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Bösendorfer (L. Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH) is an Austrian piano manufacturer and, since 2008, a wholly owned subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation. [1] Bösendorfer is unusual in that it produces 97 - and 92- key models in addition to instruments with standard 88-key keyboards .
Ignaz Bösendorfer, based on lithograph by Josef Kriehuber, 1859. Ignaz Bösendorfer (July 28, 1796 – April 14, 1859) was an Austrian musician and piano manufacturer, who in 1828 founded the Bösendorfer company in Vienna-Josefstadt.
He took over in 1909 the piano manufacturer Bösendorfer, from Ludwig Bösendorfer, who had no heirs. After the demolition in 1913 of Palais Liechtenstein, Herrengasse [ de ] where the company's sales room and the associated concert venue Bösendorfer-Saal were situated, a new sales room, the Bösendorfer Stadtsalon , was opened at the ...
Imperial Bösendorfer in the Music Hall of the University of Bamberg. The Bösendorfer Model 290 Imperial, or Imperial Bösendorfer (also colloquially known as the 290 [1]) is the largest model and flagship piano manufactured by Bösendorfer, at around 290 cm (9 ft 6 in) long, 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) wide, and weighing 552 kg (1,217 lb). [2]
The Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition [1] is a biennial piano competition held at Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts since 2006. The competition has three categories: Yamaha Junior for pianists ages 13-15; Yamaha Senior for pianists ages 16-18; and Bosendorfer for pianists ages 19-32.
Ludwig Bösendorfer (10 April 1835 – 9 May 1919) was an Austrian piano manufacturer, son of Ignaz Bösendorfer and inheritor of his father's company Bösendorfer. He modernized the construction of the company's pianos, and made the company well known beyond Austria.
The brand are made in China by Beijing Hsinghai Piano Group, Silbermann Piano Co., and Parsons Music for the importer, North American Music Inc. Hardman Peck: New York: US 1842–1990 The name "Hardman" is used in China by Beiijing HsingHai. Haynes: Chicago: US Heintzman & Co. Toronto: Canada 1866–1929 Hobart M. Cable: La Porte, IN US 1900–1960
American musicologist Barry Kernfeld, said that in the 1950s, "a million-selling sheet-music title was entirely a thing of the past". [9] From the album era, "Stairway to Heaven" (1971) by Led Zeppelin is the biggest selling piece of sheet music in rock history, with over one million copies sold, selling 15,000 units per year at some point. [21]