More on the Moor double keyboard piano
My Pleyel-Moor during some serious regulating and maintenance
Apologies to Klavier-Moor fans who have been waiting for me to post more. I’ve added two pages – one with some downloadable pdfs taken from Herbert Shead’s book, The History of the Emanuel Moor Double Keyboard Piano which is the Moor piano bible, certainly for enthusiasts in the UK. Herbert Shead died recently, but he was a driving force behind the Trust which owns several Moor pianos in the UK, including mine. You can find this page here.
Secondly there are galleries of images from the book, and also of my own Pleyel-Moor upright, here.
Note that book is still in copyright, and these extracts are published for private study purposes only, to further the cause of the Moor piano. I am delighted that after so many years people are interested. Please comment or email if you would like more.
For those who missed the original post:
I was once a personal friend of Herbert, and often visited his Bungalow home in Bexleyheath. In his study and teaching room stood his Moor. He once took his Moor to The Wigmore Hall, and a capable pianist played it. I was present at this performance. He was a very interesting person. I was about 25 and he encouraged my skills in other areas, by commissioning models or carpentry projects that grabbed his attention.
Good to know I am not alone in remembering him and his passion for the Moor piano.