The Lunts made it a condition of their contracts that they never appear apart, and spent all their time off in this special, private retreat, which they tended with the same seriousness and affection that they showed toward the theater.
Every room's a stage set.
That was certainly true of the living room, where Lunt and set and costume designer Claggett Wilson painted a Steinway grand white and red and decorated it with a classical tableau. Regarding a Steinway as a work of art, and not merely as an instrument to create art, has a long and noble history. Other Steinway art case pianos currently reside in the East Room of the White House and on display at the Smithsonian Institution. Today, the tradition has been rekindled with new, elegant art case designs which were unveiled this past February in conjunction with the annual convention of The National Association of Music Merchants. Palissandre, by Timothy Philbrick, was designed to capture the romantic spirit and bold Beaux-Art Deco style of the early twentieth century.