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The legendary Levi's jeans, Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Boeing planes, precious Steinway pianos and the legendary Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York - they are all achievements from the land of opportunity. But they have another thing in common: their creators emigrated from Germany to the New World.

PMI Piano Magic Bundle - finest realistic piano samples, church organs and harpsichords for Gigasampler, Kontakt, EXS24 and other samplers.

PMI Piano Magic Bundle - finest realistic piano samples, church organs and harpsichords for Gigasampler, Kontakt, EXS24 and other samplers.

PMI Piano Magic Bundle - finest realistic piano samples, church organs and harpsichords for Gigasampler, Kontakt, EXS24 and other samplers.

PMI Piano Magic Bundle – finest realistic piano samples, church organs and harpsichords for Gigasampler, Kontakt, EXS24 and other samplers.

Born in Tokyo, Yashiro Kazuo was an acclaimed jazz pianist. He first came to prominence in the late 1950s when he joined vocalist Kiyoko Maruyama’s band, touring and making his first recorded appearance. In 1960, he was a member of Far East Coast Jazz, a band selected by the Swing Journal readers. In this group, he played alongside Akira Fukuhara, Akira Miyazawa, Hideto Kanai and Hideo Shiraki. Yashiro Kazuo then went on to play alongside Sadao Watanabe and Toshiyuki Miyama. He's released a series of albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including Side By Side 3, recorded in 1976 as Piano Quartet.

Born in Tokyo, Yashiro Kazuo was an acclaimed jazz pianist. He first came to prominence in the late 1950s when he joined vocalist Kiyoko Maruyama’s band, touring and making his first recorded appearance. In 1960, he was a member of Far East Coast Jazz, a band selected by the Swing Journal readers. In this group, he played alongside Akira Fukuhara, Akira Miyazawa, Hideto Kanai and Hideo Shiraki. Yashiro Kazuo then went on to play alongside Sadao Watanabe and Toshiyuki Miyama. He's released a series of albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including Side By Side 2 (1976), recorded as Piano Quartet.

Concert "D" At 9', the Steinway D is considered by many the pinnacle of pianos. The instrument we sampled is equipped with a custom system for re-performance, developed by Zenph. That's how we recorded our samples so precisely!