FRENCH COLUMBIA SINGLE: FRANCIS PLANTE PLAYS CHOPIN, SCHUBERT SELECTIONS (1928)
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FRENCH BLUE LABEL SINGLE: D-15091 (1928)
FRENCH COLUMBIA MATRICES.
PIANO ETUDE IN C-SHARP MINOR "THE TORRENT", OP. 10 #4)/ ROMANCE, OP. 32 (SCHUMANN)
FRANCIS PLANTE (PIANO)
EMINENT 19th CENTURY FRENCH PIANIST WHO MADE THESE RECORDINGS AT THE AGE OF 89. THE RECORDINGS WERE MADE AT HIS CHATEAU OUTSIDE PARIS AND REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT example OF PIANISM FROM THE TIME OF CHOPIN.
CONDITION '2', NICE COPY (needle dig on Schumann side clicks a few turns).
FROM A REMARKABLE AND VARIED COLLECTION ASSEMBLED HERE IN LOS ANGELES
Francis Planté (2 March 1839 – 19 December 1934) was a French pianist famed as one of the first ever recording artists. He was France's most important pianist in the nineteenth century, apart from Chopin.
CONDITION GRADING:
1: UNPLAYED
1-2: TOP CONDITION
2: VERY FINE COPY- A FEW RUBS OR MARKS, NO NEEDLE WEAR
2-3 SOME RUBS, NON-SOUNDING BLEMISHES, NO NEEDLE WEAR.
3: SOME HEAVIER RUBS, MARKS, NO-SOUNDING BLEMISHES. AN AVERAGE COPY
3-4: LIGHT-SOUNDING WEAR (GREYING), RUBS.
4: SOUNDING WEAR, RUBS, MARKS
4-5: WEAR, RUBS, MARKS
5: OBVIOUS SOUNDING WEAR, HEAVY RUBS, MARKS
5-6: HEAVY WEAR, RUBS, MARKS
6: A WRECK! ONLY LISTED FOR EXTREME RARITY.
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