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A Beautiful Old Piano

A Beautiful Old Piano image
Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
May
Year
1903
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

AN HEIRLOOM IN THE FAMILY OF MRS. VALETTE

Piano Was Originally Brought From London in Her Grandfather's Ship

A very beautiful old piano is being shown at F. M. Root's music store, which is the property of Mrs. Valette, of Jefferson street. It is an upright piano in rosewood case with panels filled with pleated silk. The coloring of the wood and the workmanship of the entire piano is beautiful. The piano is nearly 100 years old and has been in Mrs. Valette's family ever since it was brought to this country, 74 years ago. It was brought from London on a ship owned by Mrs. Valette's grandfather, which was named for his wife, Jane Black. It was brought to Quebec, where it caused great wonder, it being the first piano of that shape ever seen in that city. The facilities for moving pianos at that time were very primitive and the sailors carried the piano from the ship-yard to the house, where they met with great difficulty in getting the piano to the drawing room which was on the second floor, on account of the narrow stairway.

The piano is treasured by Mrs. Valette as a family heirloom and she recently put it into the hands of Mr. Root to have the case re-polished and the mechanism put into good condition. He secured the services of an expert, Mr. Amsden, from Detroit, who has put the piano into excellent condition and Martin Haller has re-polished the case and now it is not only a valued heirloom but a beautiful piece of furniture.