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Pizzicato Polka
A Collaboration between Josef and Johann. First presented in Pavlovsk on June 24, 1869.
In 1896 Ludwig Bosendorfer commissioned this piano and presented it to Johann Strauss, who was a friend of his.
Johann liked to compose while standing. This desk has a top which opens upwards, enabling the space beneath to be used for storing manuscripts.
This was presented to Johann Strauss on his 50th anniversary as an orchestra conductor (October 1894). Shown are Johann (above); Josef and Eduard (below left and right); and Johann Sr (below center).
The Instrument was ordered by Johann Strauss himself. It produced a piano-like sound which was very gentle. He liked to work at night, and this was hardly audible in the surrounding rooms.
