Mr. Dörner and Ms. Neumann, both from Berlin, respectively play trumpet and innenklavier -- custom-prepared piano innards.
Both branches and the New York company followed the custom of other piano manufacturers in maintaining small concert halls.
But here there's also a piano custom tuned to incorporate an array of quarter-tone variations, inspired by non-Western temperaments.
That ups the odds of a high-profile artist ending up on prime-time TV showcasing a particular guitar, or another instrument being featured on an album cover, a magazine photo spread or in a show like the Yamaha piano custom built for Elton John's Las Vegas production of "The Million Dollar Piano," the successor to his earlier keyboard-centric show, "The Red Piano".
In addition to a permanent installation of Martin Katz couture jewels in the foyer, the suite, which costs $25,000 a night, offers a sprawling parlor with its own grand piano; a custom-designed, 10-seat mahogany dining table; and china, artwork and design elements that include a three-foot-wide Swarovski crystal replica of the jeweler's diamond bow pin.
Started in 1881 as a social service program to teach skills to immigrants, the school now specializes in promoting Old World crafts like violin making, piano repair and custom-furniture making.
To avoid further customs duties, Sand sold the piano to a local French couple, the Canuts.
Pictured here on the stand is probably my favorite synth, the Roland Juno 1. Between presets, custom basses, pads and electric pianos are easily the most appealing to my ears.
On a basic level, you can, say, use Motorbike or Fishing Rod as a control for the RC Cars.The company also showed off an electric guitar it built using the Piano software and some custom cardboard cut outs.
The portrait was finished: both rosewood piano and collector of customs gleamed.
If a little transcendence had been applied to the window and the customs house, why not to the piano as well?
