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'It's kaputt.' Movers accidentally drop virtuoso's one-of-a-kind $194,000 piano
CNN ^ | 02/11/2020 | Emma Reynolds

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
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To: Responsibility2nd

And they want $15 an hour.


41 posted on 02/12/2020 9:21:57 AM PST by bikerman
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To: Boogieman

ACME


42 posted on 02/12/2020 9:22:05 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: Responsibility2nd

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.


43 posted on 02/12/2020 9:22:24 AM PST by Little Pig
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To: Jane Long

ACME


44 posted on 02/12/2020 9:22:28 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: Red Badger
I heard it played the final chord in A Day in the Life when it landed. It took a lucky hit to depress the sustain pedal.
45 posted on 02/12/2020 9:23:02 AM PST by FirstFlaBn
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To: FirstFlaBn

Welcome back my friends to the chord that never ends.................


46 posted on 02/12/2020 9:24:35 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: rightwingcrazy
Youtube: Bösendorfer VS Fazioli VS Steinway (Three Way Comparison)
47 posted on 02/12/2020 9:25:16 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Responsibility2nd

What a shame. Last time I moved, the movers broke and “lost” numerous things.


48 posted on 02/12/2020 9:25:18 AM PST by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: Jane Long

I H W U D T (hear not see)


49 posted on 02/12/2020 9:27:29 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: redangus
"Uncooked pasta is kind of brittle..."


50 posted on 02/12/2020 9:31:26 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: CommerceComet

A great scene.


51 posted on 02/12/2020 9:32:36 AM PST by wally_bert (Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
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To: 2banana

The —— ——— Germans ain’t got nuttin to do with it.


52 posted on 02/12/2020 9:33:29 AM PST by wally_bert (Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Krazy glue. It will be back like new in no time.


53 posted on 02/12/2020 9:33:49 AM PST by centurion316 (.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

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.


54 posted on 02/12/2020 9:40:01 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I have a mid 19th century square grand piano. It took 8 people to get it on the truck to move to NC.


55 posted on 02/12/2020 9:41:50 AM PST by kalee
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To: al_c
Italian engineer and pianist Paolo Fazioli, the owner of Fazioli Pianos, declared the handmade instrument "unsalvageable," Hewitt wrote.

No such thing. There are plenty of people around that can restore it.

56 posted on 02/12/2020 9:42:19 AM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Hopefully it was insured.

She can have our antique upright Grand. It weighs as much as a Buick.


57 posted on 02/12/2020 9:44:27 AM PST by lurk
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To: lurk

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


58 posted on 02/12/2020 9:46:34 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: grey_whiskers

😸 👍🏻


59 posted on 02/12/2020 9:47:32 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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"Everything below the waist is kaput!"
60 posted on 02/12/2020 9:48:26 AM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life)
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