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Show BMcalMuiunajaaBnuuBBamBniinuiasan CIKEOPTHK l'U0. OtTtt VAIUAULEAJIEniCAK CLIMATE IS VKRV HARD t POX THIS ISTnCJIC.NT. Our American climate Is very severe se-vere In its cllcets uinjoorlj made piano-, says the Opera. The great variations in temperatu'e during dur-ing the different teasons of tho year render it impossible for inj but tlie best pianos, made with iron framis, to remain uninjureJ. The most delicate parts of the piano ntcexarily being made of wood, tbe fittings and Joints of which are aljusted with the greatest uicetj. extreme heat or dampness isverj tetriinental to their wellbeing. The mercury should not be allowed. If i.-lble to rUe above teventy five decrees nor to fall below forty in the room in which the piano is kepL The piano ehould not be place 1 where the hot air from a beatc", love or,, rate H tnrotvu agaiul it, 'are should be taken to place the I'lrumcnt where its entire surface will be suljecud, as nearly as pos-siule, pos-siule, to the tame degree of temjer-ature, temjer-ature, as nothing will so soon put a piano out of tune as being ke t with one end cool and the other warm, as is frequently the cate when an instrument in-strument is placed between the hot ur fr una heater aud the culJ air ehlch In wiutur Is falling within tie or two feet from thu windows. A u Men change of twenty degrees iu temperature will put tl.e beat piano slightly out of tune. A change of temperature, therefore-, in a heated house should be gradual. Damj !ies is more to be feared In summer than winter. Do not place the piano near open windows, and be latticularly careful that tlto 1l. -tiu aient Is closed at nlghl iit. |