Luigi Borgato is an Italian

Italy

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 piano-maker  of handcrafted concert-grand pianos

Piano

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Venetian

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 piano-maker, he innovated ameliorating some technical aspects in piano making, patenting them.
In his capacity as master piano-maker is invited by Italian as well as foreign institutions to run courses on piano construction and technology .

Profile

In 1991, at the age of 28, he presented his first completely handmade concert-grand piano at the European congress ‘Europiano’.

Luigi Borgato personally selects the wood and chooses all the materials and components for the construction of his pianos. ,.Luigi Borgato is a piano tuner: he personally tunes each of his instruments for world famous pianists’ recordings and concerts as Radu Lupu

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Patents

Luigi Borgato registered some patents. A fist one, in 1991, providing the upper register of the keyboard with four strings struck per note in the 44 keys of the upper register, and innovative iron frame.

In 2000, he registered a second patent: inspired by compositions written for piano with pedalboard he designed and built a new instrument, the Doppio Borgato

Doppio Borgato

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, the first double concert-grand piano with pedalboard

Pedal piano

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constructed in modern times..

External links

• Official website