This piano belonged to John and "Dinky" Dougall who owned the Wolf Creek Inn from 1922 to 1934. The piano, built in 1887 (the year the Wolf Creek Inn was built), was originally designed as a player piano and was purchased by the Dougalls in 1923...
When the Dougalls sold the Inn in 1934, the piano was shipped to Mr. Dougall's sister in Astoria, Oregon, where it was used for piano lessons. The Dougalls' daughter Jane acquired the piano in the 1950's and had it shipped to Corvallis, Oregon, where it was used to instruct her children.
In 1999, the piano was offered to the Wolf Creek Inn. It has now come home after these many years to once again delight a new generation.
I remember one of the first things I learned on this piano was how to find "middle C." It's too bad the cover is pulled over the keyboard in this photo. The ivory keys, chipped here and there, would bring back even more memories of piano lessons, piano practice, sheet music, and recitals.
It was great fun having a piano in our home in Corvallis, especially at holiday time. Now it sits at the Wolf Creek Inn like it never left.
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