A $1.2 million piano

“Spotlights dance down on 216 jewels of lead crystal, set in dazzling diamond patterns into the piano’s black lid, sides, legs, fallboard and bench.

Each jewel features several hundred to several thousand intricately cut, ground and polished pieces of crystal — nearly a half-million in all.”

Glass artist Jon Kuhn has collobarated with Bosendorfer to create instrument marrying the visual and performing arts.  

Dawn Decwikiel-Kane, “The Ultimate Bosendorfer for $1.2 million”, Musical America, March 16 2009

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