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Fazioli is a piano manufacturing company based in Sacile, Italy. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... Sacile is a town of 19,379 inhabitants in the province of Pordenone, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north-east Italy. ...

The company began in 1978 when a team of technicians, including acoustic physicists, wood technologists, piano makers and pianists was formed around the pianist and engineer promoter of the enterprise, Paolo Fazioli. Fazioli Pianoforti s.r.l. was formally established in January 1981.

They currently offer six models of grand pianos, the largest being the Fazioli F308, which at 3.08 m (10 ft 2 in) in length is the longest piano available on the general market.^[1] A grand piano from Schiedmayer & Söhne, Stuttgart. ...

The Fazioli is noted for its inclusion of a fourth pedal on the F308. This pedal, a Fazioli creation, brings the hammers closer to the strings, decreasing the volume while maintaining the normal tone.

The Economist reported on June 7, 2003, that "some artists believe that Fazioli now makes the best pianos in the world." As per the Fazioli web site at fazioli.com, the list of pianists who play or have played on Fazioli instruments includes Vladimir Ashkenazy, Maurizio Baglini, Lazar Berman, Alfred Brendel, Aldo Ciccolini, France Clidat, Arnaldo Cohen, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Nikolai Demidenko, Jörg Demus, Annie Fischer, Richard Goode, Hélène Grimaud, Friedrich Gulda, Herbie Hancock, Angela Hewitt, Stephen Hough, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Louis Lortie, Gianluca Luisi, Nikita Magaloff, Olli Mustonen, Garrick Ohlsson, Rafael Orozco, Murray Perahia, Eliane Rodrigues, Dubravka Tomsic, Geoffrey Tozer, Tamàs Vàsàry, and many others. The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London, UK. It has been in continuous publication since September 1843. ... Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (Russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович А́шкенази, Vladimir Davidovič AÅ¡kenasi) (b. ... Lazar Naumovich Berman (born February 26, 1930 in Leningrad and died February 6, 2005 in Florence) was a Soviet Russian classical pianist. ... Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel (born January 5, 1931) is an Austrian pianist, born in Czechoslovakia. ... Aldo Ciccolini (born August 15, 1925), is an Italian-born French pianist. ... Aquiles Delle Vigne, pianist Aquiles Delle Vigne (born January 3, 1946), a pupil of Claudio Arrau, Eduardo del Pueyo and György Cziffra, is a concert pianist and a teacher from Argentina. ... Nikolai Demidenko (born 1956) is a Russian pianist. ... Jörg Demus (born December 2, 1928) is an Austrian pianist. ... Annie Fischer (July 5, 1914 - April 10, 1995) was a Hungarian classical pianist. ... Richard Goode is a US pianist. ... Hélène Grimaud (born November 7, 1969) is a French pianist. ... Friedrich Gulda (16 May 1930 - 27 January 2000) was an Austrian pianist. ... Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Hancock is one of jazz musics most important and influential pianists and composers. ... Angela Hewitt (born July 26, 1958) is a Canadian pianist. ... Stephen Hough (born November 22, 1961) is a British-born classical pianist and composer. ... Elisabeth Leonskaja (b. ... Louis Lortie (born 27 April 1959) is a French-Canadian pianist. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Nikita Magaloff (Born 8th February 1912 in St. ... Garrick Ohlsson (born April 3, 1948 in New York) is an American classical pianist. ... Rafael Orozco Flores (1946 - 1996) was a Spanish classical pianist. ... Murray Perahia (b. ... Dubravka TomÅ¡ič Srebotnjak (born 1940 in Dubrovnik, Croatia) is a Slovenian pianist and music teacher of Croatian origin. ... Geoffrey Tozer (born November 1954) is an Australian pianist of great international renown. ... Tamás Vásáry (born August 11, 1933) is a Swiss pianist and conductor of Hungarian birth. ...

References

1. ^ Fazioli Pianoforti (2005). FAZIOLI – Pianoforti a coda e da concerto. Retrieved on 2006-05-18.

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External links

• Official website