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Show People of tie West Have Their Eyes On Salt H.a3s Cit3T. THE J. DEWING CO., -:OF:- ' " San Francisco and New' York, Has Opened uj a 11AXO BUSINESS BUS-INESS in Salt Lake City With J. J. If EF FERN AN : An Mariaeere, : The Factory is Located at Nos. 12 to 16 Golden Gato Avenue, San Francisco, Cal. The Salt Lake Branch is Located at o. 20 Commercial Street. SALT LAKE. The people of this city, and Indeed of the, Pu-cltlc Pu-cltlc count xenernHy Interested lu securing good piano at a minimum cost, will be glud to imow that another new di m has started in Salt Luke Olty, with the certainty of enlisting their support and approbation. The Dewing Mtok., well-known publishers, recognizing the ad. vantages van-tages of Salt Lake City, when Intelligently directed, di-rected, for the manufacture of plunos. and that the people will soon leara to appreciate the fact. Tho materials for all the weighty portions of these pianos are native products ol the Paclllc coast, and their use here is a saving of a large coat in manufacture, which roust naturally oc- cur to the purchaser. Tho J. Dewing Company of San Kranclsco, Cat, have tor the past live years manufactured and Improved the finest pianos on this coast. At the head of the piano department Is Prof. A. J. Dewing, a gentleman who for a quarter or a century has been practically engaged in studying the Instruments In-struments of the great makers of the world. Tho fruit of these years of latior is now to be seen In a large line ot upright pianos. The works of tho company are at Nos. 13 to 16 Ooldcn Uato, ave of B. P., Cal., where many interesting in-teresting hours may be spent In pivsNlng from one department to the othor, watching the gradual gra-dual procesK of niauufacturc, and tracing the growth of the Instrument from the rough materials ma-terials to the perfection of finished work, as Iron frames havo been almost entirely dts-arded dts-arded In piano manufacture, the tlrm has purchased pur-chased a largn sUwk of very dry, well seasoned wood, none of which has stood In the lumber racks for a less jx'rlod of time than five yea s, tho frames are built, up lu the strongest manner, man-ner, the wood being crossed In opposite directions, direc-tions, to prevent or to balance the effects of expansion and shrinkage produced by changes in temperature. Another advantage of building build-ing up the frames in this way Is the hold which 11. gives the tuning pins which carry the strings and finally the dryness und soundness of the timber ot tho frames Insures the resonant qualities of the piano. All the instruments are trl chords, and are overRtrnng, the way iu which tho strings ure crossed in these pianos Is doservlug of special notice; the frames aro so shaped that the wires present a perfectly even front, to the hammers, und all the effects of a niagnltlcont sweep of a string oa a highly resonant soundboard aro attained, the action of the hammers Is uow a much more complicated one than 1n the old days of the C.'larlrbord, and It may bo safely asserted the Dewing pianos possesses Iu tho action of the hammers the very perfection of mechanical science, touching touch-ing the notes of the Instrument and watching the advance and recoil of the hammers from the strings discloses the fact that the respective respec-tive motions of any and all of them are lu perfect per-fect harmony. The blow Is struck simultaneously simultane-ously by tho hammer when the Ivories are depressed, de-pressed, ut the same Instant, The motion ol the pedals Is gradual, permitting of every gradation, gra-dation, of sound from pianissimo to fortls simo and combining In the loud pedal all the advantage, ot the third so-called sustaining pedal and rendering It, superfluous. The metal portions of the Interior are carefully nlckclled ami every precaution is taken to render wood und iron proof against tho deleterious dele-terious effects of dampness and climate. The case usually adopted for this instrument la handsome and varied In wood ami style, tho most popular of cabinet materials, rosewood, ts generally chosen, and the fretwork, moulding mould-ing and carving are in excellent style. The pillasters are of solid rosewood, shaped v 1th much care In bold and graceful corners. The lid is so formed that wheu open the music rests conveniently upon It. The test of a piano to a player is its tone. These instruments will stand the tost. The upper register of a poor piano is always thin and tinkling; the lower as often hard and wooden in sound, whilst almost any piano can be relied upon to be fairly pleasing In the middle register. In the Dewing Brothers piano the entire range of seven and one-third octaves is of uniform excellence, the high treble notes are o pearly roundness, and the bass notes rich and sonorous. Tho volume and brilliancy of kino are remarkable, and the Instrument Is one on which many an able musician may be and has been proud to play. The non-player who is anxious to buy a piano often feels considerable dlradouce and self -mistrust; it is, however, tho least that can be said, that the veriest irmoceut on the subject sub-ject of music may safely invest his money in thlsjpiano, aud feel sure that he gets a reliable relia-ble and really superb instrument. The J. Dewing company is well known In San Francisco and New York as the largest pub. house west of the Kookles, and in offering to the public their pianos tlioy do so under the peculiar advantages of a large and tried patronage in their business. The prices of the Dewing brothers pianos are such as will recommend them to many especially as there ore no expenses attached to tha display ol the pianos. Messrs. Brown & Heffemau. managers of Salt Lake City, both being enterprising men of your cty, do bore extend an invitation to all wishing to purchase pluuos or organs, to visit the wartsrooiu aud see these grand instrumcuts before purchasing elsewhere. Every piano warranted by the manufacturer. B. &H. |