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June 2020 https://readymag.com/1939758

“Quite the lovely collection! Highly recommend!” – Jeremy Harris

  Possibly the most startlingly beautiful piano design ever conceived, irrespective of its limited sonic properties, pianos of this type remain highly desirable as exhibition pieces. [...]

Vielle d roue (hurdy-gurdy), Claude Bas, Chaveyriat, ca. 1860.   Lute-shaped body; two wooden pegs (four missing); alternating ivory and black wood purfling; two small C-holes on lower belly. [...]