Oldest piano in Japan

Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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