Noodler’s Rachmaninoff — Ink Review #116
Noodler's Rachmaninoff Ink Review # 116 Originally posted on FPN: Feb 23, 2024 Ink: Rachmaninoff Brand: Noodler's Country: USA Availability: 90 ml bottles. Pens Used: Pilot Kakuno EF, Lamy Safari (EF, F, M, B, 1.1) Description I have been putting off this review for quite a while, as I love the composer and dislike the ink: a colour made for Barbie with the consistency of Pepto-Bismol. I’m assuming this atrocious colour was chosen because of the composer’s lovely lyrical melodies. If that’s the case, then it shows an absolute misunderstanding of the music. The Composer A bit about Rachmaninoff, one of the greatest composers and pianists of the early 20th century. He was born in the Russian Empire in 1873 and died in Beverly Hills, USA, in 1943. Rachmaninoff’s music was slightly out of sync with the musical trends of the era, and critics often panned his music for being too lyrical. This is from the 1954 edition of Grove’s D...