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Agreed. Hyperion Knight playing Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)[0] is also a really good demonstration of the incredible clarity of the bass keys. It's really astonishing to hear. In fact I feel some of the concert pianists playing it are a little sloppy on the low notes—probably because they're not used to being judged on them! My old Wurlitzer upright could never compare :)

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPb2hMJ9Ojk around 3:00




Listening on headphones is weird: usually, for an instrument, the sound comes from one direction. Here some notes were more in the centre, while others (lower ones) were coming from the left channel.


In one of the youtube videos, the uploader (piano maker?) comments that the real stereo effect of the piano is hard to capture in recordings.


Hyperion Knight - What a name, he sounds like a science fiction character!




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