FOR THE BEAUTY OF SOUND

Benjamin RENOUX made this copy of a pianoforte based on the work of Viennese piano maker Anton Walter, the year of the inspired model: approx. 1795.
The highest quality veneer from the Karlsruhe veneer manufacturer Schorn & Groh was used for this exceptional piece, 2mm Indian rosewood and 2mm maple – to be precise.

About Benjamin RENOUX

Born in Chartres in 1982, Benjamin RENOUX has had an atypical career, going from training as an accountant to music at the conservatory as a pianist, before finally training as a piano technician-tuner.
Around 2010, a musician asked him to build a pianoforte, and with a taste for a challenge, he agreed to embark on this adventure.
He spent 2 years studying the plans and traditional manufacturing methods of these instruments from another era, and then went on to build them with the help of a carpenter friend.
Thanks to his passion, perseverance and over a thousand hours of work, the first instrument was a success, and was recorded at the prestigious Arsenal de Metz hall as soon as it was created.
Benjamin Renoux is currently building his 10th pianoforte, and this year he will inaugurate a new model based on a French instrument circa 1815 to add to his catalog.

About the instrument

This instrument is a replica of an instrument built in Vienna in 1795 by Anton Walter. Walter's instruments were played and praised by composers such as Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert.
These instruments are very delicate, and each part requires extreme precision to transmit the purest sound. Glues, woods and veneers must be of the highest quality.
"My instruments are played almost exclusively by professionals or in conservatories. They are built with old-fashioned glues to preserve the integrity of the sound, but I have also chosen to use modern manufacturing technologies (digital control) to ensure extremely precise manufacturing (accurate to half a tenth of a millimeter) and make it possible for a wider audience to afford such a noble instrument," Benjamin Renoux proudly adds with a smile.