Anicet Mbida 7:00 a.m., November 3, 2021
Every morning, Anicet Mbida gives us the very best in terms of innovation.
Your innovation of the day should appeal to music fans. You can now have concertos, played live, at home, on your own piano.
Rather than listening to a recording, his own piano will synchronize, via the Internet, with another piano on which an artist is playing live.
Because we may have the best sound system in the world, it will never succeed in replicating the vibrations of the wood and strings of a real piano.
For this to work, of course, you need to have an automatic piano capable of playing on its own.
They have been around for years.
At Yamaha, for example, with its famous Disklaviers.
Steinway now also offers this synchronization live.
What changes everything.
Steinway is not just anyone.
Most concert artists will only accept to play on Steinway pianos.
Do you have to change the piano to benefit from it (a Steinway piano is rather expensive)?
Very expensive: 150,000 € on average!
But in principle, if you already have a model from the Spirio range, so an automatic piano (half of the Steinways sold today), it should work with a simple update.
Each device is sold with a tablet with which you can access live concerts.
It also allows you to broadcast your own performances to other Steinway pianos by reproducing the slightest subtleties of your playing.
Everything we broadcast is public?
No, it's up to you.
We can limit the diffusion to certain pianos in particular.
This will also be practical for those who have to do a remote hearing.
Ditto for teachers: their piano will be synchronized with that of the student.
Everything one plays will be reproduced on the other's piano from a distance, even the wrong notes!
Finally, it is a new form of teleworking… for those who can afford a piano for more than 100,000 €.