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Harry....I think they bought it at auction, most likely to save some money since this appears to be a non-profit group. My wife plays a Model 290 Grand at her university (she's a professor)...it's such a great instrument, especially since the 290 is a true 8 octave piano with nine more bass keys below normal...97 keys in all! Anyway, it's a shame about the piano being dropped, but I imagine that with the publicity, some group, individual, or possibly Bosendorfer will offer them a discounted piano.
When I lived in Paris, one of my favorite coincidental sightings was of a piano being moved into one of the older apartment buildings without adequate interior space for transit...hoisting a 700 kg pianos5 or 6 stories up the outside of a building was quite a sight, both in the logistics & skill involved, and how it harkened back to a much earlier time.
Bob
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Yes, it was bought at auction and the funds were gathered from the across local community as a charity thing to bring to the area a rare piano which had some sort of connection to the area (I can't recall what exactly).
And believe it or not the removal firm were specialist piano movers of more than 100 years!
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Oh god... :gth
Maybe I could buy the harp off the moving company...that in itself is a work of art.
Without question in all of my experience, the 290 tops the best of the best (Steinway D, Bechstein D-280, Yamaha CFIIIS...although I am partial to Bosendorfer (pun, get it?)). One day soon I'll finally have collected enough soda cans, and I'll take my dumptruck of hard-earned nickels to Austria...one day soon...
