The Pianist on Square d'Orléans. The Rediscovered Chopin Pleyel piano, Factory No.13214 (1847) Fryderyk Chopin's penultimate instrument
Pleyel Factory Number 13214 (1847) The great English painter J. M. W. Turner once remarked 'always take advantage of an accident'. In this case I am attempting to take advantage of a coincidence. The consideration is of two Pleyel Petit Patron grand pianos used by Fryderyk Chopin. These instruments followed each other to the same address in Paris as if in the manner of a metaphysical destiny. I have already covered in detail the restoration in Warsaw of Chopin's last piano in Paris, Pleyel No . 14810 of 1848, and will follow this with an examination of the history and review a performance on the recently rediscovered penultimate Pleyel used by Chopin in Paris, Factory No. 13214 of 1847. The award-winning pianist and pedagogue Professor Hubert Rutkowski of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg explained the fascination Pleyel had for the Polish composer: 'Chopin was a Pleyel pianist. He was very connected to this company and particularly ap