Hey Gang.I must admit I find it rather intriguing that Bosendorfer... as a company would even entertain the idea of manufacturing an audio loudspeaker, high end or otherwise.The name itself is synonymous with the finest of musical instruments. FYI...Most any pre 1960's Bosendorfer concert grand's would cost you far more than any comparable Steinway concert grand D providing it's in tuneable condition. The pre first world war Imperial concert Grand's are worth substantially more again. For the historian's among us....The Bosendorfer concert grand dates back to the early 1800's. By the middle of the 19th century[around 1850] many of the worlds elite classical composers and musicians alike had purchased Bowendorfer pianos. Frantz Litz, Johann Straus, Rubenstein to name a few had purchased Bosendorfer concert grands for their personal use.A decade after the turn of the 20th century and paricularly in the roaring 20's,The company won more prestigeous awards worldwide for their Imperial concert grand. The Imperial could cover a full "8 octaves".Interesting though: their only real competetion prior to the 2nd world war was Steinway and by the mid 1920's[?????] the German based Steinway moved their piano manufacturing operation to New York City as most of their buyers were affluent Americans.After the passing of Johanne Bosendorfer in 1919[the son of the inventor]It was the Steinway piano company that captured the market in North America and the Bosendorfer piano corporation was acquired by Kimball USA piano company in the mid 1960's. Anyway...it really makes one wonder about the origin of the Bosendorfer loudspeaker.
