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Piano anyone?

Piano anyone?

Working in prison libraries, we spend time answering “kites” from inmates in the locked units.  These kites are usually pretty basic reference questions, but every once in awhile we get one that just make us laugh.  Recently one such request was received at the Washington State Penitentiary, from an inmate in the Intensive Management Unit.  The information he requested was pretty straight forward until the last line …   kite……He got the information he wanted but security concerns prevented library staff…

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Didyaknow…?

Didyaknow…?

… that the grand Bluthner piano in the State Reception Room has quite the history?  Crafted in Leipzig, Germany, around 1890, it was purchased by Dr. Hans Moldenhauer in 1930.  Dr. Moldenhauer, of Jewish decent, was born in Germany and emigrated to Washington State in 1938, just one year before WWII broke out.  He brought his beloved piano with him to his new home in Spokane, and resided there until his death in 1987. He bequeathed the piano to the…

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