Richard Lipp and Sohn piano restored at Grand Western Lodge, Millthorpe

Mark Logan
Updated February 26 2021 - 11:45am, first published February 23 2021 - 10:00am
Ebony and Ivory: Kobus and Sonette Vermaak with the 1860's German made piano that Sonette has been restoring. Photo: Mark Logan.
Ebony and Ivory: Kobus and Sonette Vermaak with the 1860's German made piano that Sonette has been restoring. Photo: Mark Logan.

When Ian Gillings, the owner of the Grand Western Lodge in Millthorpe, stumbled across an old, battered piano, his first thought was how could he get it in the skip.

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Mark Logan

Mark Logan

Journalist

Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.

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