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Concert pianos don’t have to be black

March 25, 2009 by Eric

Heresy I know but I wouldn’t have even thought about it unless I saw it.

A very good FOB (friend of Bosendorfer) donated a model 225 to an important music department in the Midwest. However he specified that instead of black it be polished pyramid mahogany. As you can see this finish is beautiful and dramatic and quite different from the plain satin black most people are used to.  Now this is just my opinion and I am very very biased but I thought that mahogany piano on that stage was one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen! It was so unexpected but fit so well, it had to be right!!

What do you think?

Bosendorfer on stage
Pyramid Mahogony
Bosendorfer 225 on stage
225 on stage

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