The First Fleet Piano
On 13 May 1787 eleven ships left Portsmouth harbour to establish a penal colony in Australia. Some eight months later the vessels arrived at Botany Bay and this became the first European settlement in Australia…. Read more »
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Jane Austen’s Piano
Jane Austen died 200 years ago this year at the age of 41, and in celebration, the Jane Austen’s House Museum is telling the story of her life and legacy using 41 objects from their… Read more »
Victoria & Abdul and a Piano
There’s a new film coming out shortly called Victoria & Abdul. It is the true story of the friendship between Queen Victoria and a young clerk from India, who had arrived in England to participate… Read more »
The Search for Napoleon’s ‘Persian’ piano.
The Tehran Times has reported that a Dutch jazz pianist is searching for a piano once gifted to a Persian king by Napoleon Bonaparte. The piano, the first to ever arrive in Persia, was presented in 1806…. Read more »