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'Jazz Pianist David Paquette Finds $300,000 Steinway Piano in Wairoa, New Zealand

What do you do when you find a $300,000 Steinway piano from 1893 in a community hall cupboard? You play it, of course! That's what happened Saturday, Jan 23rd at the Gaiety Theater in Wairoa, New Zealand, after American-born jazz pianist David Paquette was asked to arrange a concert in the small New Zealand town, but needed a piano for the event. Told by the town council that there was an old piano hidden away in the community hall, Paquette did not expect to find a barely-used 8 ft. grand intended for concert hall use.

By Steve Nagel

'Rhapsody in College: Mystery of Hunter's 1897 Steinway Grand Owned by George and Rose Gershwin Unraveled via New York Times

A Steinway grand, a Model A, 6 feet 2 inches long, which carries the serial number 87592, making it the 87,592nd piano since the company began--making pianos in the family kitchen. The item in question: an 1897 Steinway donated by Rose Gershwin.

By Ian Holubiak
'Pleyel Pianos, Chopinâ€™s Favorite Maker, Plays Its Swan Song

Sad news from the piano world. Pleyel Pianos is no more. Perhaps most famous for creating the pianos Chopin favored, the more than 200-year-old company will not see its fourth century without the intervention of a miracle.

By Classicalite Newsdesk

'Jazz Pianist David Paquette Finds $300,000 Steinway Piano in Wairoa, New Zealand

'Rhapsody in College: Mystery of Hunter's 1897 Steinway Grand Owned by George and Rose Gershwin Unraveled via New York Times

'Pleyel Pianos, Chopinâ€™s Favorite Maker, Plays Its Swan Song

'Live from the Operating Room: Dr. Jorge G. Camara, the Piano-Playing Eye Surgeon

'Coming Soon: Lang Lang's 'Journey of a Thousand Miles'...the Murdoch Movie!

'Piano maker Steinway takes down "for sale" sign