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William F. Buckley, Jr.

An American conservative author and commentator, who founded the National Review. Buckley played the piano and harpsichord. [Buckley’s] early schooling in the family home……

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John Lennon’s Steinway Model Z ($2.37 Million)

No, Not The Big White One Purchased by John Lennon in December 1970 for £1,000 from Steinway & Sons in London, and delivered…

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Marilyn Monroe’s White Piano

It is ironic, and perhaps even more tragic, that a woman so objectified by the world found such solace in possessing an object…

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The Casablanca Pianos ($602,500 & $3.4 Million)

The first of two, affectionately known as The ‘Tiny Piano,’ as it has only 58 keys (a standard piano has 88), the green Casablanca piano…

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Pianos Make Strange Bedfellows

In Myrna Kaye’s book There’s a Bed in the Piano: The Inside Story of the American Home, she elucidates a “drive to maximize space…

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The Dying Swan ($409,000)

Built c. 1903 under the direction of the French piano company Érard, this majestic carved mahogany grand piano with wood veneer inlays was conceived…

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Defying The Anatomical

Named after its inventor, Hungarian Paul von Jankó (1856 – 1919), a mathematician, musician and engineer, designed this piano to improve the geometry…

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Marilyn Monroe’s Baby Grand Piano ($662,500)

The backstory of this white lacquered piano produced in the early part of the 20th century (original manufacturer unknown) is recounted in Marilyn…

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George Washington Carver

An American botanist and inventor who sang, played the piano, accordion, and mouth harp. George shared his adoptive father’s love of music and…

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