A stunning piano has found a new home in Gatehouse. The 1939 concert grand, built by the famed Steinway and Son company, had previously been in the National Trust for Scotland’s Pollok House in Glasgow.
But a need to find it a new home attracted fierce competition from across Scotland, with Gatehouse Music Society among six groups which made an application.
Initially, it looked as if Dunfermline Music Society would become the owners but, when they were unable to provide a new home, another draw took place with Gatehouse this time getting the nod.
And it is now taking pride of place in parish church. The society’s Hilary Alcock said: “Dumfermline’s loss was very much Gatehouse’s gain; for us, it would seem that some clouds really do have a silver lining. “We could hardly believe we had been gifted one of the greatest makes of concert grand pianos in the world.
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