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LOCATION:Center Point Depot 
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=BASE64:CP HISTORICAL SOCIETY
\nPLAYING IT AGAIN, SAM
\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />
\nIt&rsquo;s
\nback!&nbsp; The player piano belonging to the
\nCenter Point Historical Society has been restored by Jack Niewoehner of Elkader
\nand returned to the Depot Museum&mdash;between snow storms&mdash;literally as good as when
\nit was new in 1923.&nbsp;
\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />
\n<br />
\nJack
\ndelivered the Warfield Player on March 1, 2013, and on hand to welcome it was
\nArnold Lanning of Cedar Rapids.&nbsp; The
\npiano was bought by his parents, Earl and Elva Boyd Lanning of Green&rsquo;s Grove,
\nwhen he was a baby.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Lanning family
\ndonated the piano to the Historical Society a decade ago.
\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />
\n<br />
\nJack found inside this player, while restoring
\nit, two 22 rifle shell casings and a diary key.&nbsp;
\nDuring his 35 years plus of restoring more than 100 player pianos he&rsquo;s
\nfished out lots of coins and little toys and photos, some table knives, once a
\nlittle communion glass.&nbsp; The saddest and
\nmost interesting discovery, he said, was in a player he&rsquo;d bought at
\nauction.&nbsp; He found an old purse with 30
\none dollar bills stuffed in it.&nbsp; He
\nbacktracked the piano&rsquo;s story and found it had once belonged to an alcoholic
\nhusband whose wife hid money from him so she could feed their kids.
\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />
\n<br />
\nThe
\npiano restoration was made possible by a grant from the Linn County Supervisors
\nthrough the Linn County Historic Preservation Commission.&nbsp; Linn County, unique in the state, has been
\nsetting aside money for more than 20 years for grants to local historical and
\nother non-profit groups to preserve the county&rsquo;s heritage.
\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />
\nAt its
\nregular meeting, Tuesday, February 26, at the Depot Museum, the Center Point
\nHistorical Society decided to have a player piano party to open its Museum
\nseason, Sunday, May 5, from 2 to 4.&nbsp; This
\nyear&rsquo;s Historical Society theme is the Civil War and the Warfield has a new
\nroll of Civil War tunes to play for visitor&rsquo;s listening pleasure.&nbsp; The Museum will be open 2 to 4 every Sunday
\nafternoon from May 5 through October 13.&nbsp;
\nAdmission is free.
\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
SUMMARY:My County Parks - Playing It Again, Sam 
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