![]() Piecing together the family history, dates of birth and marriage, etc. We have no idea what happened to the missing piece - whether it fell off on the voyage, or on the ox wagon trip (which sounds more feasible as it had been sold to them by Vause Slatter in Pietermaritzburg). The only way the piano was kept in the family when they finally were able to return home, was by them being able to identify it by a missing piece in the wooden edging on the top side of the piano. It has amazing history, having been "captured" by the British when they took over these ancestor's farm during the Anglo-Boer war, occupying their home with all their furnishings for many years. ![]() It came to South Africa by boat and was carted from Durban harbour to Pietermaritzburg by ox wagon where it was sold by Vause Slatter & Co, Martizburg. Some great grandfather many times removed bought it for his wife as a wedding gift. ![]() I have a Carl Ecke Berlin Upright piano which has been passed down as an heirloom through the family since it was originally purchase some hundred odd years ago. ![]()
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