Exciting News
After 25 years of having the same old miserable piano in the Ox Barn, we have upgraded to even an older piano. That's right, with the help of the fall camp boys we managed to move a new to us 400lb piano. In the above photo, Justin is helping to put it back together so that it sounds as good as it did the first day it was manufactured in 1906.
1906 Whitney Piano
The Whitney Piano & Supply Company of Chicago was established in1890 by the Whitney Family. In 1895 the Kimball Piano Company acquired the Whitney company to produce a more affordable piano. They were made for over 100 years until Kimball went out of business in 1996.
This particular piano was donated to camp in fall 2020. Inside the piano are 2 handwritten initials & dates: 1926 and 1948. This is when we assume it was tuned.
With a piano this old, we will all have to take care of it being careful to play and not pound on its key board so it can last another 100 years.
Here is a thought: since the Whitney was made, 5 states have been added to the USA and the population of our country was 85 million.
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Greetings, from Fall / School Camp. 
