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Chapter 22 - THE OLD ARDELLI MUSIC ROOM
Villa Ardelli had a music room built in 1938.
Grand piano.
Portraits.
Old trophies.
Photographs of relatives performing.
Half the room was hierarchy disguised as culture.
We renovated.
Kept the piano.
Removed the ranking display.
Stored trophies in archive cases with context.
Added photographs of teachers, accompanists, community musicians, and nonfamily scholarship students with permission.
One uncle complained:
“Doesn’t look Ardelli anymore.”
I answered:
May you like
“It looks like music.”
Enough.
