A Piano - Matea Mađaroš 8a (2009)

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A PIANO

A PIANO GOES ROUND THE WORLD:

A PIANO GOES ROUND THE WORLD This presentation’s about a Bechstein company which products pianos. It is in Germany and it talks about their history and making pianos. Enjoy. 

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The Bechstein company prepared 8 instruments for two pianists which had to choose a grand piano for their concert. The manager of the concert came there with the sponsor too. If everything goes well, they’ll buy one of the grand pianos. It’ll take about several hours to test 8 instruments.

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Nauki Jamanchi adjusts pianos. The tuna has to be a sound imagition.. About 100 times he takes out every piano’s mechanism until he adjusts everything.

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Tunning and adjusting pianos isn’t an easy work at all. Every grand piano sounds somehow different.

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The 2 pianists want to play a concert for more than 1000 people. For that reason, a grand piano which they will choose, has to sound strong but still musically.

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After the 2nd world war the Bechstein company lost many musicians. Things once were very different. A piano maker Carl Bestain found a piano factory in Berlin and he was actually able to convince a large number of musicians to start making pianos. They invent this warm sound of a piano.

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After the 2nd world war, Bechstein was on their knees. The Americans took over the company, but they didn’t even administrate it. The company seemed to have no future. But everything changed in 1986. when another piano maker Carl Shortrer bought the factory.

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…And this is where all the pianos have been made since then. Almost completely by the hand. At the time, hardly anyone understood why Bechstein didn’t just go to Czech Republic. Because the town in which was Bechstein was Czech’s and German’s. Everyone thought that the company would have a greater career in it. These days in the German part of the town has one of the most moder production for piano in the whole world.

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There’s no such a big difference between how we make pianos today and how people made pianos before.

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Bechstein has a meeting on which they present their pianos to people. Bechstein wants to meet other companies on the meeting and have some dials with them.

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Companies of Bechstein doesn’t exist just in Germany. They’re all round the world. In China, Indonesia, Czech, etc. Each their piano costs about 100 000 euros.

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The buyers of Bechstein pianos come all over the world too. The Bechstein grand pianos are one of the best pianos in the world.

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The sounding box of a piano is making in another room. It is a heart of the piano. Every careless movement with it can damage the sound which the piano will product.

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In the meantime, the 2 pianists have reached the 5th piano. They’ve already dismissed the 1st one. They don’t like the sound of it. The Bechstein managers disagree with them but they don’t say anything. At the moment the 5th piano is a favourite one. The 3d piano’s sent to the death. They don’t like it at all. And still, there is no a confirmation for a sellment at all.

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It is time to look better at the company. The director of Bechstein explains to people which grand pianos will be transffered to Czech Republic. He explains how they make pianos.

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The main director of Bechstein is visiting one of the biggest piano’s company in the world. There they’re makin all piano’s mechanism. The other companies are buying some parts which they need to complete pianos from them.

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Bechstein is one of the companies which are buying mechanisms from them.

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Putting strings in a piano is a verry difficult job. It needs a lot of skill

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The two pianists changed their mind. The piano they dismissed (the 1st one) is back in the running and suddenly it sounds a lot better

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It is time for the final act in the factory. All the grand pianos need are lames.

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The 1st piano has won! The pianists chosed that one.

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In the past Bechstein pianos were largly famous for incredible wormth of the sound. The Bechstein company still can product that incredible sound. Any other company can’t do that.

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The Bechstein company is planning to open their own factory in U.S.A. It will be their 1st factory in America ever.

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SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU:

SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU What’s the most popular company for making grand pianos in Germany? 2. Does every grand piano sound the same? 3. Who bought the company in 1986.? 4. How much does the grand piano cost? 5. What is the heart of the piano? 6. Which grand piano did the two pianist choose?

GRAMMAR:

GRAMMAR PRESENT SIMPLE - Does every grand piano sound the same? - Every grand piano sounds the same. PAST SIMPLE - Which grand piano did the two pianist choose ? - They chose the 1st one. THE MODAL VERB ‘CAN’ - The Bechstein company still can product that incredible sound.

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WILL FUTURE - It ’ll take about several hours to test 8 instruments. PRESENT PERFECT - And this is where all the pianos have been made since then. PRESENT CONTINUOUS – Workers are making a very difficult..

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This presentation is made by Matea Mađaroš, 8.a