COEUR d'ALENE - The third in a series of piano concerts featuring a 1920s Chickering piano, is set for Sunday, April 22 at The Terraces in Coeur d'Alene.

Jazz musician Brent Edstrom will play and explore the evolution of jazz in America. For the second half of the Sunday Soiree, Brent will be joined by Coeur d'Alene chanteuse Ruth Pratt.

The purpose of these concerts is to introduce the Chickering piano to music lovers - and sell it.

Mark Faulkner, co-founder of Opera Coeur d'Alene (Opera Plus!) is in charge of the project.

"We're marketing the piano through a series of 'audition' concerts so that the public can hear this classic piano and buy it," he said.

Left by a stalwart supporter of Opera Coeur d'Alene, Dr. Marjorie Winderman, proceeds of the sale of this classic piano will establish a fund with the Inland Northwest Community Foundation to provide financial assistance to aspiring opera singers in the Inland Northwest.

When Marjorie Winderman died in 2007, she bequeathed her cherished 1920s Chickering baby grand piano to benefit future opera singers with directions for her son, Michael Winderman, to have the piano completely restored.

In 2008 Scott Colwes of Coeur d'Alene began the process of a complete restoration, taking nearly four years.

Parts and materials have been assembled from around the world to duplicate old world craftsmanship with the touch, tone and finish.

"This heirloom quality piano compares with new instruments selling in the $50,000 range," says Colwes. "The red ribbon mahogany, with a traditional satin lacquer finish is timeless. It is a parlor size piano with concert tone and will highlight any home."

Proceeds go to the Marjorie Winderman Fund at the Northwest Community Foundation.

The concert will be 3-5 p.m. at The Terraces condominiums overlooking The Coeur d'Alene Resort golf course and Lake Coeur d'Alene.

Reservations are $35. Mail checks to Mark Faulkner, 207 Park Drive, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814. Include your email address for confirmation and directions for entrance to The Terraces. Reservations may also be made by contacting Faulkner, 664-2827, after April 8.