The sounds of piano music can once again be heard at Duntryleague after the original instrument, which was donated almost 100 years ago, has been returned to the iconic mansion.
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Duntryleague Mansion Foundation chairman John Cook said the piano was purchased by James Dalton, who had the 142-year-old house built.
He said the Ronisch piano was donated by the Dalton family following James Dalton’s death in 1919.
“It was donated to the hospital and it was in the nurses quarter for 80 years,” Mr Cook said.
“Then from 2002 they had an auction up there and Mark and Bronwyn Andrew they bought it and they are just about to move house and they offered to donate it back to Duntryleague.
The piano was returned to the mansion on Monday.
Tanya Marschke
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
