Every now and then then, I come across an instrument bearing the signature of its maker.
I could barely contain my excitement when I uncovered this note, hidden deep inside the case of a square piano made in 1813 by Charles Albrecht, written by Charles Deal, Philadelphia, 1813.
It reads:
The Person who first casts his eye on this may know that this Piano was made in the year 1813 about the time Bonaparte was defeated by the Russians.
Charles Deal
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It reads:
The Person who first casts his eye on this may know that this Piano was made in the year 1813 about the time Bonaparte was defeated by the Russians.
Charles Deal
(click on image to enlarge)
