Welcome to the 13th Nordic Piano Convention!

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(The pictures are from Nordic Piano convention 2008 in Esbjerg)

Dear friends and colleagues,

The Nordic Pianotreff is now back with it's 13th convention. Welcome
to two days of interesting seminars and many meetings with new and
old friends and colleagues!

This year we will meet at Växjö Concert House, a concert hall and
conference center, which means we are going to have the hotel and
all the seminars in the same facilities.
Link to Växjö Concert House

Växjö is situated in the middle of southern Sweden with good travel
connections with Copenhagen, Kastrup, Malmö, Stockholm and Gothenburg.

We are at the moment working with the program, and below is a
preliminary presentation. Please note that this can be subject to changes.

SPTF

Program

Press-stop: Jahn Pianoteile will hold an installation seminar for KORG Hybrid Pianos on Thursday 14th, the day before the Treff starts. More info below.

For this years Pianotreff we have tried to gather seminars that cover several different parts of the broad field of knowledge that today's piano technician has to deal with. As we know, our profession often finds itself in the intersection between technology, craft and musicianship.

Central for us all is of course our own craft. We welcome Firma Louis Renner who presents a work-shop clinic, taken from their education program. A new set of hammers will be installed in a Malmsjö grand piano on site. How do I choose the right hammers? What are the pitfalls? How should they be installed?

Another important issue during renovation is the bass strings. Jonas Svensson from Smålands Klaververkstad will hold a pedagogic and very informative lecture on the making of new bass strings.

We are also very honoured to see Dr Ingbert Blüthner-Haessler from Blüthner pianofortefabrik as a lecturer. He will talk about something often considered as central in our profession - the importance of voicing.

Some of the contributions takes the pianists point of view. Professor Stefan Bojsten uses his broad pedagogic and musical experience to talk about the important but sometimes overlooked right pedal. Kjell Edstrand uncovers the disadvantages (or advantages?) of the digital piano versus the acoustic piano, from the point of view of the practising pianist or pedagogue.

Local piano pedagogues and students will be invited to an "Open House" at the conluding two seminars on Saturday. The pianists Stefan Bojsten and Kjell Edstrand will be giving us their perspectives from the pianists point of view. We also hope to have a small concert where Stefan Bojsten plays on several of the Grand pianos avaiable in our Grand Piano Exhibition.

Anders Askenfelt at Royal Technical College has for many years been doing internationally acknowledged research into the piano. We are very glad to present two reports made by students from his institution. Fredrik Öberg has made an extensive investigation about the duplex systems in the grand piano, based on both physical measurements and controlled blind tests. Roland Hogman, also using the blind test method, has looked at how musicians are influenced or not by different stretch in the treble octaves. Exciting information we hope!

As usual the Danish company Knud Danielsen A/S, Pianoparts will display their tools, materials and everything else you will possibly need. You can see their homepage at Knud Danielsen A/S.

Beside a number of exhibitors like Knud Danielsen, Firma Juhl-Sørensen, Yamaha Pianocenter Stockholm, Julius Blüthner Pianofortefabrik, Wendl & Lung, Damppchaser, Mats Fontander and Jahn Pianoteile, the Jahn company will hold an extra seminar outside the Treff's regular program. See information below.

Grand Piano exhibition:

• Juhl-Søhrensen will be showing two grands, one Steinway B model and one Shigeru Kawai.
• Yamaha Piano Center in Stockholm is coming with two instruments (at the moment we have unfortunately no more information)
• Blüthner pianofortfabrik will be showing one Concert grand (280 cm) and one Model 6 (191 cm)
• Wendl& Lung shows a grand piano with the new innovation "pédale harmonique" with four (4) pedals.

A recently added exhibitor is the above mentioned Wendl & Lung. Read more about "pédale harmonique" at:
The harmonic pedal "pédale harmonique"

Another newcomer is Mats Fontander who will show his new soundboard cleaning tool "The Sweeper".

Earlier announced exhibitor SAP Renovation will unfortunately not make it to this years convention.

LECTURERS

Ingbert Blüthner-Haessler, Blüthner pianofortefabrik
- The importance of voicing
Renner
- Choosing the right hammers for your grand piano renovation
Stefan Bojsten, professor at Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH)
- Half pedaling from the view of the pianist
Kjell Edstrand universitetslektor i piano, Malmö musikhögskola
- Digital piano versus acoustical - benefits and disadvantages.
Jonas Svensson, Smålands klaververkstad
- Stringing and mensuration of bass strings.

Research reports made at
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and the Royal College of Music in
Stockholm (KMH) under the supervision of Anders Askenfelt.
- Front and duplex systems of the grand piano (Fredrik Öberg)
- Different ways of tuning octaves in the treble (Roland Hogman)

SPECIAL SEMINAR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONVENTION:

Jahn Pianoteile will hold an installation seminar for KORG Hybrid Pianos on Thursday 14th, the day before the Treff starts. This will be in the same facilities as the convention, but outside the regular program. The seminar is limited to 6 participants, and registration etc will be handled by Jahn.

If you are interested in this seminar, go to their homepage at:

Jahn Pianoteile Korg Digital Piano System Seminar at Nordisk Pianotreff

Scroll down the page until you find the information about the seminar, and then click "Read more".

EXHIBITORS

Knud Danielsen A/S, Pianoparts

Firma Juhl-Sørensen

Yamaha Pianocenter Stockholm

Julius Blüthner Pianofortefabrik

Wendl & Lung

Jahn Pianoteile

Damppchaser

Mats Fontander

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