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Object Name: Piano
Artist/Maker: W. P. Emerson
Object Type: Square
Category: Musical T&E
Material: Wood
Metal
Accession Number: 1969.2808.1
Origin-Province: Massachusetts
Origin-Country: United States of America
Use-Province: New Brunswick
Use-Country: Canada
Description: Large black square grand piano with decorative legs. The top of the piano is open with the cords visible.
History of Use: The W.P. Emerson Square Grand Piano originally belonged to Robert Duncan Wilmot (1809-1891) who was a Father of Confederation. The pianos square design was meant to facilitate travel as it is easier to move than a traditional grand piano. Wilmot would have owned this piano at some point around the 1870s. Businessman and politician, Wilmot was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick to Loyalist parents. His first political victory occurred in 1846 when he entered the House of Assembly as a representative of Saint John. His tenure in the House of Assembly was the first of a line of positions he held as a public servant. Throughout his career he acted as the Surveyor General (1851), Provincial Secretary (1856), and Senator (1867) to which he resigned in 1880 to become the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick until 1885. Wilmot was an active political reformer who pushed for more government funding to various areas of public interests as well as a responsible government. In 1866, he took a Pro-Confederation Stance in response to military threats from the Fenians and the United States. Wilmot died at Belmont Estate at the age of 82 and was buried in Saint`s Anglican Cemetery in Oromocto, New Brunswick.
Height: 99 cm
Length: 97 cm
Width: 197 cm
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