413kThis Steinway piano spent 22 years (1961-1983) aboard the ballistic missile submarine [B][I]Thomas A. Edison[/I] (SSBN-610)[/B], the only full size piano ever installed aboard a submarine conducting nuclear deterrent patrols. Part of the artifact collection of the Naval Historical Center on the Washington Navy Yard, its being temporarily loaned back today, 11 Jun. 2003 to Steinway in return for a complete restoration. It is then scheduled to go on display this summer at the Steinway Company Museum in New York in an exhibit celebrating the 150 years of the famous piano company.
Photo # O-0000X-001 courtesy of Steinway Piano Company /US Navy.
[B]Good luck to your friend Shellback. Someone, somewhere, has worked with someone who built it, that painted it, that worked on it, that taked to the guy who lives next door to the one who tuned the piano[I]. phew :)[/I][/B]