Whether it be playing songs, relaxing, and/or entertaining guests, the piano is a musical instrument that allows you to accomplish all three. Continue reading to see three of the geekiest examples, inspired by Walyou.
1. Compiano
The $20,000 Compiano — based on an upright grand piano — isn’t any old musical instrument, as this particular model features an integrated 26-inch Philips LCD monitor, an 3.8-GHz processor, 1GB of memory, 500GB HDD, and Windows XP Media Center Edition. It was sold on eBay a while back, with 20% of the proceeds donated to charity.
2. iPiano
You know it was bound to pop up sooner than later, the iPiano that is. This geeky piano “stores and displays your electronic music scores; the display in the center is where you read everything, and it’s a touch screen.”
3. Schimmel Pegasus
The space ship-inspired $110,000 Schimmel Pegasus was limited to just 15-units worldwide during the lifetime of its availability — “14 were made ten years ago for people like Eddie Murphy, Lenny Kravitz, and Prince.” It features 200 strings with a key assembly consisting of 10,000 pieces, and an adjustable hydraulic lid to boot.
