Raak] Is the author Dickens? No
Darren] Is the person male? No
ZK]Is it a musical instrument? Yes
CdM] Regarding the mineral part: (a) is it in part glass? (b) you said there are "metal fixings" but are there also other metal parts? (a) No; (b) Yes
ZK] Is it a timepiece of any kind? No

I can't think of anyone who has a piano except in Jane Austen novels so I don't know why I'm asking!

Did Jane Fairfax have a piano?

You have definitely got the right person (having checked all the imdb clues). And I am guessing that the piano is right as well.

ZK - YES!!! Congratulations! I'd thought after the last round of answers that someone must get it soon. The colour clue is that everyone thought that the piano was a gift to Jane Fairfax from the Dixons, which leads by association to Dixon of Dock Green, which Ania Marson, who played Jane Fairfax in the first TV version of Emma, appeared in a number of times. I did say it wasn't so much a clue as a lateral association which wouldn't help...
I'll shut up now and hand over the baton to ZK.

I don't know why, but I developed an obsession with this round! I'm glad my brain worked the right way....eventually.....shame on me because I've only read Emma once! I do own that version, though. I think I got it for my 13th birthday. I must say I didn't get any of the Dixon clues. Anyway...

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What was the irish connection?

I guess this is ABSTRACT with ANIMAL connections.

[Raak] No. But cool :)

[Tuj] Yes.

[Dujon]Certainly, but I suspect you're barking up the wrong tree.

[Raak] No.
[Gusset Login] Yes! Yay :)

Sorry, the Irish connection. JF had been with the Dixons in Ireland before she came to Highbury.