Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-10-28 | Page 14 | Most Pianos in Need of Tuning

MOST I PIANOS n IN INTha I NEED OF TUNING Tha That hundreds d of piano p nowa nowa- nowadays days day stand silent In modern homes homs I is duo due du In a great creat to the fact that the th instrument a are ar e out of tune tuno tun according to the tho th Nation National Association of ot Piano Plano Tuners Inc whIch recently h hOld ld It its Ita annual con In St Louis Loul the Eighty per POl cent of ot th the pi pl piano anos anoe ano In the tho th country tuning said W J McClellan of ot Chicago of o the th tuners tuner organization tion Because the tho pianos are aro ar not In tune tun they y are ar retarded regarded as a fur tur- furniture fur furniture when th they y really are ar tern tem temperamental tm musical ln At th the convention It WM was dig dig-clord dis- dis disclosed die closed that tho the average amount spent pent on piano upkeep p Is but forty cents cente a year lear ear A campaign to educate the tho th pub pub- public pub pub- public public lic on the tin caro care of o the th piano his s boon been launched by the th tuners as- as ot as-ot of unmusical tunes tune from pianos Include too much heat hent too much cold and foreign U I substances such ucha Re ns moth balls hairpins hairpin t tacks cl chewing n gum beads strIngs rub rubber rub rub- rubber rubber ber bands and dust op 00