It wasn’t the family photographs on the desk – instead it was the piano in the background. The instrument was a gilded, painted and varnished Erard grand piano from 1856. The piano was made by Erard – ...

The Erard grand piano was first purchased by Queen Victoria in 1856(rct.uk) The gilded case is decorated in the French early eighteenth-century style with cherubs and singeries – comical scenes ...

Eschete has touched many pianos of the famous, including Prince Albert’s 1854 Erard concert grand at the Smithsonian he restored to being playable again. Eschete once evaluated the condition of ...

It is kept in the library behind the 1856 Erard grand piano, which can be seen in many historic photographs of the hall. Alongside the piano Kiplin boosts an impressive collection of sheet music ...