You’ll want to keep on fighting till the end to snag this musical memento.
A Yamaha C3 grand piano played by Freddie Mercury is heading to auction this fall via Propstore. The instrument, used by the music icon to craft many a song for Queen, is one of multiple pieces up for grabs as part of a treasure trove offered by the band’s legendary producer Reinhold Mack and his son, Freddie Jr.
Mercury played plenty of tunes on this Yamaha at Musicland Studios in Munich (an iconic studio where bands such as the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath also used it to craft their various albums). Specifically, the Queen star composed both solo material and band hits, such as “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” on the piano, as well as other songs that appear on The Game, Hot Space, and The Works. Considered to be one of the most important Mercury-related pieces to hit the block since a 2023 sale of his personal items, the Yamaha is expected to fetch up to $528,000 at auction.
A closer look at the piano.
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