EXPRESSION PIANO “HUPFELD ANIMATIC CLAVITIST“, of the Marini Collection

EXPRESSION PIANO “HUPFELD ANIMATIC CLAVITIST“, with 88 keyless piano, mandolin, bass drum, snare drum, xylophone, china cymbal, woodblock, soft hammer rail, sustain, solodant, decreasing automatism. Build by Hupfeld, Boehlitz-Ehrenberg, Germany. This instrument has not played for many years and was not working. Finally, thanks to Giovanni Vitiello’s retrieval and set up works, it is resuming its functions and we can listen to it. There is still a lot of work to be done to bring it back to the glories of a hundred years ago, but let’s enjoy this wonder! It’s playing: Am Rudesheimer Schloss Steht Eine Linde - Blues - Erich Ziegler. - 1927