Fazioli Pianos

[aki]

Are they any good?  I've never played on one, and I don't find one at piano stores.

[cysoto]

These pianos are made in Italy and, as far as I know, they are built to the highest standards.  The company only produces a very limited number of units every year which is maybe why they are so rare and so expensive.  

[dinosaurtales]

They are certainly wonderful.  I have a 212 (7 foot) grand.  It was the only piano I played that I felt would sound great with any genre of music.  Wonderful feel, and incredibly built and finished.  My technician thinks there is no one else on the planet that puts as much work and thought into building a piano.  

where are you located?  Find one and give it a shot!  I have visitors come to my house frequently who want to play on one.

[steven]

I played one in Germany.
Like a 293 CM !!!!Popular in the Netherlands.
For me Steinway and Sons is the only piano. Bosendorfer and even yamaha CFIII are world-top piano's but Steinway is that little bit more...but it's personal.
I you believe in the Steinway story then is Steinway your piano or you feel yourself best on a Yamaha, then the Yamaha is the best. I you buy one go and see at 4 piano's. Even 4 concertgrands (Steinway D) are sometimes different.
I saw Richter choosing one for a concert in Japan(in he's old day's) there was a room with 25 grands !!.
He took a seat played like one not G# and said very calm "this is the one" ...he never touched the other ones..
But we all know he was a "show-man" to but a great pianist.

Good luck
Steven

[xvimbi]

He took a seat played like one not G# and said very calm "this is the one" ...he never touched the other ones..
But we all know he was a "show-man" to but a great pianist.

It doesn't have anything to do with being a show-man. Every pianist who knows his/her stuff and who has the opportunity will go through dozens of pianos before settling on the one s/he wants to buy, record on, play a recital, etc. You are not going to buy a suit without trying a few first

[steven]

Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Let's first say that Richter was one of my favorits so I would not talk bad about him and yes people buy things without trying first. In his video (biography) his tells it like this. In a Prokovief sonate (the one starting with the G).
He went on stage, sits down with his head back (typical) and waited long, like 30 seconds full concentration. As long as needed to create confusion in the public, people start talking silent, asking, somethings wrong .....and then....out of nowhere....the G..... I would be chocked to !
That's for me "show-man". English is not my language,.so forgive me my words.

As a was telling i used to sell Steinway pianos. We sold a lot of them (like 35 pieces a year) to people that couldn't play. Perhaps 40 % was pianist. The rest were organizations, concerthall's, people with big money, etc...