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The 'Alexander Piano' is 18 feet and nine inches, or 5.7 meters, long, and weighs over a metric ton. For context, that's over twice the length of your usual concert hall grand. And that length is all about housing those epic bass strings.

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This 19-foot piano has the longest bass strings in the world – and it sounds huge

By Kyle Macdonald

Just listen to the incredible, deep sound of this beast of a piano, which is twice the length of a concert hall Steinway. “I just wanted to hear what a long bass string sounded like,” he says. So in the mid-noughties, he set about creating his mammoth act of instrument-making. The process required a lot of problem-solving, improvisation, discovery and a touch of luck – read all about it in Mann’s very interesting blog on the process.

Remarkably, Mann was just 15 when he began the project.

In 2009, the instrument was complete. The ‘Alexander Piano’ is 18 feet and nine inches, or 5.7 meters, long, and weighs over a metric ton. For context, that’s over twice the length of your usual concert hall grand. And that length is all about housing those epic bass strings. Let’s listen to the instrument in action. And we couldn’t resist sharing this performance of grand, sonorous, virtuosic Liszt. Turn your headphones up loud and enjoy this absolute beast of a piano! In case you’re wondering what a longer string actually means for pitch and tone, as with an upright piano compared to a Steinway Model D, a longer string does not impact pitch, but gives the note a much richer, more resonant tone, with deeper harmonics and greater projection. At the top of the page, pianist Hyperion Knight thundering out some Bach. Listen out for the fugue at one minute in, and that incredible resonance of the lower voices. In his own time, Bach famously preferred harpsichords and organs over the new technology of the pianoforte. However, we reckon he would have fancied the power of this instrument. What a sound!

Listen to more of this instrument via Alexander Piano’s YouTube channel.

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You want to learn Für Elise piano notes? You have come to the right place! Für Elise is one of the most famous piano pieces of all time. Composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven in 1810, it only became internationally known in 1867, when it was published posthumously. In 1865, the musicologist Ludwig Nohl found by chance the score of the work, which had been forgotten until then. The paper was in poor condition and only the last two letters of the first name in the title were identifiable: “SE”. The musicologist arbitrarily gave the name Elise to this composition. Today, it is believed that it is more likely to be “Thérèse”. Für Elise is today one of the most frequently played classical piano pieces. It is quite easy to play and is especially popular with beginners, who find in this song everything they need to practice effectively. In this article, we will learn how to play the notes of Für Elise on the piano. We will discover which notes to play with the right hand and which with the left hand. We have also illustrated our article with tutorial videos that will allow you to see the notes descend on a virtual piano. Finally, you can download the piano sheet music of Für Elise for free in PDF format to print it out and practice. At the end of this article, the goal is for you to know how to play this famous song perfectly on the piano.

Let’s start!

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