INTERESTING RELIC.
R. L. STEVENSON'S PIANO.
FOUND IN DEVONPORT HOME. ORIGINAL SALE CERTIFICATE. A Robert Louis Stevenson relic of iuore tlian usual interest, Stevenson's piano, wag recently discovered in a Devonport home, and is now in the possession of tho Atwaters Piano Company, Limited. The piano, which is definitely authenticated with auctioneers' certificates, was made specially for Stevenson by the firm of Docrncr and Sohn, Stuttgart, and was designed by them to withstand safely tlio tropical conditions of Samoa. It is of black ebony with ornamental patterns in inlaid gold, and both tho candlesticks and tho handles are of massive and elaborate design. Screws are used throughout tho framework in placo of the usual glue, and so strongly is the instrument built that its weight is nearly twice that of an ordinary piano. The auctioneer's certificate shows that it was sold with other of Stevenson s property at Apia, Samoa, in 1898, some four years after its owner's death. Its present owners are communicating with a London firm which has made a specialty of handling mementoes of the famous author.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21115, 24 February 1932, Page 10
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180INTERESTING RELIC. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21115, 24 February 1932, Page 10
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