Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 287
, after a successful voyage, gave thepiano to his daughter. Nothing could sound morequaint than a Gliick or Mozart minuet played uponits tinkling keys. Musical Instruments 261 The founder of the Astor family about 1790 to1800 made one branch of his business the import-ing of pianos, which were… … Illus. 221.—Astor Piano. 1790-1800. Illustration 220, but it lacks the delicate ornamenta-tion of the Clementi piano. In the Columbian Centi-nel of 1806 is an advertisement with a woodcut of aninstrument very like this. There is an Astor piano in Salem, described ashaving four legs in the front,…
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