Yet in this combination of dream and quagmire the modern piano took shape.
The modern piano has a much longer sustain time than the instruments of Beethoven's day.
The modern piano also yields greater strength, which he is obviously still enjoying.
Some of his gestures do not work as well on the modern piano.
So powerful is the sustaining power of the modern piano that this simply doesn't happen, at least not for a long time.
There was an intimacy and fluency that come much harder on the modern piano.
The model 300 looked similar to a modern digital piano.
For example, they use a modern piano to imitate classical Chinese instruments.
It not only rivals modern pianos, but in many ways it's better.
The Bach is scarcely less difficult, made more so by playing it on a modern piano.