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Cape Town piano dealer Ian Burgess-Simpson Pianos let slip that it imported a Fazioli concert grand piano for one of its clients and will deliver it to the lucky pianist within days. It just needs to unpack it after the long flight from Italy, because you don’t stuff a Faziolo into a shipping container.
While not disclosing the exact price, a new Fazioli F278 concert grand carries a tag of $326 000, equal to R4.8 million at the current exchange rate.
Assuming that the buyer paid for their new piano a few weeks earlier, when the rand was a lot stronger, they probably paid slightly more than R4 million.
“That’s pretty close,” commented one of the staff members at Ian Burgess-Simpson Pianos.
The dealer disclosed that the piano was purchased by a private buyer, who it says is a serious pianist who is realising his dream of owning and playing on an “astonishingly fine piano”.
The new owner indicated that he also plans to make the piano accessible to pianists and piano lovers for small concerts, or just for the opportunity to try one of these unique instruments.
Fazioli is a relative newcomer in the world of upmarket pianos.
Paolo Fazioli founded his factory only 40 years ago, compared to other well-known brands that have been around for centuries.
Fazioli produces a maximum of 140 pianos per annum.
There are more expensive pianos around, but they are usually expensive for reasons other than their musical appeal.
To read more about what other pianos on the market are worth read more on www.moneyweb.co.za
