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Birth Of Bösendorfer Piano

In 4 Minutes

La Campanella

Lisitsa

Original title of this video was planned as ” How it’s made – pianos “.There are tons of those on YouTube: Steinways, Mason & Hamelins, Faziolis….ah, and they also ALL claim to be making ” the greatest piano ever”. LOL! If you know the old joke about Cremona violin makers ( Amati , Stradivari and Guarneri – all working on the same street in the same small town, one putting shop sign up “Best violins in Italy”, another – to outdo the competitor,” we make the best violins in the world”. What was left for 3rd one than to modestly say” We make the best violins on the block”) So, let’s me be modest too and just say Bösendorfer makes the best pianos on a block 🙂 One thing for sure, this piano is not MADE, it’s BORN, born with a help of so many people putting countless hours of amazing handwork . This is not a machine, it is a living breathing creature that enables us musicians to make our magic on stage 🙂 Very special thanks to Angus Campbell Golding for creating this video ! And for all the folks at The Bösendorfer factory in Wiener Neustadt who kindly allowed me to practice on a brand new Imperial – this video is a “byproduct” of my practice session a month ago:-) By the way, if you are near Vienna , do visit the factory – or the showroom ( located, ah!, in Musikverein building). It is well worth the trip :-)))」

「Fantastic video. My Boesendorfer was delivered two days ago. I am in complete awe of the incredible richness of sound! Having been (musically) brought up on Steinway, I doubt I would ever have considered it (it DID create some hassle in the family but I got my way!) prior to listening to Miss Lisitsa in her previous video elaborating on Boesendorfer___ her assessment of the instrument is so eloquent and spot on. Many, many thanks to her with the very best wishes for her career!」