Nowy, Bluthner, 4 (210)

This is the most celebrated size for a professional piano. It incorporates the tonal qualities of a concert grand into a manoeuvrable size. It will perform well in small halls as a concert piano but also as a practice instrument that can more than meet the needs of the most demanding concert artist. One proud owner wrote: “It can be powerful and strong, spoil you with romantic and lyrical sounds, or simply captivate the pianist and the audience”.

Bluthner was founded in Leipzig, Germany in 1853 and is still owned by the same family.

Generations of famous musicians have played on the Bluethner, including Bartok, Brahms, Debussy, Lehar, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Rubinstein, Shostakovich, Johann Strauss and Tchaikovsky. More recently, Andrew Lloyd Webber (has 12 Bluethners!!!) the Beatles’ recordings, Martha Argerich and the Grammy Awards with Ariana Grande chose Bluethner.

Bluthner was the official piano for Shanghai Expo and is now at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music.

The manufacture of these pianos is unique. From harvesting the trees by helicopter from the north slopes of the Alps to obtain a tight wood grain, to stacking the timber for the soundboards out in the elements for 9 years, to the design of the Alliquot scale 4th string shows an exacting German craftsmanship.

Bluthner is famous in Europe and Russia, now also in China. It is usually designated as a “prestige, highest quality performance piano”.