in 1900, the vanderbilts welcomed their most special guest, cornelia vanderbilt. they had only one child but she grew up with the entire state as the playground. we are on our way to the music room. one thing that is really interesting and very unexpected is that the music room and the salon next to it were actually not finished during the vanderbilt's time here. they were finished much later, almost 80 years later. these spaces were used sometimes for parties but mostly they were cordoned off with velvet curtains. this space remained unfinished until about 1976. it was finished by our former owner who passed away just this past year. this was really a space that he created. space was always supposed to be a music room. for a mysterious reason it was always unfinished. then, the previous owner hired experts in renaissance architecture and in richard moorhouse designs and finished the space the way you see it now. i think one of the most interesting things about this, despite so many fascinating things happening during george vanderbilt's time, this room housed one

in 1900 the vanderbilts welcomed cornelia vanderbilt, their daughter, here. they had only one child but she really grew up with the entire estate as her playground. so we are leaving the banquet hall and passing the breakfast room and on our way to the music room. one thing that's really interesting and very unexpected is that the music room and the salon next to it were actually not finished during vanderbilts time here at biltmore. they were finished much later, almost 80 years later. these spaces were used sometimes for parties but mostly they were just cordoned off with velvet curtains. so we are in the music room at biltmore house and this space remained unfinished until about 1976. it was finished by a former owner who passed away unfortunately just this past year. this was really a space that he created. the space was always supposed to be a music room. it was listed on plans as a music room. but for a mysterious reason it was unfinished. then mr. cecil hired experts and finished the space to the way you see it now in 1976. i think one of the most inte