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12/09/2005 Michael Spreeman visits Germany to establish relationship with Carl Sauter Pianofortemanufaktur. |
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11/16/2006 Bob Ravenscroft plays the first Model 220 Ravenscroft piano. |
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12/03/2006 The Ravenscroft 220 debuts at Jazz in AZ concert with performers: Armand Boatman, Bob Ravenscroft, Andy Margolis and Charles Lewis. |
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06/20/2007 Spreeman Piano Innovations, LLC. is invited to exhibit the Ravenscroft piano in the Manufacturers' Showcase of the 2007 Piano Technician Guild's Institutional Convention. Other manufacturers featured were Baldwin, Bechstein, Bösendorfer, Fazioli, Fandrich, Sauter, Schimmel, Steinway, and Yamaha. See pictures |
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02/11/2008
"The Mind and Music of Leonard Bernstein" -
was presented by Dr. Richard Kogan at the Phoenix Art Museum, on a Ravenscroft Model 220. Dr. Kogan is a Juilliard trained concert pianist and a Harvard trained psychiatrist. |
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06/18/2008 The Ravenscroft 275 is featured at the National PTG Convention in an all day class highlighting: The Ravenscroft Piano overview, Action Designing in CAD, and Interrelationship between the Soundboard and Scale Design. |
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10/5/2008
"A Celebration of Bill Evans" -
performed by Bob Ravenscroft launched the Jazz in AZ-Kerr jazz season for '08-'09. |
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10/25/2008 Fullness of Life Foundation benefit concert:
"Believe, A Concert For Life" -
at The Orpheum Theater, in Phoenix, Arizona. Performances on the model 275 included artists Chevy Chase, Roger Kellaway and Yongmei Hu accompanied by the Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra. |
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02/18/2009
Concert of Soloists -
Pianist Mauricio Arias with the ASU Symphony Orchestra and conductor Brian St. John, performed the first movement of Chopin's second piano concerto at ASU Gammage. Other works on the program included Respighi's Pines of Rome and Britten's Soirees Musicales. A Ravenscroft Model 275 was the featured piano for the concert soloist. See pictures |
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03/16/2009
Inner Journeys Celebrates Bill Evans -
Performers Bob Ravenscroft, Michael Kocour, Dwight Kilian, Rob Moore, and ASU Jazz Combos paid homage to this giant of jazz piano in a multimedia program that surveyed music from his entire career. A Ravenscroft Model 275 Contemporary was the featured instrument on stage in the Evelyn Smith Music Theater at ASU's School of Music. See pictures |
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07/15/2009
Piano travels 2,000 miles -
A Ravenscroft model 275 was on display at the National Piano Technicians Guild convention in Grand Rapids, Michigan July 15 – 19. The piano was available for the general public to play and experience. See video |
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09/12/2009
Annual Friends of Tempe Center for the Arts Gala -
David Spade entertained this year's gala which included an elegant reception, sit-down dinner and jazz performances with the Bob Ravenscroft Trio. The trio performed on a Ravenscroft Model 275 in the main reception area overlooking tempe town lake. The sound and look of the Ravenscroft piano was well received by patrons of the arts attending that night. See pictures |
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11/01/2009
Ravenscroft Pianos at the "Knock Out Parkinson Jazz and Blues Festival" -
the third annual benefit for the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center in Phoenix. Five groups of musicians performed on a Ravenscroft Model 220 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort. Performers included: Joe Garcia and Friends, Nuance Music with Devon Bridgewater and Friends, The Vicki McDermitt Quartet, jazz experience Dennis Rowland, and Inner Journeys featuring Bob Ravenscroft. |
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05/01/2010
Ravenscroft Pianos at the 33rd Annual Paradise Valley Jazz Party -
Renowned Jazz pianists Shelly Berg, Tamir Hendelman, Gerald Clayton, Renee Rosnes, Mike Kocour and others performed over 16 hours on a Ravenscroft Contemporary Model 275. This exclusive event was held at the Embassy suites in Paradise Valley, AZ. |
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06/26/2010
Ravenscroft Pianos at the 2010 PTG Convention and Technical Institute -
A Ravenscroft Model 220 was displayed at Bally’s Resort & Casino in Las Vegas during the National PTG Conference. The newest Ravenscroft piano was available for the public to experience firsthand. |
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06/19/2010
Ravenscroft Pianos the official piano for Tempe Center for the Arts -
A Ravenscroft Model 275 was presented to Tempe Center for the Arts June 19, 2010. The inaugural concert featured bassist, composer, and producer Brian Bromberg. |
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09/02/2010
Ravenscroft Pianos at the 16th Annual Vail Jazz Festival -
This internationally acclaimed event features five days and nights of the world's greatest jazz musicians including pianists: Tamir Hendelman, Ted Rosenthal, Ann Hampton Callaway, and Bill Cunliffe’s Multimedia Salute to Oscar Peterson. Musicians will have the pleasure of performing on a Ravenscroft Piano Model 275 for the entire weekend. More details |