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