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I'm watching Iron Man with my daughters. Tony Stark's massive man cave is crammed with all sorts of extravagant toys, including a Blüthner grand. I couldn't make out the size, but the logo was very conspicuous, which tends not to be the norm in movies and TV shows. Ironically, a couple of scenes later it's destroyed when he lands awkwardly in a prototype Iron Man suit.

I remember seeing that. I wonder if it was an attempt to launch themselves as a "lifestyle" brand.

I wondered if it was a product placement, because it seemed pretty conspicuous, especially considering how hard it usually is to catch a piano logo! I would imagine that'd be pretty expensive.

I meant to point out that there's a scene in which the Jeff Bridges character plays a little snippet of Salieri on the Blüthner. I searched online to see if Bridges really plays, and it seems that there's a history of him portraying a pianist in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" (but perhaps not a serious player). Anyway, apparently they included the Salieri snippet to set up the characters' rivalry in the same manner that Salieri rivaled Mozart (or at least Hollywood's take on it).

It was a product placement, Retsacnal. A fellow member of PW and a Director for Blüthner here in the USA, Alex Hernandez, worked on that placement.

Alex, if you read this, please share the story! I can't remember the details, but I remember it was fun to hear about.

Interesting! Hopefully he'll share the details.