This post was updated Jan. 26 at 8:40 p.m. A priceless piece of Frank Sinatra’s personal instrument collection has found a new home at UCLA. A 92-key historic Bösendorfer piano was unloaded at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music last month following a donation of the instrument by Frank Sinatra’s daughters, Nancy Sinatra and Tina Sinatra. Read more...
Photo: Herbie Hancock Institute student Miles Lennox plays Frank Sinatra’s former Bösendorfer piano after the instrument’s arrival at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in December 2024. The piano was donated to UCLA by Frank Sinatra’s daughters, Nancy Sinatra and Tina Sinatra, after spending 26 years in storage. (Courtesy of UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music)