I Must Have a Pleyel In Search of Chopins Ideal Piano When I am somewhat indisposed, I play an Erard piano and I easily find a sound ready to hand [un son tout fait]. But when I am in form and feel strong enough to find my own sound [mon propre son moi], I must have a Pleyel. -attributed to Chopin by Henri Blaze de Bury, 1856 Pleyel, 1836 Jean-Marc Touron, Paris Pleyel upright Jean-Marc Touron, Paris Pleyel inscription Erard 1829 Jean-Marc Touron, Paris Erard inscription Cit de la Musique Pleyel, 1841 Muse de la Musique, Paris Pleyel, ca Jean Goverts, Basel Ignace Pleyel ( ) Salons Pleyel lithograph by Edouard Renard Lillustration, 9 June 1855, p. 365 Pleyel, 1831 Pleyel Museum, Ruppersthal Pleyel square, Pleyel Museum, Ruppersthal Schloss Kremsegg Kremsmnster Klavierland Pleyel, ca Schloss Kremsegg Erard, ca Schloss Kremsegg