My fascination is with a number of pianos that were local to Eastern Europe. Long ago before the current war in Ukraine, I was spending some time in Odessa. I saw pianos I had never heard of. My friend who I was staying with had a pre Soviet piano with candle holders attached. And there were early sewing machines I had never seen in both Ukraine and in Poland. My guess is that western pianos, etc… were available however they would have been too expensive for the average household.
