As the Millers planned their new home, Irwin Miller wrote to Girard about selecting pianos for both the living room and the children’s playroom. He writes, “We have a large living room and I should like to take advantage of this to have a bigger tone piano than a fellow usually feels he can have in his private home.”

J. Irwin Miller to Alexander H. Girard, 26 March 1956, 1/6, Miller House and Garden Collection, IMA Archives, Indianapolis, Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana. (MHG_Ia_B001_f006_050)