Ultra-Rare 78 rpm: Willy Bardas (Piano) plays Chopin on Parlophon Berlin 1914

$

499

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Coming for auction is a rare 78 rpm Record from my personal collection:

Title: Polonaise (Chopin) / Fantasie Impromptu (Chopin)
Artist: Willy Bardas (Piano)
Brand: Parlophon P.1765/66 (Berlin 1914)
Condition: This is indeed a stunning and great copy, considering its age: A few minor surface marks here and there but no wear: E / E- (Schulnote: 2 / 2-)
Bardas worked as piano teacher in Tokyo.

From Wikipedia: Willy Bardas (1897-1924)
Bardas studied in Berlin with Artur Schnabel and Max Bruch. He worked as a pianist in Berlin and from 1923 as a piano teacher at the State Music Academy in Tokyo.
His most famous student was the composer Moroi Saburō."Bardas points to the importance of the right mental attitude to the technical difficulty in contrast
to the physiological methods." An obituary states: "Bardas was also a fine-spirited essayist and, as a teacher, brought German music culture to Japan. On the way back from Japan to Berlin in September 1924, he was the victim of a car accident in Naples and suffered a fractured skull.[3]

Grading of items is as follows:

1-2       Perfect mint condition. Should look as if just out oft he record press

2+         A Top copy in great shape without any blemishes.

2            A Top copy. Very few minor rubs should be permitted

2-          A Top Copy which may have a bit of light rubbed spots

GENERALLY ALL ?2? RECORDS SHOULD SATISFY EVEN THE MOST FASTIDIOUS COLLECTOR

3+         Very good to good average condition, plays without  problems.

3            Good average condition. Minimal acoustical impairs are possible

3-          Wear and traces more pronouced.

              Should still play to satisfaction with light impairs in reproduction

4+         Optical and acoustical signs of wear. Often plays better than visual

              shape might suggest.

4            Worn copy.

              Not used for records of documentary value only

Shipping is done with greatest care and with a 40 year experience in collecting 78s

This is a private sale, but I accept returns if I am responsible for any damage or wrong description. Returns are accepted withing 14 days after receipt of items. Buyer pays return costs unless otherwise agreed.