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Duo-Art Piano at Forstmann Castle in Catskills
By Ed Chaban

Long before I became enamored with mechanical music, I was fortunate
enough to attend summer camp and eventually enter the CIT (Counselor
In Training) program at Frost Valley YMCA in the Catskills of New York.

I had long known that there was a player grand piano in the Forstmann
Castle around which the YMCA summer camp had been constructed.  Can
anyone identify this piano in the photo?

I'm guessing it's a Duo-Art.  Is it a Steinway or Weber?  It appears to
have been well preserved.  I see what appear to be broken tubes.  I'm
guessing the player is not working:

  https://frostvalley.org/lodging/forstmann-castle/ 

Ed Chaban

 [ Piano in Forstmann Castle music room
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Key Words in Subject:  Castle, Catskills, Duo-Art, Forstmann, Piano