Sporting a North American alder body, the Ventana delivers that sought after classic 60’s sound in a contemporary package. The North American hard maple neck is fitted with a maple fingerboard which has a 240mm 9.5” radius and a real bone nut. Three calibrated Levinson S-E1 single coil pickups feature ALNICO 5 magnets to deliver…
THE ORIGIN OF LEVINSON SCEPTRE Blade is my crown…. and this is my Sceptre. It’s been over 50 years since I started building and repairing guitars. I’ve had the honor of building instruments for some of the world’s greatest guitarists over this expanse of time. During the late 60’s I was part of a small…
A real eye catcher – the Ventana Deluxe adds straight-grained ash to the alder body for a beautiful simplicity with the see-through finishes. The natural beauty of the finished wood is enhanced by the white pearl pickguard with its SSH pickup configuration. The two single coils are Levinson S-E2 pickups are bright and smooth harmonizing…
All covers are made of finished German silver, polished and surface-finished. Add a nice touch to your guitar – without you having to sacrifice tone or dynamics. The use of nickel silver prevents microphonic feedback. Measurements (mm) LxWxH: 70x37x15
High-quality bridge for all LP style guitars with adjustable height, intonation and string spacing. The guitar or bass strings lie on low-friction roller saddles which prevent the strings from breaking. Schaller s STM bridge has two different types of saddle to suit the different string gauges: three V-shaped saddles for the high strings and three…
Schubert s Impromptus are published as part of ABRSM s Signature Series – a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works, prepared from original sources by leading scholars. Includes informative introductions and performance notes.
Carl Fischer Music presents this exciting series of performance pieces designed to help all levels of instrumentalists by making their practice time more productive. This innovative series offers the soloist stunningly clear engravings written for the particular instrument and piano. In addition, a musically accurate and expressive piano accompaniment CD, in a performance tempo (many…
New edition based on original sources by Klaus Burmeister. The circumstances that led Schubert to compose these three works are unknown, but it is safe to assume that they were all performed at the highly regarded private recitals later known as Schubertiades. Schubert himself was a player of the violin, viola and piano, was most…
In 2009 a previously unknown manuscript of an album leaf for piano by Robert Schumann was found in the Leopold Sophien Library of Überlingen. The little piano piece, entitled Ahnung , had been given and dedicated by Klara Schumann to a friend of hers, the lithographer and writer Julius Allgeyer. In the Wiener Urtext Edition…
This set of pieces for young players has been a perennial favourite since its first publication in 1848. Unlike some of his other compositions, which reveal his despairing, tortured countenance, these miniatures are full of joy and character.
Eleven songs arranged for clarinet and piano. They are an ideal introduction to ensemble playing as it is essential for the two players to listen intently to both parts in order to shade and vary their playing accordingly. The pieces are arranged roughly in order of the clarinet part s technical difficulty. The piano part…
Following the resounding success of his Album for the Young op. 68, it seemed natural for Schumann to compose further works with an educational aim. This was part of a contemporary trend and his own children gave him many ideas.The Three Sonatas op. 118 are dedicated to his eldest daughters Marie, Elise and Julie, and can…