WAGNER'S PIANO
-V. . ■ Th'e. United States has obtained pos'sCSSiOn Of '-anblher of 'the''historic and'^rtiSt'ic heirlooms Of Europe, Ri1ehard; -Wagner'S' 'piano. ■ - For J years -it Stobddn thb'-'little: drawing-rbom of ari bld i^ri'sic 'tekcher in- Berlin to who'm it'retrirned'' after Wagnfer's death iri l'883.fy It' was 'discovere'd' by1 an enter-> prising American and was promptly borig^t. ;"The'ari'theritiCi.ty.' of.'the'.instrument is 'said* tcf'havri been * pstablishedC beyond' - dispute.v, The' -piano was" bought' *for 'the lcomposer by the mad fnori^rchj -King Ludwig of Bavaria,Vwl}eri'he fpok up his -cause and-r.e-seuedkhita from- his - difficulties ,in 1864f , and it' « was' this instrument which; Wagner- used throughout the mOsfimfemorable period -of .his' career.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 51, 22 October 1931, Page 4
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103WAGNER'S PIANO Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 51, 22 October 1931, Page 4
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