At William F. Buckley, Jr.’s fortnightly musical salons, his socialite wife, Pat, liked to quip, “Bill married me for the piano.” The regal Austrian Bösendorfer, which was built in 1927, held pride of place in their Manhattan maisonette, where artists such as the Bach virtuoso Rosalyn Tureck performed for him and his guests. Until the very end of his life, when he died at age 82 in 2008, it remained a cherished source of music for Buckley.
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