upright piano
Bell Island Miner's Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | upright piano |
| Classification de l'objet : | man-made artefact |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | tools & equipment for communication |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | musical tools & equipment |
| Discipline : | musicology |
| Matériaux : | brass wood plastic metal |
| Numéro d'accession : | Noaccession09 |
| Fabricant : | Monington and Weston |
| Marque de fabrique : | Monington and Weston |
| Nom ou numéro du modèle : | 46291 101 |
| Pays d'origine : | England |
| Continent d'origine : | Northern Europe |
| Province d'utilisation : | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada |
| Culture : | British |
| Contexte culturel : | entertainment |
| Date de début de production : | c 1858 |
| Période : | mid 19th century |
| Description : | This upright piano is brown in colour on the outside, except for a large piece of wood which has been attached to the lower-front, most likely replacing a damaged piece of the piano. The pedals on the bottom of the piano are made of brass, and the piano itself is on wheels. The keys of the piano are white and black, and there is a cover on hinges that can be used to cover and protect the keyboard area when not in use. |
| Commentaires : | This piano was originally owned by Captain Jean Batiste Caharel, a Master Mariner with the "Free French Forces" and Captain of the iron ore carrier PLM (Paris Loins Marsalis) 27. Captain Caharel had made several trips to Bell Island during the early years of WW II, transporting the precious cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. During these visits he had befriended Captain Kelly, Skipper of the pilot boat and his son Michael Kelly. Michael had seen this small piano aboard the PLM 27, and for more than a year tried to purchase it. Eventually, Captain Caharel agreed to sell the piano to Michael, and it was removed from the ship on November 02, 1942. His ship was loaded with ore and waiting at anchor off Lance Cove, Bell Island to join a convoy crossing the Atlantic, so Captain Caharel visited his friends, the Kelly family, and spent the night next door at the home of Gerald Wade. During the night however, the PLM 27, along with the ship The Rose Castle, were torpedoed and sent to the bottom of the harbour by a German U-Boat 518. There were many lives lost, and when Caharel was not seen during the rescue efforts, it was assumed that he went down with his ship. The next day Caharel showed up, dressed in civilian clothing, at the beach at Lance Cove, where rescue efforts were ongoing. Because he had left his ship before the sinking, along with the fact the he sold his piano earlier that same day, some people became suspicious that the foreign Captain may have tipped off the enemy to the location of the ships at anchor off Bell Island. An investigation was then conducted, however Captain Caharel was eventually cleared of all charges. When the mines closed in 1966, the Kelly family moved to Ontario and took the piano with them, but in 2004 they donated the piano to the Bell Island Miner's Museum. |
| Fonctions : | This piano came from the PLM 27 (Paris Loins Marsalis), a ship used in World War II to transport iron ore supplies. The ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Bell Island in November 1942. This piano was used by the Kelly family of Wabana in their home. |
| Hauteur : | 105.2 |
| Longueur : | 125.3 |
| Largeur : | 28.2 (top of piano); 49.8 (middle of piano); 40.8 (bottom of piano) |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | multiple |
| Nom des parties composantes : | piano keys pedals strings piano frame |
| Étiquette ou poinçon : | Monington and Weston London |
| Sujet ou image : | piano upright tools and equipment musical instrument stringed instrument |
| Établissement : |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Wabana |
| Province de l'établissement : | Newfoundland & Labrador |
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