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'Early Pianoforte: Beurmann Edition' offers the unique sound of a historical pianoforte by Johann Andreas Stein built in Augsburg in 1793. Clearly showing influences of harpsichords of that time, the instrument sports an uncommon piano sound: Svelte, present and with courtly elegance. Sporting a sound and feel far from any other pianoforte, the Stein instruments were a personal favourite of Mozart.

The lutheal is probably one of the rarest piano instruments in existence – with only one original instrument being left. Invented by the Belgian George Cloetens, it uses a grand piano as its basis and allows to change the tone of the piano by applying the Lutheal mechanism. Built in 1922, it has been completely restored and resides at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Brussels.

'Overdriven Guitar Collection' by Realsamples contains single notes of a Gibson SG guitar recorded in its classic overdriven sound. Just right for that guitar solo you'd like to play on your keyboard, or for these chords in the chorus. The guitar is sampled chromatically with 32 velocity layers of each note.

The most faithfully captured sample set of the "very special" (and very rare) Orphica Piano available, delivered in the classy realsamples way. The Orphica Piano library offers a very special little piano: Invented by Carl Leopold Rollig, the small portable piano type was exclusively built by piano maker Joseph Donal at the end of the 18th century.

'Bass Guitar Collection' from Realsamples brings the sound of a Warwick® Streamer™ electric bass to your sampler with all its full bottom end glory. The bass was recorded directly through a Mindprint® DTC™ high quality channel-strip. Chromatically sampled, every note is available in 32 velocities, so you have 32 different samples of each note's dynamic range. Additionally, every string has been sampled up to higher regions (G-string up to the 15th fret) to provide great realism and flexibility. The set includes ready-to-play presets for HAlion®, Kontakt®, EXS24® and GigaStudio®. Sampled in 96 kHz/24-Bit, the set is downsampled to 44.1 kHz/24-Bit (GigaStudio-version: 16-Bit).

'Acoustic Guitar Collection Vol 2' from Realsamples offers you an ultimate classic steelstring; a Martin acoustic guitar. If you're looking for a charismatic Western guitar sound, then look no further. Single notes were sampled chromatically with 32 velocity layers of each note, chords were multi-sampled. Recorded in 96 Khz and 24-Bit resolution, the signal was downsampled to 44.1 KHz/24-Bit (16-Bit in the GigaStudio version). The set includes ready-to-play presets for Halion, Kontakt2, EXS24 and GigaStudio format.

The Grand Piano library features a historical pianoforte built by Erard 1873 in London. This unique piano offers a lithe, charming and warm yet present sound far from your usual piano suspects, full of character, breathing and dripping with life.

There is barely another instrument to combine both zeitgeist and timelessness in the way a spinet does: Despite being around for centuries already, its sound is still relevant in many musical territories, while at the same time being inextricably connected to the musical works of its time.

The secret star of the Edition Beurmann is the hidden gem of the Dulcitone Celesta. Built around 1910, this unique tuning-fork piano sports a vibrant, mellow and charming sound reminiscent of a vibraphone, glockenspiel, marimba and a piano - yet retains a sound all its own. In its early days the Dulcitone Celesta was inspiring to those looking for a new sound - Pjotr Tschaikowsky wrote some parts of his Nutcracker for a celesta like the dulcitone.

The Dutch Harpsichord library offers an original harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers built in 1628. Due to its two manuals and many registers, the Ruckers harpsichord offers lots of unique sounds, sampled with 6 different register combinations, including the upper 8', lower 8' (principal 8'), tutti, both 8' together, the 4' register as well as the lute stop.