In the rarefied world of great concert musicians, there are very few instruments that leave a lasting impression on the masters who played them. The Ivory II American Concert D is one such instrument.
This vintage 1951 New York Steinway D (CD 121) was selected by the Steinway & Sons Concert Department for promotion to Steinway Artists. Over the years, this instrument has been highly prized by the world’s greatest concert musicians. Indeed, the piano’s soundboard bears the signatures of Glenn Gould, Rudolf Serkin, and many others, a testament to the high regard held by the world’s great masters.
Touch it, and it’s easy to understand why. The instrument possesses an exceptionally pure and transparent sound, yet with a singing timbre, mature beauty, and resonance found only in concert instruments of this class. The recording took place at the François-Bernier Concert Hall in Le Domaine Forget in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, the same hall where Ivory recorded the renowned German Steinway. Master concert technician Michel Pedneau, performer and producer Joe Ierardi, and engineer Mark Donahue of Soundmirror reunited to capture every detail of this remarkable instrument’s sound.
With a 49GB library, Ivory II American Concert D is the largest single piano in the Ivory family. This American Steinway possesses a naturally long sustain, which is captured in its entirety to the final decay, some of the notes ringing longer than two minutes. Also included are up to 20 velocity levels, with more soft pedal samples, and more release samples to capture more detail than any Ivory instrument before.
Ivory II American Concert D is powered by the award-winning Ivory II engine, and contains the full compliment of Ivory II’s features, primarily being our acclaimed Harmonic Resonance Modeling for the realization of trueSympathetic String Resonance. Custom designed by Synthogy DSP guru, George Taylor, this technology does not rely upon triggering additional samples or use ordinary sine waves. Rather, notes struck that are harmonically related excite the actual complex overtones of the notes that are being held, in the same manner that undamped strings resonate in a real acoustic piano. Together with the new American Concert D samples, the results are simply stunning, the culmination of Synthogy’s most powerful technology, with our most advanced sampling techniques.
Ivory II American Concert D is a free-standing virtual instrument. No previous version of Ivory is required. Of course existing Ivory II owners will find that it installs quite readily into their current library. But whether this is your first introduction to Ivory II, or you are a long time Ivory owner, Ivory II American Concert D is a remarkable, must-have, instrument.
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