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Reality and virtuality are inextricably entwined along Pascal Marcelin's path. It all began the day he decided to give a new lease of life to recordings made at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century by famous pianists or even by the composers themselves.
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The musical notation implemented by Claude-Felix Seytre from Lyon (France) in 1848 appeared as perforations on a roll of paper - a sort of prehistory information technology! Later on, the American Piano Company (AMPICO), notably, added its expertise and considerably improved the original patent. These rolls, then, captured all the subtleties of the virtuoso's performances as to tempo, pressure on the keys and use of the pedal. The actual sound, however, could only be reproduced by the owners of a piano using this system.
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Working painstakingly with collectioners and other people as passionately interested as himself, Pascal Marcelin built up a treasure trove of thousands of rolls.
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Proceeding cautiously and patiently, Pascal Marcelin elaborated an I.T. system capable of transforming these precious fossilised performances into a sound worthy of the most prestigious make of modern pianos.
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Determined to stick as closely as possible to the physical reality, of the "ideal" instrument he had created, Pascal Marcelin then set about faithfully restoring in its entirety each interpretation of each master. When listening, we have the impression of leaning on the piano and being able to hear everything that is happening inside it (string and damper effects, soft pedaling, etc) while Rachmaninov or Busoni play for us.
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