The Room
Built around the way a piano should be heard.
An intimate acoustic environment in Surabaya for attentive study, nuanced performance, and focused recording.
Piano to room
The instrument shaped the room around it.
Scroll to watch the outline of a grand piano open into the plan of the studio built around it.
Conceptual plan — not to scale until measured surveys are supplied.
Select a point on the plan
Kawai grand
The primary teaching and performance instrument. Exact model to be confirmed. [tbc]
Designed for listening
A room that rewards attention.
Tone, dynamic control, clarity, and resonance are all shaped by the room as much as the instrument. A space that flatters careless playing teaches careless listening.
This room is treated so that students hear the real consequences of their touch — and so that recordings capture the piano honestly.
Specific acoustic measurements will be published only once surveyed; no performance figures are claimed here.
The instruments
Two grand pianos.
The 3D piano on the homepage is a stylised instrument, not a replica of either studio piano.
Kawai grand
Exact model details coming soon
- Exact model — [tbc]
- Size — [tbc]
- Tonal character — [tbc]
- Typical lesson use — [tbc]
- Recording suitability — [tbc]
Yamaha grand
Exact model details coming soon
- Exact model — [tbc]
- Size — [tbc]
- Tonal character — [tbc]
- Typical lesson use — [tbc]
- Recording suitability — [tbc]
Room configurations
One room, arranged many ways.
Hear the room
How the studio sounds.
Audio samples of the room will live here once real studio recordings are made. No external or generic recordings are used.
- Close microphoneThe piano heard up close.
- Audience positionThe sound from a listener’s seat.
- Soft lyrical passageQuiet tone and resonance.
- Brilliant passageFull dynamic range, unforced.
Practical information
Visiting the studio.
Details are shared when a visit is arranged; unconfirmed values are left blank.
- Address
- Shared when your visit is arranged. [tbc]
- Parking
- [tbc]
- Accessibility
- [tbc]
- Waiting area
- [tbc]
- Capacity
- [tbc]
- Available hours
- [tbc]
- House rules
- [tbc]
Built around the way a piano should be heard.
An intimate acoustic environment in Surabaya for attentive study, nuanced performance, and focused recording.