Hand-craft always creates extraordinary art:

Antique pianos:
Hand-crafted pianos and grands for example from the period Art Nouveau or industrial development were manufactured as unique pieces of art or in only limited editions today achieving top prices as a secretary or antique furniture.
Carvings, inlays, exquisite kinds of woods and precious French Shellac Finish turn these instruments to something very particular.

Design pianos:
Premium manufacturers like Steinway, Bechstein, Ibach etc. have already created design grands under the headline “Art Cases”. Instruments manufactured on the occasion of anniversaries were designed by well-known artists of the corresponding period in the current style. Artists like Maly, Tiffany put their ideas in piano furniture.
However, even today well-known living architects like for example Alexander Gorlin from New York still furnish ideas and plans for the manufacture of a futuristic grand totally bursting your eyes.
( gorlinarchitects.com or Fenner B Grand ID 346 )