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Museum of American Piano Closes

By Margot Adler

Published December 31, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

High rent and a drop in post-Sept. 11 tourism prompt the Museum of the American Piano in lower Manhattan to shut its doors. But the museum's founder still hopes to raise funds for a new home for his collection of rare pianos. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

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Margot Adler died on July 28, 2014 at her home in New York City. She was 68 and had been battling cancer. Listen to NPR Correspondent David Folkenflik's retrospective on her life and career

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