Queen frontman Freddie Mercury’s piano sells for record $2.2 million

The instrument on which Mercury wrote hits such as “Bohemian Rhapsody” set a record for a composer’s piano, according to Sotheby’s of London.

that he couldn’t watch as his friend’s “most intimate personal effects” are “knocked down to the highest bidder and dispersed forever.”A pre-auction exhibit of the items at Sotheby’s drew fans from around the world. The baby grand piano, considered the star lot, was bought in 1975 when Queen was gaining traction. Mercury had set out to find the perfect at-home piano — something big enough for the operatic sounds he aspired to but not too big for the small apartment he and Austin shared.

Mercury spent full days sitting in front of the sleek black piano, where he would “enter his own world,” Austin told Sotheby’s. He used the piano for the rest of his life, keeping it through multiple moves and albums. It remained at his final residence until March this year. Mercury “considered it to be more than an instrument,” Austin said of the piano. “It was an extension of himself, his vehicle of creativity.”

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