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How does the oldest surviving English Style Grand Piano Sound?
May 18, 2013 at 11:08AM How does the oldest surviving English Style Grand Piano Sound
The oldest-surviving English grand piano, one of the first ever made, was built by the piano maker Americus Backers in London in 1772 and has now been returned by English Heritage to the home of its former owner, the Duke of Wellington.
The Today programme's reporter Tom Bateman went to hear it being played by Pianist and composer Professor David Owen Norris.
Link to the audio of the oldest surviving English Style Grand Piano here