Schimmel Pegasus Grand Piano
The Pegasus is a worldwide unique invention with agravic elegance, created in cooperation with the eccentric designer Luigi Colani. Every insturment is handmade that is why Schimmel only manufactures a very few of them every year. As a symbol for its eponym it has a golden Pegasus on the top: a symbol in the greek myth which stands for beauty.
The grand piano has no even lines or edges: even the keys form an arc. With the transparent basement the concert chamber seems to fly. It stands out due to excellent mechanical characteristics and extraordinary harmonic color: Due to the weight and the compund of the body the development and variety of tone is outstanding. The making of the body derives from the construction types in the formula one. All dress plates, the Pegasus and foot pedals are gilded.
Very special is the connection between instrument and chair: Especially frequenzes in the bass scale are transmitted onto the body of the pianist. In fortissimo play the music can be felt with the whole body. Schimmel Triplex scale and hundreds of handmade technical details, giving it improved harmonic variety. Another example of professional quality is the reinforced key allowing the transmission of optimal energy from the keys to the hammerheads at all nuances up to extreme fortissimo. If you have tonnes of money, there is currently one for sale. They are asking US$110,000.
Source: http://www.schimmel-piano.de/index.php?id=106
