grand piano with his construction technique. This led to the "Modell 408", which was scheduled to enter production in the summer of 2014. In May 2012, the Berlin music software developer Native Instruments introduced the Modell 370 as a software instrument, sampled by Uli Baronowsky, under the name "The Giant". Una Corda On 7 June 2014, working closely with Nils Frahm, the Una Corda piano was released. The construction was inspired by building a portable upright piano similar to Model 370, which features an open design with no cabinet, and 64 individually stringed keys, altogether weighing at 100 kg. This further led to a live showcase on 10 June 2014 with Nils Frahm in Michelberger Hotel, Berlin. On 12 December 2015 Uli Baronowsky and Galaxy Instruments collaborated with Native Instruments releasing a fully realized virtual instrument that closely captures the original Una Corda. Modell 450 Announced by Piano day in 2015 and again working with Nils Frahm, Klavins was developing a vertical concert grand piano, being 4.5m high and weighing over a tonne. Music label In order to publish music played on the Modell 370, David Klavins, in 1988, founded his own record label, "Klavins Music", which was later bought by "Elite Music" in Taiwan and BMG-Asia. Among the concert pianists performing on that label were Michael Ponti, Thomas Duis, Joachim Arnold, Gülsin Onay, Michael Denhoff, Simon Nabatov and Wadik Polyonow. Years of travel In 1988 David Klavins moved to Latvia, the birth country of his parents, and worked in politics. In July 2006 he traveled to Orange County, California, where he entered into a partnership with Liana Marie Sive, to pursue his piano research. In August 2006 Sive and Klavins moved their research operations to Woodbridge, Connecticut. In October 2007 Sive and Klavins formally organized their research activities as PianoTectonics, Inc. Mr. Klavins was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the company, and for the next three years he engaged in intensive research that led to the development, among other things, of the technology for the Una Corda and M450 pianos. In 2011 he moved to Balingen, Germany and since late 2016 has resided in Vác, Hungary. References External links Klavins piano house in Bonn David Klavins Homepage with details about his piano construction and critique 1954 births Living people Businesspeople from Bonn German people of Latvian descent Piano makers Articles containing video clips