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World Service,1 min

The 19th century dating app?

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Writer and pianist Stuart Isacoff reveals how owning and playing the piano was essential in the 19th century for women to show refinement and secure a good husband. Image: An 1888 illustration of a lady playing an upright piano (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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