Review of the Luthéal Piano library in the Recording Mag December 2011 issue:

 

"This library is a blast! It offers some unique variations on the traditional early-20th-century piano sound, with a number of stop combinations available. My personal favorite is the Clavecin, which really does sound like a very organic cross between a piano and a clavichord with a little bit of harpsichord mixed in... and a charming bit of rattle (the nails against the strings, I assume) on notes in the very lowest octave! The Harp Tirée isn't much like a harp to my ears; it's more like a cross between a piano and plucking harmonics on a guitar... very cool in its own right. The harmonic character is even more evident in the Cimbalom. (…)


The piano sound without the Luthéal stops is worth the cost of admission, by the way. It's a lovely-sounding instrument, with a rich mellow timbre that is unlike what you usually get in modern piano sample libraries-it makes Yamaha and Steinway grands sound brash by comparison. The Luthéal Piano library is not cheap, but it's unlike anything else out there, and that's the real charm of RealSamples' fantastic instruments from the annals of history.”