Thanks all for the kind words! This video was unlisted for a while because it was just for practice. I decided to make it public when a few friends were discussing this piece.
Can’t believe how wonderfully you were able to play that without your fingers freezing up, Max! I literally just came from working on getting my amateurish rendition of Peacherine Rag back up to speed, and even in 18C my fingers could never work anything like yours do!😂 Thanks so much for sharing this. 👏❤
If I'm correct, about 19.5F. Always loved ur playing Max, & your original compositions. I still occasionally go back & listen to the upload you did from the CD you had done, was that just before your 12th birthday? Also many of the things you had done at multiple Ragtime Festivals, like "Maple Leaf" in any key the audience requested & performances with so many other pianists, especially Tom Brier before his tragic accident. Seems I recall a good one with Kylan DiGhetaldi (can't remember the spelling there), and another long time favorite, "Maple Leaf" on 2 differently tuned pianos. Always thought you, Tom, Kylan, Adam & quite a number of the others too are the best I have ever heard! May have commented once before, would love to meet you & hear you in person someday. Don't do much traveling but I'm in the US & the Central PA Ragtime Festival would be the nearest thing. Someday maybe I'll get there....
I’ve always had this variation of the 2nd strain in my head, I really need to figure it out how to play it.. really inspired me thanks, performance was mind blowing
Wonderful to listen to as always! How the everloving hell did you manage this at -7°C though? Doubt I'd be able to play anything properly below freezing point haha.
Thanks my friend! Yes, it's still languishing in the barn. 1903 Heintzman with a special action including a sostenuto pedal. Looking forward to rebuilding it some year! How's your Francis Bacon doing?
@@maxkeenlyside Wait, that thing has a sostenuto? That's so awesome!!! My player piano has been languishing too, it's been sitting at our house in Poland and hasn't been played since October... last year. I'm probably going to have to tune it, and I'm not looking forward to it. It's such an awesome piano with a really nice bass for an upright of it's age, I really wish I was there to play it but I'll be going overseas in February hopefully and I'll get all that stuff done!
Oh this is a very nice (or should I say ‘cool’) performance! Great to have some more ragtime related videos. :) Wasn’t it challenging to play in the cold? My fingers would probably just refuse to function…
They usually do but this one has stayed pretty much where it was at in the heat of summer. The board is in pretty good shape but the bass strings and the hammers are dead.
