A beautiful upright piano that was given to me by my wife in 2006. I had a little trouble getting used to it at first, because the feeling is very different from that of a digital piano, but it’s another world! I often switch from the digital piano to the upright piano, to see the reality of what a musical idea really sounds like. For the album Dans la maison vide, I initially planned to record everything with it, but I told myself that I had neither the sufficient equipment to do it, nor the space. So I opted for an alternative solution thanks to a studio that uses a grand piano controlled by a MIDI controller, all the parts having been played on my Yamaha P90 digital piano.

The result is very satisfying, but I think there would have been more intimacy, even with modest technical means, using my upright piano, as in the short home-made film, with just two microphones placed at the bottom of the soundboard (videos Le vieux cahier, and Nocturne). I use it from time to time on recordings, like the cover of Üdü Wüdü, and a little on the new album.