“A Grand Forte Piano”
“Schooner sailed for D. hall with the seed rice, rice flour & cotton—a Grand Forte piano, Barbarini Vase, — & arrived there about 2.p.m.”
John Watson, Conservator of Early Keyboard Instruments at Colonial Williamsburg, joins Sarah Stroud Clarke to discuss this intriguing journal entry from Charles Drayton’s (1743-1820) plantation records on March 5, 1802. Learn who was likely playing the Grand forte piano and where it had arrived from in this fun webinar to conclude our 2021-2022 season.
This is a Donate What You Can Event presented by Drayton Hall Preservation Trust. If you are not able to watch at the broadcast time, register as usual on the Eventbrite event page and the link to watch the event at your leisure will be emailed to all registered attendees the following day. We look forward to seeing you virtually!