather slow compared to the standard of today, this post must have been sent to you by a...

A few days ago, I was scrolling through the comment section of my latest video.

Bach's Toccata in D Minor BWV 565 is a piece that resonates deeply within us.

Why do we feel emotionally connected to certain pieces of music?

What a clavichord can do with a musician is unexplainable.

In 2019, our collection of instruments expanded thanks to a gift from Lorenz Gadient to Wim and the project.

Pianoforte after Johann Fritz (1816) built by Joris Potvlieghe (2019) for Wim Winters.

All the recordings we make are captured by one of the greatest recording devices ever made: A Studer A80r.