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Vienna Cultural Timeline

November 2, 2014 by Eric

I came across this chart recently, while going through some old files. I created it to show the relationship between Bosendorfer and the various luminaries that passed through Vienna.

Filed Under: HEP Guy, The piano world Tagged With: Vienna

The Frederick Collection and the world’s great piano builders

March 6, 2010 by Eric

Click here for a great Slate article, make sure you read to the end. For those of you in a hurry, here is the last paragraph which could have come from my own brain:   To be sure, Steinways are tremendous instruments and have earned their glory. But should any one brand be that dominant? […]

Filed Under: HEP Guy, The piano world Tagged With: Bluthner, Bosendorfer, Brahms, Streicher, Vienna

Gabriela Montero in Vienna

May 20, 2009 by Eric

The word from Vienna is that my pal Gabriela Montero (yes, she played at the inauguration) just had a big success in Vienna, playing Brahms 1 on a Bosendorfer 290 with the Vienna Philharmonic. Gabby is the real deal and if you don’t know of her, you should.  Sublime musical intelligence, warm personality, beautiful, huge […]

Filed Under: HEP Guy, Performance, The piano world Tagged With: Bosendorfer, Gabriela Montero, Vienna

No, the factory is NOT moving

April 24, 2009 by Eric

There was some recent news that seems to be universally misunderstood. The Bosendorfer factory in Wiener Neustadt is NOT moving. However, our administrative offices, currently on Graf Starhemberggasse in Vienna ARE moving to the factory in Wiener Neustadt. The Graf Starhemberggasse facility used to the be the factory but now is mostly empty. The consolidation […]

Filed Under: Bosendorfer, HEP Guy, The piano world Tagged With: Bosendorfer, Vienna

OK, OK, so I don’t have the basic part of blogging down!

November 3, 2008 by Eric

June…November…not so bad, right? Of course, a lot has happened during this period, but some things can’t really be talked about…strategy, plans, that sort of thing. Here are a couple of items: North American Dealers meeting in Las Vegas in August – big success International Dealers Meeting in Vienna in September – big success Bottom […]

Filed Under: Bosendorfer, HEP Guy Tagged With: blogging, Bosendorfer, Vienna, YouTube

Visit to Vienna

June 10, 2008 by Eric

Spent a quick 4 days in Vienna in May. Of course, the week before I was there and the day I left were beautiful but while I was there, it was AGAIN WITH THE CRUDDY EUROPEAN WEATHER!! I took my new very fancy HD video camera and spent the Sunday of arrival finding Ludwig Bosendorfers […]

Filed Under: Bosendorfer, HEP Guy Tagged With: Ludwig Bosendorfer, Schweighofer, Streicher, Vienna

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