Fern Cottage Piano

I've been giving Fern Cottage a light clean today and have repaired the slight damage to the piano in the parlour.

Though it’s simply made, it’s an interesting piano and, never one to resist a rabbit hole, I had to find out more about it.

T’internet tells me that it’s a tall upright cabinet piano of the type popular in the early 19th century. I did recognise it as being similar to the one in the Brontë family parsonage in Haworth, North Yorkshire.

The pleated silk back section is a nice detail. As is the sheet music on it - “Bob and Joan” written for the “Melodeon, Concertina and…” the piano? Probably not, but we won’t dwell on that! 

Obviously, more of my afternoon was frittered away as I learned that ‘Bob and Joan’ is an old traditional folk tune!

I do love how this hobby takes you to unexpected places!

Until next time,

Zoe