Show piano treatment there are a great many counsels given giren about the care of the piano but a piano expert sa aada ys that tha titis it is ou out t of the question iori to lay down arbitrary rules on this subject the climate the location of the house and the position in which the piano stands have much to dr viall iti management it must be boine in mind that too great heat arid and dryness are more ingui injurious ious to a piano than the moderate dampness it is likely to be subjected to in any ordinary dwelling if the sounding board sets gets too it is likely to crack then the piano is a hopeless wreck too much moisture makes the keys stick and rusts the strings but this is nothing as bad as too much dryness some experts rec commend keeping a growing plant on the piano but this has objections as the pot might ht be easily upset ii alith ith a rather disagreeable if not dangerous result the best idea is to keep the piano as far away from the heater as possible in the inter binter and not too near a sun exposed wall in summer pianos way may stand by an outside wall if they are not allowed to come in in contact nith it and it if the circulation of air in the room is reasonably good when it is said that a piano must not stand R against aga gains insl t an outside wall it means that the instrument should not come in direct contact aith any conductor to the outer world pianos should be kept as much as possible from dust and it is of all things important that small articles and scraps of all sorts he be kept out cf it in many houses it il ib customary to lay wraps tolk and all kinds of odds and ends on the piano some one comes i in n down goes goe s a bonnet shawl 1 gloves etc when the things are taken up apin a pin may fall fail in upon the sound ing board and some day there are a c latter clatter and a buzzing buzzi cg and some borne one must come to see what the matter is musical instruments were never made for wardrobes or other storage purposes pui poses to hale hae the piano at its best keep it cot ered if it is ec evered coerced ered at all with a fiat felt spread and do not leave it closed continuously it should be opened every everyday aver day at left leftt leat t so that the keys may not turn yellow wille the dust off carefully so EO that thai it will riot not be brushed donn domn into the bolks pianos should never be banged there is a great difference between the senseless pounding that inexperienced people and children give a I 1 piano and the he vigorous vigo ous ious treatment I 1 of an expert A skilled player rat baiely ely docs doci any harm to a musical in instrument tru ment it however owe ver forcible the rica action ion may be bc keeping a piano in good condition 11 t 10 is a cow comparatively ively simple few thing hing provided one rebern remembers ers the few don ts ls that are required X N Y ledger |