Tag: Restored
'Smirking Face of 'Lost' Devil Emerges in 1789 Joshua Reynolds Painting After Conservation Work
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'Square Grand Piano Owned by Mary Todd Lincoln's Sister Restored by Springfield Art Association
Antique musical instruments are not only considered valuable because of their rarity, but also because they tell the story of whomever handled them -- or, in this case, heard them. A 180-year-old square grand piano, believed to have been housed in the parlor of Mary Todd Lincoln's sister, where the not-quite president Abraham Lincoln had courted his future wife, has recently been restored for $17,000 by the Springfield Art Association. -
''Doctor Who' Synth From '71 Being Restored
Are you ready for some more wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff? A rare synthesizer used in the British television show 'Doctor Who' in 1971 is being restored to be used at a concert in March.