M. Liminal Fazioli arrives in Vancouver

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JANUARY 2, 2009

MOST EXPENSIVE PIANO TO EVER VISIT CANADA MAKES PIT-STOP IN VANCOUVER

VANCOUVER, BC – It’s called the “M. Liminal” and it’s built by Paolo Fazioli in Italy. There are only five in existence and it is the most expensive piano ever to visit Canada.

Many have said that it’s the most futuristic looking piano they have ever seen. The impressively ‘avant-garde’ art case stretches to a length of almost nine-feet! This beautiful work of art is on display at Showcase Pianos in Vancouver, 1224 West Broadway.

The piano was designed by renowned architect Philippe Gendre of NYT Line in France.

Sixteen Fazioli grand pianos have been sold through the relatively new Showcase Pianos store since they opened a year ago.

“This proved to me that bringing these amazing instruments to BC was long overdue”, says store owner Manuel Bernaschek. “For many years there was much talk in the piano community about a man in Italy who was making the finest pianos in the world. We kept hearing that more and more famous pianists were converting to playing on Fazioli pianos, so I really wanted to bring them here.”

Paolo Fazioli is the new kid on the block in the world of piano making, a place that doesn’t often get newcomers. In 1979 Paolo Fazioli – himself a pianist and an engineer – decided that he wanted to create the best piano known to man. Now, 30 years later, Fazioli Pianoforti in Italy is widely regarded as the finest piano maker in the world.

STORE OWNER THROWS IN LUXURIOUS VACATION GETAWAY WORTH $11,000

In recent months many retailers have been creating their own ‘economic bailout’, throwing in ‘a little something extra’ as an added encouragement for consumers to spend their hard earned dollars.

Bernaschek is giving away a three night’s vacation package for two at the incredibly luxurious Clayoquot Wilderness Resort on Vancouver Island.

Located in the fragile Clayoquot Sound Biosphere reserve, this all-inclusive resort is one of the most unique and exclusive eco-destinations in the world, and in recent years has become a popular destination among celebrities.

The M. Liminal can be seen together with a Fazioli that is finished in the exotic Amboina wood from Indonesia – one of the rarest woods in the world.

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Amboina Fazioli F212 arrives at Showcase Pianos

Amboina Wood is obtained from an Indonesian tree (Pterocarpus indicus), and is highly valued for ornamental woodwork, originally fround on Ambon Island and is now mostly grown on Seram Island.

Amboina is the rarest wood used for veneer.

International Dealer Meeting at the Fazioli Piano Factory

London's famous 'Connaught Hotel':

Fazioli Piano factory in Sacile, one hour north of Venice.

Ing. Paolo Fazioli speaks to dealers in Fazioli Concert Hall
about this years numbers: Fazioli's market share and

production continue to climb.

Luca Fazioli, 20 year old son of Mr. Fazioli

New showroom to be built beside factory. Chinese-Italian Concert

Pianist Jin Ju performs a stirring concert for the dealers.

Mr. Fazioli points out the Amboina wood, telling the group

that it's the rarest wood in the world. Two are in currently in

production at the moment, the one here is destined for Vancouver.

We asked to see the Shangri-La Hotel's Piano. Samples of the lobby's wood

had been couriered to the factory so they could match the inside of the rim

perfectly. I had been so camera happy that by this point I had run out of

batteries. These two photos were taken on my Blackberry. The piano was

just coming out of the room where they apply the black paint to the case.

Judy with the M. Liminal piano - the beautiful piano designed by Philippe Gendre of NYT Line in France, and a short video clip of the fall-board closing on the same piano. Notice the part behind the fall-board also moves to a new position when the piano is closed.