Show good for tho tone ot of a piano 1 rom the albany argos I 1 it is n popular notion that pianos ought to bo dept very ry dry eaid said a well known pianist tho the other day nothing could be bo more fallacious are not nearly eo so much at af ottob by hent heat or cold as they are bj by d m atess and iely by dampness it ie is not generally known that the bourdin sour din board the life of n Is forced fo a into the cae when it itis is made so tightly that it bulges up in the centre on the same principle as a violin the wood is supposed eup posed to be its dry ne as possible but of ot course it conkins coni ins boint moisture and gather era more on damp daje and in h handling now ow when A it piano is put into a anover n 1 0 ver heated dry room all this m moisture 0 is dried out rind the board loses its and gets flabby and crackel even it it dossat crack the tone loses its resonance and grows thin and tinny the felt cloth ond and leather need used in the action di dry 7 up and the whole maaine rattles how flow will you prevent this I 1 keep F ft grof growing in plant in y your our dooin and so long lobi ae ad your plant pl ant thrives your piano ought to or aplas there ie Is something the matter with it it should be note bow how juchim much more ore rater wl ill have bave to I 1 tie poured into int the th flower pot in the room where the piano is than in any other room |