Million Dollar Kuhn Bosendorfer Played by Valentina Lisitsa

Valentina Lisitsa plays the Kuhn Bösendorfer.

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[labcdaire]

It's wrong, Steinways grand pianos are generally 20% more expensive than Bösendorfers for the same sizes, and they are not 100% handmade, unlike the Bösendorfers.

I agree with the much sweeter and richer tone of the Bösendorfers, they have more to say than the standard Steinways, especially in the higher range of the keyboard.

[moonstaff1234]

i think steinways typically sound a lot better than yamahas

[brucegbean]

Just curious Valentina, have you ever played the Mason & Hamlin grands, and what do you think of them?  Love all of your posts....they make my day.

[clitomaniac]

@fluterampal Many professional Steinway players have a Bosendorfer at home !

[Evil5ymphony]

give me two please :)

[uulker]

@quinn244

you'r forgiven...

[fluterampal]

I think Steinways are not better than Bosendorfer or the other way around. Both are superlative in their own right. A perfectly regulated Bosendorfer will rival a perfectly regulated Steinway. Being brilliant and mellow can be controlled by an excellent technician. Saying that 9 out of ten pianists play a steinway is like saying 9 out of ten americans drive a toyota over a mercedes. These two pianos are gems. Lets focus on the music.

[quinn244]

@ANTONZANESCO Not surprising.

[ANTONZANESCO]

@quinn244 and the Hamburg steinway is superior in may ways.

[ANTONZANESCO]

@quinn244 the soundboard of the bosendorfer is build the same way as any other board exept the individual

idea of the company. like every other maker has their own ideas.

it is only a way of building the case shell that is build differnet then some.

and no soundboard is build out of one piece. there is no such tree.

it takes at least one full year to build even the smaler models at bosendorfer.

[utubuser10]

@PuptoPetra the quirky thing is that we all talk about how well a piano, "sings" and when someone calls a work for solo piano a song we get bent out of shape...

[quinn244]

@labcdaire ya thats a matter of opinion. It takes a year to make one Steinway piano. The Bosendorfers sound board is broken up in sections. Were as the steinways is one solid piece of wood. Which probably makes the bosendorfers sound sharper.