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| | Bösendorfer: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic |
 | | A piano is a large musical instrument with a keyboard.... | | | They are known as "the most musical piano maker today." Bösendorfer's history dates from 1828 and is the oldest piano maker still in production. | | | They have established themselves as the finest piano maker in the world and are notably "the aristocrat of pianos." Bösendorfer has been selected by the finest pianists and composers of the world including: Johann Strauss[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject], EHandler: no quick summary. |
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| | The real improvement came with the way notes hung in the air and subtle intricate string interactions and harmonics off the piano and its sounding board. | | | Taking out my prized 1970's Direct Master Series 45 rpm direct to disc vinyl Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. | | | 57 Appassionata by Ikuyo Kamiya (pianist) on a Bösendorfer Imperial (RCA RDCE 4), there was some slightly improves speed and clarity. |
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| | Piano - definition of Piano in Encyclopedia |
| | The most notable example of an extended range can be found on Bösendorfer pianos, some of which extend the normal range downwards to F, with others going as far as a bottom C, making a full eight octave range. | | | Many older pianos only have 85 (from A0 to A6), while some manufacturers extend the range further in one or both directions. | | | On some models these extra keys are hidden under a small hinged lid, which can be flipped down to cover the keys and avoid visual disorientation in a pianist unfamiliar with the extended keyboard; on others, the colours of the extra keys are reversed (black instead of white and vice versa) for the same reason. |
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