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Show Even in Siam. F.xaiiiininp coninicrcial possibilities in Si : , 1 11 . a coniiiierce report makes it clear that the country offers a larger imoxplnired field for piano man-ufac man-ufac Mi crs than for tl' makers of jihon graphs. With the exception of the I'honograph Siam still prefers the musical instrument of its ancestors. ances-tors. Tho Siamese orchestra ccn-tenis ccn-tenis iiself with gongs, native harmonicas, har-monicas, and so forth. Indeed, the only western instruments known to the Siamese are the piano, a small portable organ, and the phonograph. The piano and the organ, Jiowevei'. are rare, and are kept more for ornament orna-ment than for anything else. But the phonograph is popular and is already to be found In nearly every Siamese family that is able to afford it. |