by Alex Davis
In 2000, when pop star George Michael paid 1.67 million for John Lennon's Steinway Model Z piano, he can only have been thinking of the sound investment he had made. Pianos, the most played instrument in the world, are durable enough to last 40 years if they are properly looked after.
This rather average and unassuming musical instrument, on which John Lennon wrote the smash hit, 'Imagine', made history as the most expensive piano ever sold thanks to it astronomical sale price. Founded in 1853 in New York, the American and German company, Steinway & Sons, who were celebrated for their production of handmade pianos, manufactured this piece of history, which went on to tour the world in 2007, visiting sites of past violence.
The renowned manufacturers not only produced this expensive example. In Steinberg's factory in Hamburg, Germany in 2008, the manufacturer tailor-made the world's most expensive grand piano with a price tag of $1.2 million. With a reproduction of the artwork of Chinese painter Shi Qui adorning the lid, the instrument was also made up of 40 different woods. With the moniker 'Sound of Harmony', the piano took four years to produce and was eventually bought by art collector Guo Qingxiang. It later made an appearance at the Expo 2010 Shangai China.
In 1997, another piano of Steinway & Sons, the Alma Tadema, sold for $1.2 million, making it the second most expensive grand piano sold at auction. Originally commissioned by New York millionaire Henry G. Marquand in 1894, the piano was described as the most decorative piano ever made because of its oil paintings, intricate carvings and complex inlays, all produced by famous painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
In the present day, the most expensive new limited edition piano is widely known to be the Limited Edition Kuhn-Bsendorfer, which was unveiled in 2009 by Jon Kuhn and took a year and a half to make. Kuhn, the world's foremost cold glass sculptor, was also responsible for its design, along with L Bsendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH of Vienna, Austria. It is currently on sale for $1.2 million.
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Title: The Most Expensive Pianos in the World
Author: Alex Davis
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Keywords: piano, learn piano, instruments
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