THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, January 11, 1995 TAG: 9501110402
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B2 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
DATELINE: CURRITUCK COUNTY LENGTH: Short : 27 lines
A Steinway grand piano that has been a cornerstone of the Whalehead Club restoration program is now in the hands of the experts.
A special team of piano movers came to the former Corolla hunt club last week to transport the 92-year-old piano to a restoration lab in New York.
The piano project is being funded by the Corolla Business Association, which raised a majority of the $20,000 improvement project from its Fourth of July Celebration. The studio piano, originally bought for $2,500, will be worth more than $100,000 when restored.
Jerry Stott, a Whalehead Club guide, has led the piano restoration effort and last year hosted a visit from Steinway historian David Grossi.
The dark mahogany piano was ordered specifically for Madame M. Banat of Philadelphia in 1902 and delivered in April 1903.
For more information about the piano restoration or other plans for the Whalehead Club, call Jerry Stott at 491-2256 or Barbara Snowden at 232-2311. by CNB