Unique Vertical Pleyel Piano serial number 10112 year 1843, special order for Countess Natalia Obreskoff (family name is Princess Natalia Cheremetiev/Sheremetev)

On Many occasions at the Countess Obreskoff, Frederick Chopin played this piano

Piano encrusted in gold covered beadings and gold plated pedals. When one looks closely to the wood, it almost looks like tigers eye.



Fully restored and working condition using one of the best early pianoforte restorers, Olivier Fadini, who kept the soul of the piano alive by using the original techniques, woods, and more to retain the originality of this beautiful masterpiece made by Ignace Pleyel.!



This early piano special order made by Ignace Pleyel Paris, is a much important part in not just Musical Instrument History, but also in Music History as well, being one of the famous pianos played by the much Loved Frédéric-François Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849).





It was Chopin who was sent the Pleyel Pianino serial number 10113 Oblique finished and delivered the same day, month, and year as the Countess Obreskoff, serial number 10112. Countess Obreskoff was a neighbor of Chopin where he lived at 9 Square D’Orleans Paris.



He is also widely seen as the greatest of Polish Composers and among the very greatest of composers for the piano, the instrument he wrote almost exclusively. He was born as Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, adopting the French variant Frédéric-François when he left Poland for Paris at the age of 20. His surname is also sometimes spelled Szopen in Polish Texts. He was another one of the extremely rare child prodigies, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Felix Mendelssohn.





The Countess Natalia Obreskoff daughter, Princess Catherine Souzzo, was a pupil of Chopins to whom he dedicated his Fantasie, Op. 49

It was the Countess Natalia Obreskoff who paid the last debts of Chopin.