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Photographer: Stanley and Terrie Howard
Taken: June 20, 2012
Caption: 1861 Grand Piano with Melodeon
Additional Description: Originally ordered pre-war by the Brannon family of Charleston from the Gilbert Piano Company in Boston. Before the order could be coompleted, South Carolina had seceded and the hostitities which brought the blockade of the southern ports had begun. In an attempt to deliver this fine instrument, it was loaded on ship and traveled to the Bahamas then to Jacksonville Florida before finally making its way to Charleston. The piano served the family well on many social occasions undoubtedly attended by such Confederate officers as General P.T.G. Beauregaud stationed in Charleston with the struggle for Fort Sumter an ongoing daily battle. After many years of service, the peano was placed in storage. Most recently the Davis family of Monks Corner recovered the instrument and presented it to the Museum.
Submitted: June 27, 2012, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p209584
File Size: 0.263 Megabytes

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