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May 15, 2012

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In the late 1980s wood worker Gregory Bover decided to build a pretty incredible gift for his wife, Frances Conover Fitch, an internationally known harpsichordist. Now, 25 years later, her new instrument is finally finished, and tonight it will be played in public for the first time in Rockport.

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