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Dear fellow mechanical music enthusiasts,  First and foremost, allow
me to congratulate you all on your wonderful and most informative web
sites and texts.  A pleasure to read.  Keep up the good work.  Now
for the purpose of my email.

I have recently acquired a late 1800s Turconi barrel piano which lived
at the Deansboro museum until its closure in 1998.  In fact, it had
some restoration work done at the museum, as indicated by the little
gold plaque on the front of the piano.  I am enormously proud of my
piano and have spent more than 10 years trying to track down a Turconi.

I have tried desperately to find details of my piano's history but,
despite laborious Internet searches, my attempts have been futile.
All I come up with is the Deansboro auction results (item 578. $625
GRE. Turconi Hurdy Gurdy).  I was hoping someone may be able to help
me with this dilemma of mine?

I'm after information that may give me some sort of indication or at
least point me in a particular direction with regards to finding out
background histories of items that were once in Deansboro.  I understand
that there were hundreds upon hundreds of items in the museum and what
I ask for may be unobtainable.  However, seeing you all have more
expertise in the area, I guess it would be worth my while at least
asking.  I eagerly await any replies that can give me a lead.

Regards to all and God bless.

George J. Kiriakidis (Melbourne, Australia)