STEVENSON’S PIANO
NOW IN SYDNEY. Sydney, October 2. The piano which Robert Louis Stevenson imported to Samoa and which helped him to spend many pleasant hours at Vailima, is now in Sydney. It will shortly go to a new Vailima—the house which its owner, Mr. R. Harold Court, representative of British pianos in Australia, is building near Sydney. Made by F. Doerner and Sohn, Stuttgart, Germany, the piano is an upright trichord, and the case is of ebony, decorated with gold filigree. It will be the central feature of an exhibition of historic and native musical instruments, in connection with Music Week. Inside the lid of the instrument is a certificate thaffthe piano was sold by auction at Apia, Samoa, after Robert Louis Stevenson died. “I bought it for £18,” Mr. Court admitted, “but I would not sell it for £5000.” The piano is mentioned in at least one of the biographies of Stevenson.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3822, 16 October 1936, Page 11
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