Send your MIDI performance and hear it played on the studio’s 9ft Hamburg Steinway Model D Spirio | r, then professionally recorded through the studio’s microphones and recording chain.
Real hammers, strings and pedals reproduce your timing, dynamics and pedalling. Nothing is sampled: you receive an acoustic recording of a concert grand, shaped around your music.
Hear your music brought to life on a real Steinway
Schindler’s List — delicacy and phrasing · 34 seconds
Chopin’s Minute Waltz — Lang Lang’s Steinway Spirio performance · 42 seconds
From the sublime… to the spectacular.
From the delicacy of Schindler’s List to the exuberance of Chopin’s Minute Waltz. The second clip reproduces Lang Lang’s recorded Steinway Spirio performance on the studio’s Hamburg Model D. Both demonstrations are played acoustically on the same concert grand used to bring your MIDI performance to life.
Upload your MIDI From £95 + VAT per track · Preview usually delivered within 48 hours · No obligation to proceedGwilym Simcock recording with Emma Rawicz on the Hamburg Steinway D chosen with Curtis at Steinway Hall, London.
"Choosing this Steinway with Curtis was about finding an instrument capable of unlimited colour and nuance."
— Gwilym Simcock
Why does this matter?
A real acoustic piano responds through its strings, soundboard and room. Your recording captures that interaction, giving your music the natural resonance and character of this hand-selected Steinway.
I shape the microphone approach around your music, from an intimate piano part to a more spacious solo recording.
From £95 + VAT per track · Preview usually delivered within 48 hours · No obligation to proceed
Listen to the 9ft Hamburg Steinway Spirio, recorded through the studio’s microphone chain.
How it works
Send your MIDI file
Include the track title, tempo and any notes about feel, dynamics or pedalling. If your MIDI requires significant editing or correction, I’ll let you know before doing any additional work.The Steinway performs it
The Spirio system reproduces your timing, dynamics and pedalling on the real 9ft Hamburg Steinway D.I record the real piano
The performance is captured through the studio’s professional microphone chain as a high-resolution acoustic recording, usually at 96 kHz, with 44.1, 48 or 192 kHz available if required. Dolby Atmos recording is also available.You hear the result
I send you a professionally recorded preview, usually within 48 hours. There is no obligation to proceed further.