Topic: Request/proposal: second upright
I don't know if this has come up yet, but I'd like to make a proposal as to the next kind of instrument integrated into Pianoteq. It should be a second upright piano. In fact the reason I even started using Pianoteq 4 was it introducing the U4, which at the time was almost a unique feature.
While the Blüthner still is my favourite grand piano, the more I moved to playing modern stuff the more I found myself using the U4 and even the Yamaha C5. However, while almost every manufacturer features one or more grand pianos in their instrument line-up, and the Steinway D being so omnipresent it's not even funny anymore, uprights continue to be a rarity. Which is a real shame, actually.
Pianoteq does a wonderful job of giving me choice, especially by featuring smaller grands like the K2, the Steinway B or the Yamaha C5. Since everyone continues to do concert grands, I deem the availability of smaller instruments and also of the classical pianos like in Kremsegg (in other words: the presence of unusual pianos with character) Pianoteq's greatest strength.
I currently augment my instrument line-up with the Galaxy Definite Collection and the Session Keys instruments; not because I'm a pro pianist (haha), but because there are occasions I really like the Bechstein Upright better, or that slightly detuned, 'dirty' Yamaha-ish setup available through the Session Keys Upright instrument. (Okay, and because I'm a nerd with an instrument-hoarding problem, but that's beside the point.)
So, if you are considering adding another piano to Pianoteq, make in an upright? An old Schimmel perhaps. Something that's decidedly _not_ a concert instrument, but something with flaws, something with character, something for Blues and those especially sad Jazz songs.