Lajos’ specialty is renovating old instruments, and in addition to interesting lectures by Lajos, the day was mostly spent auditioning all 40 or so grand pianos and 40 pianos, a real gold mine! At the end of the day there was a mini-concert where the students played Grieg’s piano concerto, Grieg’s ballad in G minor, Chopin’s Etude op. 25 no. 7, Liszt’s ballad no. 2 and also his concerto “Un Sospiro”. The favorite instruments that had the honor of being played in concert were in joint first place Malmsj\u00f6, Steingraber and Steinway!
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Lajos speciality is to renovates old Swedish instruments, both grand pianos and pianos, and it is indeed is a large and important national cultural heritage that Lajos helps to keep up alive. During the heyday of the piano around 1830-1940, there were over 100 Swedish piano manufacturers! Some of the most famous are perhaps Malmsj\u00f6 and Nordiska pianofabriken, but there were so many more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A short overview of Swedish piano manufacturing can be found here on the Klaverens hus website<\/a>. I cannot emphasize enough how important acoustic instruments are for the continued survival of Western classical music!\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u00f6ndag\u00a011\u200b maj 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lajos Toros pianoverkstad Toroton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I onsdags var det dags f\u00f6r ett \u00e5terbes\u00f6k f\u00f6r pianoklassen till Lajos Toros pianoverkstad Toroton<\/a>, som ligger strax utan Eskilstuna. \u00c4ven om bara h\u00e4lften av gruppen kunde komma s\u00e5 blev det som v\u00e4ntat en toppendag! Roligt ocks\u00e5 att v\u00e5r Asuka Nakamura<\/a> kunde komma med!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lajos specialitet \u00e4r att renovera gamla instrument, och f\u00f6rutom intressant f\u00f6redrag av Lajos gick dagen till st\u00f6rsta delen ut p\u00e5 provspela alla dryga 40 flyglar och 40 pianon, en riktigt guldgruva! I slutet av dagen blev det en minikonsert d\u00e4r studenterna spelade upp Griegs pianokonsert, Griegs Ballade i g-moll, Chopins Etyd op. 25 nr. 7, Liszts Ballade nr. 2 och \u00e4ven hans Konsertetyd \u201dUn Sospiro\u201d. Favoritinstrumenten som fick \u00e4ran att konsertspelas p\u00e5 var p\u00e5 delad f\u00f6rstaplats Malmsj\u00f6, Steingraber och Steinway!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lajos specialitet \u00e4r att renovera \u00e4ldre svenska instrument, b\u00e5de flyglar och pianon, och h\u00e4r kan vi konstatera att det \u00e4r ett stort och viktigt nationellt kulturarv som Lajos bidrar till att h\u00e5lla levande. Under pianots blomstringstid ca 1830-1940 fanns \u00f6ver 100 svenska pianotillverkare! N\u00e5gra av de mest k\u00e4nda \u00e4r kanske Malmsj\u00f6 och Nordiska pianofabriken men det fanns s\u00e5 m\u00e5nga fler. En kort \u00f6versikt \u00f6ver svensk pianotillverkning finns h\u00e4r p\u00e5 Klaverens hus hemsida<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jag kan inte nog trycka p\u00e5 hur viktiga de akustiska instrumenten \u00e4r f\u00f6r den v\u00e4sterl\u00e4ndska konstmusiken fortsatta \u00f6verlevnad!\u00a0 Stort tack till Lajos fr\u00e5n oss f\u00f6r allt och som vi sa s\u00e5 kommer vi tillbaka redan i h\u00f6st!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n About Staffan Sandstr\u00f6m<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n About<\/a> University of Music and Opera, M\u00e4lardalen University<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Om Staffan Sandstr\u00f6m<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
A big thank you to Lajos from us all for everything and as we agreed: we will be back again already this fall!<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staffansandstrom.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lto-1-1200x675.jpg\")
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