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Mozart´s piano, above, made in 1780 by Anton Walter.

Trivia

• Mozart presented his first public recital at age five.
• Mozart said his best musical ideas came to him when "travelling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep."
• Mozart was a member of a freemason´s lodge in Vienna, and achieved it´s highest rank.
• Mozart played in a string quartet that also included Haydn, Johann Vanhal, and Karl Dittersdorf.
• Mozart´s father Leopold was a well-known violin teacher/scholar ,and Mozart learned the violin from him.
• Mozart loved to play Billiards, and would sometimes play all night, composing symphonies as he played.
• Mozart had a pet Starling who he taught to sing some of his works!  He also had a dog named Trickster, but he just called her "Sugar".