Phenomenon

Bradley Strauchen-Scherer

July 24, 2013

2 min. watch

This video is part of 82nd and Fifth, a series that invites curators from across the Museum to talk about an artwork that changed the way they see the world.

“It’s completely intuitive; it’s very responsive; it’s incredibly intimate.”

Curator Bradley Strauchen-Scherer on the grand piano from 1720 by Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano.

Contributors

Bradley Strauchen-Scherer
Associate Curator, Department of Musical Instruments

Photography by Joseph Coscia, Jr.

Rights and Permissions:
"Les Cyclopes" by Jean-Philippe Rameau; Elaine Comparone, harpsichord; David Barnes, recording engineer; Steve Jambeck, videographer; A Harpsichord Unlimited Production. Copyright 2009
Grand Piano by Bartolomeo Cristofori (89.4.1219) played by Cristofori Dongsok Shin at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 13, 2013."The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin, Courtesy Shout! Factory
Performance of Giga of Sonata number 6 in B flat major by Lodovico Guistini (1685-1743) by Dongsok Shin at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 13, 2013.
Production support was provided by The Donna and Marvin Schwartz Foundation