An Architect’s Fantasy Piano
Architect Daniel Libeskind has applied his skills in jagged, futuristic design to a centuries-old craft: piano-making. Designed in collaboration with the German company Schimmel Pianos, Libeskind’s piano is, at more than seventeen feet, larger than a concert grand, and it features a downward-sloping body and a pointed, wing-like lid. One of the instruments will be placed in the new addition to Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum, which Libeskind also designed. Before pursuing architecture, Libeskind wanted to be a concert pianist, and his instrument’s mix of visual flair and complex engineering reflects the best qualities of a musician’s imagination.
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