A Fazioli concert grand piano and a 1772 Kirckman harpsichord were rescued from the monastery, and though damaged, both instruments were restored. Free concerts, once offered in the chapel, will continue at the Canadian Centre of Architecture.
After a fire swept through a former monastery in Montreal last month, staff were surprised to find two items had survived: an antique harpsichord and a grand piano. Oliver Esmonde-White, who has cared for that piano for 28 years, improvises a tune in the aftermath.
A pair of valuable musical instruments have been removed from a Montreal heritage building that caught fire last week, raising hopes that they can be saved to play again. Simon Blanchet, programming director at the Chapelle du Bon-Pasteur, said Sunday a Fazioli concert grand piano and a 1772 Kirckman harpsichord were both removed from the concert venue inside the chapel of the 19th century former monastery a day earlier.
A Fazioli concert grand piano and a 1772 Kirckman harpsichord have been removed from a Montreal heritage building that caught fire last week, raising hopes that they can be saved to play again.
A Fazioli concert grand piano and a 1772 Kirckman harpsichord were both removed from the concert venue inside the chapel of the 19th century former monastery.