Nordisk Pianotreff

Program Nordisk Pianotreff 2013

Nordic Piano Convention 19th-20th April 2013, Helsinki

Exhibitors:

Alfred Jahn GmbH
Bente pianobench
Knud Danielsen A/S
DamppChaser
PianoDisc
Steingraeber & Söhne
Steinway & Sons
Wessell, Nickel & Gross
Yamaha


Thursday, 18th April

Arrivals in the evening
16.00 Extra program: visit to the Music House, a new concert hall in Helsinki

Friday, 19th April

8.30 welcome!

9.00 ”Calculating piano action”
Gunther Schaible

10.30 coffee break

11.00 Lecture (subject still open)
Yamaha

12.30 lunch

13.30 ”What makes Natural Fiber Composites so interesting in musical instruments”
Heikki Koivurova, Totaldesign Oy / Tonic- ESR-projekti

14.20 ”Natural Fiber Composites (NFC) new sustainable material in musical instruments”
Jukka-Pekka Karppinen, Flaxwood Oy

15.00 coffee break

15.30 ”Perceptually optimized piano sound synthesis – What do we actually hear in the piano sound?”
Heidi-Maria Lehtonen

16.30 ”The advantages of using new materials in the piano”
Wessell, Nickel & Gross (WNG)

17.30 explore our exhibitors shows

18.00 Suomen pianonvirittäjät ry annual meeting

19.00 dinner

Saturday, 20th April

9.00 ”Fortepiano from pianists point of view”
Eveliina Kytömäki ja Anna Kuvaja

10.30 coffee break

11.00 ”The story of Steinway Hamburg, from 1880 until today””
Hartwig Kalb, Steinway & Sons

12.30 lunch

13.30 ”Voicing without needles – how to discover the best sound”
Alexander Kerstan, Steingraeber & Söhne Klaviermanufaktur

15.00 coffee break

15.30 ”Preference and acceptance”
Roland Hogman, Kungliga Musikhögskola

16.30 ”History, current products lines, upcoming innovations”
PianoDisc/QuietTime

17.30 explore our exhibitors shows

18.00 NPTA meeting

19.00 dinner + festivities

Sunday, 21st April

departures after breakfast