[Bcma-l] 1855 Broadwood Square Grand Piano

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

-------- Original Message -------- From Larry Ewashen:

Subject: 	Re: [Bcma-l] 1855 Broadwood Square Grand Piano
Date: 	Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:15:30 -0800
From: 	a6a75121@telus.net
To: 	bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca



Is she selling it or giving it away?



Quoting bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca:

> There is a lady in town who is desperately trying to find a home for her
> 1855 Broadwood Square Grand Piano. We cannot accept it at our museum. She
> requested that I post it on the listserv for her. I have a photograph, which
> I can forward to interested parties off-list, as well as a letter from the
> manufacturer, which I have excerpted here, with blanks for potentially
> confidential info:
> 
> “Dear Madam,
> 
> We thank you for your letter … relative to the Broadwood Square pianoforte
> No.                   in your possession which we find from our records was
> manufactured by us leaving our factory on the                       , 1855.
> It is described in our files as the Improved Superior Design with Full Frets
> and Long Hinge, with Long Bass Bar and retailed at that time for 65 guineas.
> …. Over a period of 90 years or so we manufactured nearly 80,000 Square
> instruments. Yours faithfully, John Broadwood & Sons Ltd. Sales Office,
> London, W.1. England.”
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> This piano is in excellent condition, lovingly cared for. For further
> details, please contact us at Boundary Museum.
> 
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> 
> Wanda Mizner
> 
> Curator/Administrator
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> Boundary Museum Society
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> 7370 Fifth Street
> 
> PO Box 817
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> Grand Forks, BC
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> V0H 1H0
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> Tel/Fax (250) 442-3737
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> E-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:boundarymuse@look.ca"boundarymuse@look.ca
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> Website: HYPERLINK
> "http://www.city.grandforks.bc.ca/museum"www.city.grandforks.bc.ca/museum
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