Pianos
When I lived in Colombia from 1975-1977, part of my time was spent at the finca El Sauzal to the North of Bogotá near a village called El Chico. It had previously been owned by a Colombian man named Luis Marulanda who used it as a weekend farm. When acquired by the NTMF, it was renamed to Monte Sion. One of the leaders of the NTMF, Calvin Burrows, who changed his first name to Andrew, wanted to give a special birthday present to the leader and founder, Hannah Lowe who played piano. He purchased a piano in Bogotá which had an attractive mahogany finish. He was very excited about the instrument and said it “sounded like bells.” There was an older, very fine upright piano that had a faded finish and didn’t look good at all. I have no idea where it came from. However, it had a superior sound. It was removed from the living room of the house and placed in the kitchen to make way for the new piano.
