The mystery of the replica paper piano keyboard that found its way from the personal imperial library of Austrian Empress Elisabeth, ‘Sisi’, to the National Library of Scotland

Boehme, Almut

The mystery of the replica paper piano keyboard that found its way from the personal imperial library of Austrian Empress Elisabeth, ‘Sisi’, to the National Library of Scotland

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An enquiry about a puzzling retroconversion catalogue record has led to the surprising and intriguing rediscovery of a full-size paper replica piano keyboard made for Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1805-1875) by woman composer Teodozja Papara (1797-1873) and formerly held in the personal imperial library of Austrian Empress Elisabeth (1837–1898), known as 'Sisi'.