Posted on 02/12/2020 8:52:35 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
(CNN) — An extremely rare, $194,000 grand piano was smashed when movers dropped it while taking it out of a recording studio, Canadian virtuoso Angela Hewitt has revealed.
Hewitt, one of the world's leading classical pianists, said in a Facebook post that she had just finished recording Beethoven's piano variations in Berlin when the movers entered the studio control room to tell her they had dropped her handmade Fazioli piano.
The pianist said it had taken her 10 days to share the "very sad piece of news" because it "has been such a shock to me that I didn't immediately want to share it with the world."
Her precious F278 Fazioli piano was the only one in the world with four pedals, she wrote.
"I adored this piano. It was my best friend, best companion. I loved how it felt when I was recording -- giving me the possibility to do anything I wanted," she said.
"Now it is no longer."
The iron frame was broken, as was much of the structure, lid and case, she said.
Italian engineer and pianist Paolo Fazioli, the owner of Fazioli Pianos, declared the handmade instrument "unsalvageable," Hewitt wrote.
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And they want $15 an hour.
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Between the insurance the movers had better have had, and the insurance the pianist should have on the instrument, it should be possible to have another one built, though it means being without her personal instrument for some time.
The fourth pedal is an interesting addition (and apparently unique to Fazioli pianos). It reduces the distance of the hammer throws without damping the strings, so the tone of the instrument isn’t changed but the volume is. It’s listed on their webpage as a component of their F308 piano, so it’s not that this piano is a one-off, but rather is rare just because no one else has ordered one.
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Welcome back my friends to the chord that never ends.................
What a shame. Last time I moved, the movers broke and “lost” numerous things.
I H W U D T (hear not see)
A great scene.
The —— ——— Germans ain’t got nuttin to do with it.
Krazy glue. It will be back like new in no time.
Many many years ago, if not decades, the apropriate theme would have been, “that will buff right out”. Haven’t heard anybody say that in years and years.
I have a mid 19th century square grand piano. It took 8 people to get it on the truck to move to NC.
No such thing. There are plenty of people around that can restore it.
Hopefully it was insured.
She can have our antique upright Grand. It weighs as much as a Buick.
She can have our antique upright Grand. It weighs as much as a Buick.
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Tell me about it. See my post 11
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