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Show THE PIANO OF THF. FUTURE. Alt Mo t tnSub t tute Klrctric Current For Lever and Hammer. No morn hammers In pianos. The old-ftBhtoucil method of pti.ullng mil Sic out nf wires by the aid of a wonder fully complicate1' nyiem of levers aud keys which all the world thought tn be the ultimate p -rfectlon for the prmlne Hon of that sort of tone, bus been branded as a li .ck number. Dr. Richard Rich-ard EH"innnu of B rlbt oir years a pupil pu-pil of Profotsor Yon He iiiho.iz. bus paieu'rd a s,icui which tines away with the levers entirely. He calls this new appliance ihe eh-cim-phonlc pi nun, lis distinctive principle cousl-tluu In tho fact that the vlbiniloua of the chords nre not produced ty hummer, hut by an electric current, and by means ol microphones acting ns Interrupters Inter-rupters of currents. All tbd delicate mid complex mechanism of the old piano pi-ano Is done away with. The lilt I'.-electric devices are arranged on ine cro-piece cro-piece extending over the airings, Upon Up-on this eiecirlo magnets are placed so as lo be only a hair's breadth fro n the stiiius, Prerslng down Hie kiy xetiila ilte electric curicut Into the cor e-spoudlug e-spoudlug ebctio magnet., Ihlsnttric s the metallic string below, but. the microphone mi-crophone luteirups the current ntiil therewith the attraction. The string returns to Its former place, and this continued ul traction and interrupt ton of the curietil Is c-triled on, the number num-ber of vlltr tlons being regubiic'i bv the pitch of the ailing. The high s'.itKuls produced by ihe method have a deeabd harp tone, and the lower tiuil middle regWtem miggc-t the 'cello or tho organ. In reality, ihe lustalhi-llxtiufthls lustalhi-llxtiufthls new system creates anew liiMrunietit, so illtlerent are the qualities quali-ties of kouuil produced by the new method aud tue o d. |