#SCHIMMEL PIANO HOUSTON FULL#
Other less star-studded things were up for sale including a fork lift, records, a coffee maker and even a small traveling vanity full of Houston’s personal items like a disposable razor, a bottle of Gatorade, and herbal tea. She had to auction off over 400 of her personal belongings, including piles of famous-designer gowns, sequined costumes, her favorite chair, and sixteen of Bobby Brown’s musical awards.
She lost and was forced by the order of the New Jersey Superior Court to pay up. Her life had spiraled down, and she was allegedly unable to pay $175,000 in storage fees accruing unpaid since 2005 for several tons of concert gear, and was sued. Houston’s private life and marriage sadly became involved in drugs and domestic violence early in the 2000’s and she divorced the by-then-infamous Bobby Brown in 2007. At the time Houston special ordered her piano, it would have most likely cost a great deal more for Schimmel to build, perhaps close to a half million dollars. It should be noted that this is the only acrylic piano that Schimmel makes, unlike German competitor Bluthner who has an entire line of see-through Lucid pianos in a range of traditional to futuristic designs. On today’s market, its one Glas Clear model sells for between $250K and $325K. It makes only one standard acrylic piano. World renowned piano maker Schimmel today offers a line of excellent pianos in a range of models with wood cases in traditional ebony finish and some choices of other colors and woods. Houston and boyfriend Bobby Brown married in 1992 and had their daughter in 1993.Įmbarking on another expansive global tour, The Bodyguard World Tour, in 1993–94, her concerts, movie, and recording grosses made her the third highest-earning female entertainer of 1993–94, just behind Oprah Winfrey and Barbra Streisand according to Forbes magazine.
Houston won three Grammys for the album in 1994, and a multitude of other awards, by the Academy, American Music Awards, Billboard, Soul Train Music and many more. The single peaked at number one on all the major charts for weeks and was certified platinum and became the best-selling single of all time by a female solo artist, selling 20 million copies. It was so successful it became Houston’s signature song. The film’s soundtrack also Houston executive-produced and contributed six songs for the soundtrack album with the lead single being “I Will Always Love You”, written and originally recorded by Dolly Parton in 1974. and $410 million worldwide, making it one of the top 100 grossing films at the time. Despite the film’s mixed reviews, it was hugely successful, grossing more than $121 million in the U.S. The album of her 1992 film “The Bodyguard,” sold 44 million copies. She went on to win six Grammys and countless other major awards.
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