Serial number:  8333
Length: 2m12
Agrafes dans les aigus
2 pedals: Una corda, Résonance
Cross-stringing
7 octaves A-A

 

 

Since 2013 part of the collection of Claire Chevallier

Restoration: Pierre Gevaert, Enghien
Regulation: Jan Van den Hemel, Antwerpen

Ideal for Moussorgski, Borodin, Tchaïkovski….

 

 

Listen to Claire playing her Becker 1875 on this recording:

Moussorgski Solo pieces

by Claire Chevallier

CYP1675, Cyprès-records, Outhere distribution, 2016

 

 

Tchaikovsky Piano trio op.50 and Variations on a Rococo theme op.33

by Claire Chevallier, piano/ Sergei Istomin, cello/ Martin Reimann, violin

PASSACAILLE RECORDS 1047, 2018

 

Serial number:  15633
Length: 2m47
“Barre harmonique”
“Cadre composite à 7 barres”
2 pedals: Una corda, Résonance
Parallel stringing
7 octaves A-A

 

Since 2001 part of the collection of Claire Chevallier

Restoration: Jan van den Hemel, Antwerpen, 2003-2006
Regulation: Jan van den Hemel, Antwerpen; Chris Maene, Ruiselede

 

Ideal for Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Richard Wagner

 

Serial number:  51424
Length: 2m48
“Barre harmonique”
“Cadre composite à 4 barres”
2 pedals: Una corda, Résonance
Parallel stringing
7 octaves A-A

 

Since 2002 part of the collection of Claire Chevallier

Restoration: Jan Van den Hemel, Antwerpen, 2003-07
Regulation: Jan Van den Hemel, Antwerpen

 

Ideal for Franz Liszt, César Franck, Gabriel Fauré, Camille Saint-Saëns

 

Listen to Claire playing her Erard 1876 on this recording:

 

Liszt-Fever

Solo pieces by Claire Chevallier

La Dolce Volta, Paris, LDV02 (recorded 2011)

 

Serial number:  87115
Length: 2m12
“Barre harmonique”
“Cadre composite à 6 barres”
2 pedals: Una corda, Résonance
Parallel stringing
7 octaves A-A

 

Since 1996 part of the collection of Claire Chevallier

Restoration: Jan Van den Hemel, Antwerpen, 1997
Regulation: Jan Van den Hemel, Antwerpen

 

Ideal for Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns

 

Listen to Claire playing her Erard 1904 on this recording:

 

Pièces pour deux pianos: Saint-Saëns, Franck, Infante, Poulenc
Duo Jos van Immerseel, Erard 1897, Claire Chevallier, Erard 1904
Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT030903 (recorded 1999)

 

Serial number: 87525
Length: 2m60
“Barre harmonique”
“Cadre composite à 6 barres”
2 pedals: Una corda, Résonance
Parallel stringing
7 ½ octaves  A-C

 

Since 2000 part of the collection of Claire Chevallier

Restoration: Chris Maene 2002, Ruiselede,  Jan Van den Hemel 2004, Antwerpen
Regulation:  Jan Van den Hemel, Antwerpen

 

Ideal for Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Francis Poulenc

 

Listen to Claire playing her Erard 1905 on these recordings:

 

RAVEL: Concerto pour la main gauche
Claire Chevallier & Anima Eterna Brugge – Jos van Immerseel
Zig-Zag Territoires  ZZT060901 (recorded 2005)

 

RACHMANINOFF: Suites pour deux pianos
Jos van Immerseel, Erard 1899, Claire Chevallier, Erard 1905
Zig-Zag Territoires  ZZT061105 (recorded 2005)

 

SATIE: Gnossiennes, Le fils des Etoiles, Ogives, Gymnopédies, …
Claire Chevallier
Zig-Zag Territoires  ZZT080901 (recorded 2008)

 

POULENC: Concerto pour deux  pianos et orchestre,

Anima Eterna Brugge

Jos van Immerseel, Erard 1899 & Claire Chevallier, Erard 1905
Zig-Zag Territoires/Outhere ZZT110403 (recorded 2009)

 

Serial number: 108301
Length: 2m25
“Agrafes dans les aigus”
2 pedals: Una corda, Résonance
Cross stringing
7 ½ octaves A-C

 

Since 2005 part of the collection of Claire Chevallier

Restoration: Jan Van den Hemel 2010, Antwerpen
Regulation: Jan Van den Hemel, Antwerpen

 

Ideal for Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Sergei Rachmaninov, Francis Poulenc, Benjamin Britten, …

 

 

Listen to Claire playing her Erard 1920 on this recording:
PIANO WORKS DEBUSSY , Rotkat Records 019CD, 2020