Pedal piano made by joining a regular concert grand with a second piano
Doppio Borgato is a
Pedal piano made by joining a regular
concert grand (Model L 282) with a second piano, activated by a
pedal board with 37 pedals (A0 to A3), similar to that of the
organ (P 398). Designed and manufactured by
Luigi Borgato, it was patented in 2000.
Anything written for Pipe Organ can also be played on the Doppio Borgato
Pedal piano.
Further reading
Jean Guillou, La Lettre de l'Argos, Paris, December 2001.
Brian T. Majeski, The Music Trades, November 2000, p. 86.
Pianist Magazine, April May 2006 UK.
Honka Verdurmen, Piano Wereld, Netherlands, August–September 2005.
Larry E. Ashley, Pierce Piano Atlas, 12th edition, Larry E. Ashley Publisher, Albuquerque NM U.S.A., 2008, p. 58.
Géreard Gefen, Piano, Editions du Chêne – Hachette Livre, 2002 p. 59, 166, 170, 180.
Atanasio Cecchini, Piano Dream. History of the Piano, Mosè Edition, 2007 p. 170-171.
Dario Miozzi, in Musica Rivista di cultura musicale e discografica, Zecchini Editions, December 2010 – January 2011 p. 54, 59–60.
Luca Segalla, in Musica, Rivista di cultura musicale e discografica, Zecchini Editore, n°224 March 2011 p. 68
Stuart Isacoff, on the book A Natural History of the Piano, The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians—from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between, edited by Alfred A. Knopf, New York 2011, p. 48
Pedal piano made by joining a regular concert grand with a second piano
Doppio Borgato is a
Pedal piano made by joining a regular
concert grand (Model L 282) with a second piano, activated by a
pedal board with 37 pedals (A0 to A3), similar to that of the
organ (P 398). Designed and manufactured by
Luigi Borgato, it was patented in 2000.
Anything written for Pipe Organ can also be played on the Doppio Borgato
Pedal piano.
Further reading
Jean Guillou, La Lettre de l'Argos, Paris, December 2001.
Brian T. Majeski, The Music Trades, November 2000, p. 86.
Pianist Magazine, April May 2006 UK.
Honka Verdurmen, Piano Wereld, Netherlands, August–September 2005.
Larry E. Ashley, Pierce Piano Atlas, 12th edition, Larry E. Ashley Publisher, Albuquerque NM U.S.A., 2008, p. 58.
Géreard Gefen, Piano, Editions du Chêne – Hachette Livre, 2002 p. 59, 166, 170, 180.
Atanasio Cecchini, Piano Dream. History of the Piano, Mosè Edition, 2007 p. 170-171.
Dario Miozzi, in Musica Rivista di cultura musicale e discografica, Zecchini Editions, December 2010 – January 2011 p. 54, 59–60.
Luca Segalla, in Musica, Rivista di cultura musicale e discografica, Zecchini Editore, n°224 March 2011 p. 68
Stuart Isacoff, on the book A Natural History of the Piano, The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians—from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between, edited by Alfred A. Knopf, New York 2011, p. 48