[pj325is]

I have been downloading a lot of classical music off kazaa in the past few months, as i lack the physical equipment and fundage to buy lps and cds, and i decided to try schubert this evening..and randomly picked a piece entitled "Forellen quintett" ..and a prominent instrument in it is this weird xylophone sounding instrument that seems to have pipes below it or something..


My question is to anyone who has heard this..What is the name of the instrument?

 

[stuartr]

perhaps a celesta?

 

[stuartr]

another guess....is forellen a foreign word for "trout" I know it is forel' in Russian, which I understood came from French, and Schubert's famous quartet is the called "the Trout". This does not usually have any funny instruments in it however...just violin, cello piano and double bass, so I am not too sure...

 

[Orpheus]

i'm not familiar with the piece..... but a common xylophone-like instrument using pipes is the Marimba. it gives a very mellow and rich sound. i think the xylophone is woodier and sharper.

 

[Wilson]

Schubert, Quintett, Forellen, ... it has to be the Quintet for Piano, Double Bass, Violincello, and Violin by Schubert, also called the Trout. But there is no funny instrument in it. Could it be some sort of sonic artifact due to MP3 compression or decompression?

I love the old Amadeus Quartet/DGG recording on this piece.

Enjoy,
W

 

[pj325is]

No it's definately a separate instrument, very prominent in the recording i have..i'll try to make a short mp3 clip and upload it to my hostin place..

Edit: got it..

http://www.boomspeed.com/pj325is/clip.mp3

 

[TravelLite]

Hmm, that sounds like it could be a piano. But I'm no musician, LOL.

TravelLite

 

[stuartr]

I cannot say...the mp3 sounded messed up for me, but I was just using win media player and real one player, does it need a special program?

 

[pj325is]

crap..it is messed up..

and NO free site on the internet will host mp3s..

i guess if you really want to hear it send me an email

mcallister@citlink.net the file is about 750kb

 

[tommyatkins]

Piano, played really really high, but loud (amped or mic was really close or something). My 2 musician friends said the same. I donno. that's what we think. I don't think it's a mirimba (though those are cool...)

TA

 

[pj325is]

I really REALLY don't think it's a piano...it sounds way different..and some of the notes are very close together..

 

[stuartr]

Listening to that Mp3, it is definitely a piano. I am frankly amazed that you had any doubt...have you ever heard a piano in concert? It is a rather high pitched piano, but it is definitely a piano. No question at all.

 

[pj325is]

I've never heard a piano like that..in a live concert or in recordings...I don't see how it could be a piano, i've listened to the clip like 100 times and i just don't think a piano sounds like that..the sound is too abrubt and woody to be a piano..

 

[tommyatkins]

Yeah, it has that muted tone which could be caused by any number of factors. I really didn't hear anything closer together than a half step (or 2^(1/12) times increase in frequency

).

TA

 

[stuartr]

Trust me, it is a piano. I sympathize, it sounds like a Bahaman piano, but it is a piano. Let's look at the facts. This the the Trout Quintet. Schubert did not have crazy instruments in his repatoire. Furthermore, 4 people, including 2.5 musicians (I am the half musician, since I am sort of a music historian and sort of a cellist) have said its a piano. It does sound a little woody and hollow, but trust me, it is a piano. There is no mistaking it. Either it was a ****ty piano, or it was recorded poorly, but nonetheless, it was a piano.