Frédéric François Chopin, "the Poet of the Piano"

Prelude in C minor No. 20, Op. 28

The Bösendorfer Concert Grand Piano

Model 290 Imperial, "the Rolls-Royce of Pianos"
The commanding flagship - the DNA carrier

Eight full octaves

Of all the Bösendorfer grand pianos, model 290, the Imperial, carries the Bösendorfer DNA, a heritage in its most pronounced form. Historically, the Imperial was the 19th grand piano model made by the Bösendorfer company.

Originally built following a suggestion by composer Ferruccio Busoni, the Imperial has 97 keys, i.e. eight full octaves. This expanded range allows faithful performances of a number of compositions by Bartók, Debussy, Ravel and, not least of all, Busoni.

Combining a very powerful soundboard and a high proportion of mountain spruce from the Alps, this piano’s sound is almost orchestral. The Bösendorfer “resonating box principle,” which views the entire instrument as a cohesive whole, generates unsurpassed power and a poignantly full tone. Model 290 is the only standard grand piano model to have acquired an epithet when it was first built in around 1900: Imperial (lat. imperare, to order, command).

Its commanding presence in some of the world’s great concert halls sets the standard by which other grand pianos are judged.

97 keys
Length: 9'6", Width: 5'9", Net: 1.255 lb

Review of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Fantasy in D minor, K397

Chopin - Waltz No. 2, Op. 64

Running a review and re-study of ...

Leandro, A Classical Piano Music Enthusiast

Leandro Zerrudo Dela Cruz a.k.a. Ding Rojas Dela Cruz

Eldest of the great grandchildren of Victor Sarasa Rojas
of The Rojases of Cavite and Maxima Eullo Agreda.

Eldest of the eleven grandchildren of
Federico Salazar Dela Cruz and Paula Agreda Rojas,
and the seventeen grandchildren of
Ciriaco Araña Zerrudo and Maria Bibiana Mallorca Daniel.

Eldest and only son of four children born to
Edgardo Rojas Dela Cruz and Rosita Daniel Zerrudo

A classical piano music enthusiast, pursuing the interest and passion
towards learning more about the art, discipline and excellence of pianoforte virtuosity.

Rachmaninoff - Prelude No. 5 in G minor, Op.23

Chopin's Etude No.12, Op. 25