$1, 200,000 Piano: The Kuhn Bösendorfer

[Stefantsankov]

Im here to play the Piano -.- not to look at some shiny diamonds o_O

[p0rel]

This piano is awsome!!!.. for a pimp... not for an artist..

[cflmaior]

A spectre is haunting the Bösendorfer factory -- the spectre of Liberace.

[jarosemann1228]

why did they have to ruin it with Fur Elise?

[Curby23523]

this guy cant play^^

[kannibalghost]

it looks pimped out :D

[gabrielloart]

it's lovely! perfect for Barbie house or lap dance club :D

[galimir]

what a waste of material!Whay somebody would need something like that (of course beside the ability to show the others how rich and cool he is and how high he is above them...)?

[Bukowszky]

awful! yekK!

[Kinjutsuu]

Hahha, Yamaha owns Bösendorfer.

[az5625]

gaudy crap.

[patrayce]

This piano actually look cheap with all the diamonds on it. Please remove them, that's ugly :S

[aligh18]

the diamonds make it look very tacky. ew.

[viscosepowermongrel]

Yuck.

[passi78500]

sieht voll scheiße aus

[st3alth12345]

what the fuck are the diamonds for? I think this piano is for them rich people who like to show off with they're wealth :))

[zigouigouix]

Awful bad taste, top boring musical choice, is this what a "tuned" piano should look at ?

[TheLordCinderbottom]

Bedazzled piano

[straizys]

why then they let such a looser pianist play on this? :D ridiculously bad pianist

[resera5]

Obviously the diamonds are worth more than the rest of the piano while adding nothing to the tonal quality which is all that pianists really care about.

[retrogamerdave]

that's a lot of bling for a piano. Reminds me of liberace

[feewert42]

i don't know about you guys but this piano doesn't sound good, i wouldn't pay a penny for that piano, a Ritmuller would kick this piano s diamonds ass, this looks and sounds like shit, women have gone to far...

[brandonscherrer]

@feewert42 It's probably the pianist?

[trysomethingnew23]

In stores now

[guitard777]

whoops...I meant Steinway...not steinbeck. I'm reading steinbeck right now. Duh on me!!

[guitard777]

Sheeessszzzz.......and I didn't even know Librace was still alive.

Bosendorfer's are indeed superb and share the stage with Steinbeck as the world's best pianos....but studding the box with bazzilions of diamonds does not make for better sound. It is the French Poodle of pianos. Librace who love it!!

[xxguitarhero48xx]

diamonds don't make noise. screw this.

[yugoroth1]

Indeed a stupid piano, no point in diamonds if it has no purpose besides showing off...

[GooglFascists]

Looks like it came out a French whorehouse.

[MithraMusic]

That's hideous. Liberace, Lady Gaga and Cher just bowed their heads in disgust and said this is too much for them.

[highlanderdurp]

Those diamonds make it look like a 12 year old girls cell phone.

[JMagoom]

wow thats an ugly piano lol

[audioliquor]

this is just silly! even if i had the dough to put stuff like this on a piano, it would be a better design!!

[wibbitywee]

Of course they play the song that you first learn that now every time you hear exasperates you lol. And on the most tacky piano none the less.

[sweetpoox]

embarrassing

[normgood11]

Nice and tacky

[steven144]

that guy needs to work on his arppegios more.. sounds uneven

[steven144]

this is foolishness... as musician, I must say the prices for pianos are outrages.. I have a yamaha u1, i widsh I could afford a grand piano. --__--

[AeneasMeier]

i´d rather take one of these expensive diamonds to buy a steinway

[BIackMoonCGI]

Is this a joke?  That looks truly awful.

[LazyBoy9476]

@BIackMoonCGI i agree!

[Mrphilharmonic]

You would have thought that they'd get someone who could at least PLAY the darn thing properly!! This is the WORST rendition of "Fur Elise" I have EVER heard. It's not even accurate to the original.

The piano? It's hard to say whether it belongs on the concert platform or in a jewelers window! Just like the playing - it's pretty tasteless. I'm surprised at Bosendorfer allowing their name to be put to something like this. Give me their traditional stylings and gorgeous sound any day.

[pianopropgm]

L'interet d'un piano diamant ?

[Superphilipp]

It looks like it has a tumor.

[nixzulachen]

Huuu - Geschmack und Geld sind wohl zweierlei.

[foonyah]

Why would you destroy such a beautiful instrument with that garbage? I wouldn't want to play something so gawdy

[pguitar13]

@foonyah Beethoven is gawdy? You're a fucking idiot.

[grosseswartznegger]

Hey, someone stole that from Liberace!!

[NullErbamser]

dear santa...

[MrPausenbrot]

hä der sieht nicht mal gut aus..eher wie ne discokugel, was ist daran schön ?

der arme flügel...

[avandesande]

All that's missing is a velvet painting on the wall.

[FliegerFelix]

jaja geilen flügel haben und nicht spielen können

[michael10894]

nosebleed!!..

