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    Historic Faribault-made piano free to play at fair

    By By COLTON KEMP,

    1 day ago

    As 11-year-old Sakatah Stevenson glided her hands up and down the black and white keys of a piano, she sent each note echoing through the Rice County History Museum Thursday afternoon.

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    Eleven-year-old Sakatah Stevenson and her grandmother, Sue Feyereisn, of Cannon City, join forces on the 1905 Schimmel piano to play “Great Balls Of Fire” by Jerry Lee Lewis. The historic piano sits in the Rice County Historical Society yearround, but is free for people to actually play during the Rice County Fair. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
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    Of just five vertical grand pianos in the world, one of them, seen here, sits at the Rice County History Museum. Unlike the 1905 Schimmel piano, the vertical grand piano is not open for anyone to play. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
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    Sakatah Stevenson, 11, gently glides her hands up and down the Schimmel piano at the Rice County Historical Society from 1905 and built in Faribault. She said she’s played the piano at the last few fairs. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)

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