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The Soundscape

Photo by Annik LaFarge, author of Composing Olana
The 1849 Chickering piano in Church’s studio, with 3 fewer keys at the bass end
The 1885 Chickering piano in the Olana dining room. Photo by Annik LaFarge, author of Composing Olana
The 1885 Chickering piano in the Olana dining room, with 3 fewer keys at the treble end
Frederic Edwin Church, cover for the original score of Marche di Bravura by George William Warren, 1863
Frederic Edwin Church, cover for the original score of Marche di Bravura by George William Warren, 1863
The Nathan 5KLA horn array on an Amtrak train traveling north on the Hudson River line. The horns together produce a B major 6th chord which echoes throughout the Hudson Valley, including at Olana. Photo by Annik LaFarge, author of Composing Olana
The Nathan 5KLA horn array on an Amtrak train traveling north on the Hudson River line. The horns together produce a B major 6th chord which echoes throughout the Hudson Valley, including at Olana. Click to hear the conductor sound the horn at the Hudson Amtrak station, July 2025.

All from Bethune Road