[Sidecarmachine]

the diamonds are useless and look ugly in my opinion, wouldnt mind having it tho eheh

[SkiperGranja]

ficou gay com essas pedras ¬¬

[ixehuayo]

Que naco se ve ese piano

[glenivice]

Dear piano player.

You shoud really play with rounded fingers at all time since the distances bitween notes in this song is not too great. Try to lift your fingers up higher and then hit the key more "deeply", you were just put the finger right on the key and then pulled it down. That way of playing is lack of "energy". If you learn in a musical school, they will never let you hit the key like that.

Anyway great playing

,

[kazesorany]

It dosen't matter what piano you have, what matters is the skill, the expression, the will to practice for hours! People don't need a good piano! they need skill.

[davehallmusic]

looks like an Elton John spare.

[crustylion321]

To me the sound of a steinway is unmatched, it has this rich warm powefull sound other pianos dont. Only pianos I played that come close to and almost match the sound of a steinway were a kawaii grand in rosewood, and a mason and hamlin grand in rosewood.

[HalfGlitcH2320]

but the real question is: CAN IT BLEND??

[HugeDeek]

@HalfGlitcH2320 This is getting old... but the right words are "WILL IT BLEND"

[Pilotsofer]

@HalfGlitcH2320 why would you want to blend a piano? LOL

[stevenloganmusic]

@HalfGlitcH2320 HAHAHAHA!!! WILL IT BLEND? good one!

[NumberOneAndUno]

Take a look at Fazioli M. Liminal...

[AlabamaIceman]

Straight-up pimpin'.

[wclmyy]

The piano player shown in this clip is probably a beginner. Hand gesture can show everything.

[MrYou2ber]

@wclmyy I can judge his inexperience just by the sound. And amazing pianists with great tones sometimes have horrible hand gestures. So I don't rely on that too much.

[Killenmachine05]

ok cool but why

[gerardbedecarter]

Wow.

[SurajPianoMusic]

its like piano in heaven

[riccard789]

Ma che tamarrata è?

[Sanitoeter666]

Whohoa, thats some kind of Masterpiece! Even though i'd have chosen a different song than this piece, It sounds really great. I play at a Bösendorfer 1885 whenever I'm at my old house. It's freaking awesome, that feeling catches me and i play for hours after hours till it gets dark or i starve... I swear I could kill for one of those!

[flashpadxxx]

i have a BÖSENDORFER MOZART LIMITED EDITION.I ordered it for a long time and for a few weeks it arrived. Its not that bad but i want to have the Kuhn Bösendorfer.I will try to buy it.

[ANTONZANESCO]

wonderful to hear you have Bosendorfer

Mozart . I have worked at bosendorfer as

a piano maker & tuner and know ( noy guess ) that you have the best piano

in the world ( besides a wendl & lung )

at home .

[david213redmond]

it sounds like a distorted medi accompanied with a kick ass piano... oh such a awsome piano!

[dmana3172]

Hey! That's my piano! I want it back!

[RinJERKS]

Back in 1987 I got the chance to play a 97 key Bosendorfer in Philadelphia. I was a 19 year old kid. I played Clair de Lune, Moonlight Sonata and Fur Elise. The salesmen didn't bother me I obviously knew what I was doing. It was autographed by Leonard Bernstein. The feel and richness of tone were exquisite!! Even though those pieces didn't require the extra octave, the sheer size of the piano afforded by those keys made for a perfect soumd that I will never forget as long as I live.

[NuovoCurioso]

Chi può comprarlo?????

[ciolamorta]

Si, sarebbe un bel regalo di Natale. :-)

[AlanLeonheart]

Che spreco, per suonare un "Per Elisa" così reinterpretato!! :-( E' una versione purtroppo riarrangiata! Che peccato!

[Pianoman1770]

WOW!!! AMAZING PIANO!!!!! but a horrible performance of fur elise, sorry.. its just, how should i put this, not how Beethoven would play it. theres like no emotion, or even pedaling, and theres some un-needed extra notes in there that doesn't make it sound any better. but anyways, THAT IS A PIANO TO DIE FOR AND YOU, OR WHOEVER THAT WAS IS LUCKY AS HELL TO HAVE PLAYED ON IT!!!!

[LARESISTENZA]

TRUEEEEEE!

[Paramite84]

@Pianoman1770

If the piece is even composed by Beethoven in the first place... I'm sure you know there are some doubts about that. ;)

[meixiu01]

i wanna get one of those for my birthday :(

[PAGAFER]

Pocas veces se tiene la oportunidad de ver algo tan hortera y de tan mal gusto.

[glenn3rd2004]

Does this piano have 97 keys, like the Borsendorfer 290 Imperial Grand piano?

[xXxmidgexXx]

IT MUST SOUND JUST AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS

[familymio]

WOW

[blakeisthewinner]

wow thats amazing i want one!!!!!

[poopman49]

my school has one!! :)

[lilkkka]

really i would love to have such soooo much!

[LARESISTENZA]

really?? whera are u from?

[ThePlatinumEagle]

@blakeisthewinner i dont think any of us will get one anytime soon lol :)