By | Published: 8:17 pmCaesarea: A rare piano that could fetch more than a million dollars at auction in Israel next week has a history as elaborate as the wood carvings adorning its frame. The Piano of Siena’s 221-year journey began in Turin and has included stops in Paris, a second world war battlefield in North Africa, New York and Tel Aviv. Moshe Porat, an Israeli piano tuner who has researched the instrument, said the light brown upright decorated with carvings of wingless cherubs, animals, flora and other instruments was a “visual masterpiece”. The British army had no use for the piano, which had been covered in plaster. Carmi, who co-wrote a book about the piano with his wife Hannah called “The Immortal Piano,” sold it to a businessman in 1996.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 02, 2020 14:47 UTC