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Composer Elliott Carter poses in his New York City apartment on May 2, 1960.
Music lovers take note â€" the Greenwich Village apartment of famed composer Elliott Carter Jr. could include his beloved piano.
Carter died last month at age 103 and reportedly recommended in his will that the piano be included in the sale of his West 12th Street co-op.
"There is a piano in the apartment," executor James Kendrick told the Daily News Monday. "We have not made any separate arrangements to do anything with it yet. It would be a logistical issue to remove it, but I'm sure it could be done."
Kendrick said the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes continued playing the instrument well into his 11th decade.
"It's a beautiful Steinway, and he loved it dearly. He had it since he bought the apartment in 1945. He used it practically every day of his life," Kendrick said.
Carter and his wife purchased the apartment for $ 15,000, he told Bloomberg News in June.
He said he believed its value rose to $ 2 million.
ndillon@nydailynews.com
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