Fazioli

Fazioli Pianoforti (Italian pronunciation: [faˈtsjɔːli]) is a high-end maker of hand-built piano, based in Sacile, Italy. Fazioli produces about 100 pianos a year from its single factory. The cost of these pianos ranges from $100,000 to $300,000.

History

Paolo Fazioli was born in Rome in 1944, into a family of furniture makers. In 1969 he graduated from the University of Rome with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and in 1971 received a diploma in piano at the G. Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, under the instruction of Sergio Cafaro. In the same period he also earned a Masters degree in Music Composition at the Academy of St Cecilia, where he was guided by the composer Boris Porena.

In the meantime, his elder brothers took over the family business, manufacturing office furniture, including wood furniture using rare and exotic woods such as teak, mahogany and rosewood. Paolo Fazioli joined the company, however, he left to pursue building pianos. At the end of the 1970s, the Fazioli Piano Factory was built within the Sacile furniture plant, about 40 miles north of Venice.