The Evelyn Nesbit and Isaac D. Fletcher Steinway Model A Grand Piano

Piano available for viewing by appointment, please call (212) 289-5524 or email niki@larkmasonassociates.com This Steinway fancy painted empire Model A grand piano, serial number 88495 was made in New York in 1897. It was painted by Arthur Edward Blackmore (New York / England 1854-1921), and his signature and the date are visible on the panel at the front of the cover. The piano was purchased from Steinway by the American industrialist, businessman, art collector, and museum benefactor Isaac D. Fletcher, for his mansion at the corner of East 79th Street and Fifth Avenue in 1898. The mansion is known today...