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The SHOWROOM that takes your breath away…WITH PRICES THAT LET YOU BREATHE
Beautifully Balanced. Surprisingly Simple.
With its minimalist style and clean lines, the composed faucet
Will make a statement in any room. Now available in the new vibrant
titanium finish.
artisan
ment the client’s Biedermeier-style furni-
ture. “The legs will be different,” he says, “but
underneath it all, it’s the same instrument.
They are big, beautiful pieces of furniture.”
Yet, they emit an ancient, soft sound. Unlike
a thunderously rumbling Steinway, early pi-
anos are delicate. “It doesn’t matter how hard
you hit it. They have a lighter, acoustic gov-
ernor. You don’t have to play like it’s fragile.
There is a basic sound that is built into the
wooden box. You can’t change it. The sound-
board is the musical soul of the instrument.
When the player plays it softly, the audience
holds its breath.”
Figuring out how to re-create an authen-
tic fortepiano took some investigating. There
are no surviving drawings by 18th-century
makers. Regier turns to books to find general
dimensions and, as often as he can, plays the
handful of surviving originals. Many of his
instruments are based on those made by Vien-
nese masters like Anton Walter.
“I have several notebooks full of measurements I’ve taken of old instruments,”
says the artisan. “I’ve got thousands of old
photographs of instruments’ details. How
to ward off erosion from finger wear on the keyboard, “you need a really,
really hard material,” says Regier. “If it’s going to be wood, I’ll use ebony.”
Period instruments may be the touchstones that guide his designs, but his
work responds to the materials and techniques available today.
