This fall, the Music Department became the proud owner of a brand new Steinway D piano, housed in the A. F. Siebert Chapel. A dedication recital featuring department faculty was held Oct. 21.

"There's nothing like a Steinway tone,” says Jane Livingston, assistant professor of music. "They will not fail you. Now our students have an instrument that is a professional concert grand, at the level at which they perform."

Peter Dennee, '86, music department chair, says the new Steinway "is going to be an excellent instrument for our piano majors. It will give them an opportunity they haven"t had, to play on such a fine quality instrument at Carthage."

Earlier this year, Prof. Livingston was part of a four-member Carthage delegation that visited Steinway headquarters in New York, to choose from six pianos. She was joined by Trustee John Gorton; Adam Marks, adjunct professor of music; and James Unglaube, vice president emeritus for college relations.

"Being a pianist, it was the experience of a lifetime," Prof. Livingston says of the trip. "I have a reverence for Steinways. To get a tour of the makers of this incredible instrument is an honor. Everything is handmade."

The new piano replaces one built in 1957. Prof. Dennee says that instrument will still be used for student practices, although "we hope to someday to rebuild that." He adds that the department has additional needs, and voiced hope donors will step forward to help meet the needs.

In the meantime, the College and its students have a new Steinway. Prof. Dennee says the new piano also "will help us attract concert artists performing in Chicago to come to Carthage."