19 Jun 2023

Home found for antique grand piano

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 19 June 2023

A story we covered in September about a antique grand piano needing a home has a happy ending!

The piano, which dates all the way back to the 1880s once lived at the iconic Athfield house in Wellington, before ending up at Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History.

It was on display about 8 years ago, but since then it had been dismantled and the museum had run out of storage space for her.

Jesse speaks to the piano's new owner, Johan Van de Merwe.

Hopkinson Grand Piano

Hopkinson Grand Piano Photo: supplied