The Design, an Experience – the sound, a Pleasure: The Bösendorfer Grand by Audi

In consideration of the touching Bösendorfer sound, the acoustical construction within the piano was left untouched and thereby retains everything that a genuine Bösendorfer has promised since 1828. Nonetheless, the colors of the cast-iron frame and the damper felts have been adjusted to match Audi’s brand image, from which results a harmonic and smooth interplay of colors and materials. The music rack is covered with a net material for optimal sound permeability.
The main lid, with its two-level prop stick made of metal, retains Audi’s aluminum optics. It opens in conjunction with the bass side rim and thereby permits deep insight into the instrument’s basic construction. The specially designed bench rounds out the modern image.

Touching in Sound – Exceptional in Design

The exceptional collaboration in this piano of one of the auto makers best known for its technological leadership and a company world-famous for the touching sound of its instruments leads to an exceptional result.
Most striking about the new grand piano by Audi design is the closed side rim of the bass. It not only lends the instrument unusual presence and stability, it also allows it to project the bass more strongly into the auditorium.
A perfect play of interlocking covers makes for attractive joints whose flush structures are reminiscent of automobiles.
Without the otherwise typical flanges on the sides, the keybed looks as though it were slid in. The hydraulically attenuated fall board is recessed, and the respective hinge integrated into the lid.

The pedal lyre made of solid aluminum is a light metal element that hints at Audi optics...

 The leading edge of the upper case is broken with a circumferential round bevel; optically, it reduces the case’s height.
The main lid, inserted into the case, also appears formally coherent.