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Contents 1 The Imperial Bosendorfer 1.1 Extra Keys 1.1.1 Composers 1.2 Notable Owners 1.3 External links

[edit] The Imperial Bosendorfer

The Imperial is the largest model of pianos that Bosendorfer manufactures at 290 centimeters long.

[edit] Extra Keys

The Bosendorfer Imperial features 97 keys; a full eight octaves. The extra keys are colored black so that the pianist can tell the normal keys of a 7 1/4 octave piano. They were originally covered with a panel to prevent from accidentally playing the extra notes. This was then removed and replaced with black matte on the keys.

[edit] Composers

• Bela Bartok-Piano Concertos No. 2 and 3
• Busoni-Bach transcriptions
• Claude Debussy-La Cathedrale Egloutie
• Modest Mussorgsky-The Great Gates of Kiev
• Maurice Ravel-Scarbo and Jeu d'Eau
• Richard Wagner-Bells of Gral

[edit] Notable Owners

• Prince (musician)
• Victor Borge
• Tori Amos
• Valentina Lisitsa
• Franz Liszt

[edit] External links

• [1]
• [2] bosendorferimperial.com - lots of pictures and recordings, info about the Imperial Piano