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Italian piano maker Paolo Fazioli plays our concert grand FAZIOLI piano.
FAZIOLI pianos were first developed nearly 40 years ago by Paolo Fazioli, a pianist and engineer who wanted to create a piano that was significantly better than anything in existence. FAZIOLI makes around 140 pianos a year and each one takes more than 3 years to make. Sophisticated manufacturing techniques, woods of the highest quality and first rate components are used by the Fazioli technicians. Many of the parts are plated in 24K gold to prevent corrosion. FAZIOLI pianos feature many innovations - the sum of which has caused the pianos to be hailed as the absolute 'pinnacle' of the piano world. The heart of each FAZIOLI - the soundboard - is taken from the same trees in northern Italy's 'Val di Fiemme' forest where Antonio Stradivari once carved his wood for his famous violins. All six sizes have the option of being ordered with a fourth pedal patented by Fazioli Pianoforti, which allows the pianist to soften the sound without changing the voice or timbre.
Fazioli F278 https://www.northwestpianos.com/fazioli-f278
According to the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG), seasonal and even daily changes in humidity make a piano's wood parts swell and shrink. That affects tuning stability and how the keys feel.
In July 2026, Stanford reported on a study led by concert pianist Elizabeth Schumann, the Billie Bennett Director of Keyboard Programs at Stanford, with support from the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance.
Bonn — the city where Beethoven was born in 1770 — just wrapped up its month-long Beethovenfest, which ran from September 3 to October 3, 2026.
It was a homecoming in more ways than one. The festival's main venue, the Beethovenhalle, reopened in December 2025 after being closed for almost ten years of renovation. This September it was back at the center of the festival, with the London Symphony Orchestra opening the program.