John Cale
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend - John Cale

Equipment

Piano Fazioli 308

Piano Fazioli 308

Cale used this instrument in The Hague at his at Paard (March 14, 2009), for Over Her Head, Dying On The Vine, Buffalo Ballet and The Endless Plain of Fortune. From the Fazioli website:

Concert grand. The absolute "jewel in the crown" designed for modern large-capacity concert halls and very big spaces.it has immense power and extraordinary harmonic richness, owing to the increased string length in the bass section. It is endowed with a fourth pedal invented by Fazioli. Located to the left of the three traditional pedals, it reduces the hammer-blow distance thus reducing the volume without modifying the timbre, at the same time facilitating the performance of glissandos, pianissimos, rapid passages and legatos.

(Thanks: Evert Snel Piano's & Vleugels bv)


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