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The following images are used in the World Piano News header…


Hinges on the lid to the rim of the Kengo Kuma Fazioli grand piano, custom-built for the Westbank, Vancouver, Canada. The rim is made from Hinoki wood which has an exceptionally straight grain.

Courtesy: Manuel Bernaschek (Showcase Pianos) for Fazioli Pianoforti s.p.a., Sacile, Italy.
Web: Fazioli Pianoforti s.p.a.


The image shows the plate, tuning pins, and strings of the Yamaha S7X Concert grand piano.

Courtesy: Peter Giles (Giles Communications), for Yamaha Corporation of America, California, USA.
Web: Yamaha Corporation of America


This piano was first mooted by Peugeot Design Labs, who approached Pleyel Pianos in France with the idea of utilising modern ideas from the automotive industry to produce a unique acoustic piano. It took 18 months to develop and was launched in September 2012.

Courtesy: Anne-Emmanuelle Kahn, Peugeot Design Lab, Paris, France.
Web: Peugeot Design Lab


This piano was designed in by Alexander Gorlin (Architects) to reflect the grid-based “Neo-Plasticism” painting style of Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), making it literally an art case piano. It was manufactured by Pianova in Großefehn, North West Germany.

Courtesy: Ella Misko, Alexander Gorlin (Architects), Großefehn, Germany
Web: gorlinarchitects.com


This installation was created by celebrated Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, best known for his spectacular, supersized public artworks. Signpost 5 consisted of three massive grand piano structures each measuring 8 x 6 x 5 metres. The pianos gave the appearance of having been washed up on the shoreline, and were created to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Schiermonnikoog (an island in the Netherlands) Chamber Music Festival in 2006. Photographer: Ilja Zonneveld

Courtesy: Studio Florentijn, Hofman, Netherlands
Web: florentijnhofman.nl


This concept piano was designed in 2006 by Alexander Gorlin (Architects) for Bösendorfer pianos

Courtesy: Ella Misko, Alexander Gorlin (Architects), Großefehn, Germany
Web: gorlinarchitects.com


This is a plan view of the Whaletone Grand Hybrid digital piano, a stunning instrument, built to order and designed by Robert Majkut, who looks upon his creation as his version of a singing whale.

Courtesy: Elizabeth Madej (photo Szymon Polański), Whaletone Ltd, London, UK
Web: whaletone.com