Show PIANOS afa NOS alle ARE MADE various processes isca and A j III front for I 1 lie I 1 I 1 fad fac hirer 11 re r N new ew york A visit to a piano factory gives an opportunity for seeing anich that is of interest inter sl there is a fascination fa I 1 tie ti in watching tho the processes by which from froni rough pills pili ar lumber lui I 1 iber and coils of wire the which can call become ono one either annor of tor tui tut 0 or is fashioned A piano may in ia the making be di divided aided vided into four parts the cae case the framing nud and bounding bard the stringing str and keys and action the case is the niest expensive part of the instrument though abou gli upon it depends none of tile val value lie I 1 of llie I 1 lie piano as a 8 a III musical i instrument until within a few years cases were almost invariably made madeo of fros rosewood e wood lin but t now every variety of wood r from rom wali mahogany ogan to t 0 holly is used it roust notte not be supposed 1 posed however that a case caie of rosewood or any other sort of fancy wood Is s made of that material in the real case is of whitewood d hud flie lie appearance of the most expensive wood is given by a thin veneering applied appl ivil with extreme care the framing t has fil po for r tho tit last laa sixty years been formed iu in part or whole of iron thia this is 13 necessary on account of the immense imi bense strain train produced by the strings tho eum um of whose tension amounts from seven to ten en tons the sounding board ii is of thin spruce the strings are of iroil wire covered with either copper or steel isire wire or else plain thes action and hes are formed of ivory white wood vod and felt A orter wat leil led yesterday through a large factory from the tile lop top story down and found each floor devoted to ono one special branch of the manufacture his guide volubly explained as they passed through rough tb the why and the wherefore of everything 1 this re is the polishing polia hink room it piche eaid lie acdan and an important io it is is too the polishing polls liing of f a piano is is a long laborious bu business si n esa the varnish inlaid on oil farat ii et in four or five successive successive coata which arc are each of them rubbed down when dry with pumice stone and water then other finishing coats arc lire applied which arc are sandpapered sand papered until the final polishing coat is applied altogether there arc are nine nine or un t 1 coats of varnish or polish applied 1 the next floor was reached these men are building up the cases said the guide they arc are held together by wooden clamp and when fiDis finished bed arc are taken apart avart numbered and sent upstairs to be polished that man is venedi veneering pg A thin paper like ike sheet of rosewood is glued in that inch thick piece ece of white wood and both aro are then il ien subjected I 1 acted to enormous pressure lit tit a high temperature glue glye pours out at the sides and the vencee veneer is a almost most part odthe of the humbler wood it masks it will never blister or crack track that oddly shaped piece of iron is the framo frame wo we do not cast t line lin e ourselves as it would not pay steinway way is the only manufacturer who docs does in ili that little room are the regulators who after the P 1 i is made tone it by carefully ening elling or loosening the strings the regulator is tile he highest paid s workman ork 11 in the factory it take takes him m a nitle over a day to tune a 1 piano if 4 heis he be is s working g by tima t i im i t I 1 f hd is piece alece working lie gets it done with in lit before coming torbia to him however the instrument passes through li many hand 14 for each man nian cashis own line and never de departs tarts I 1 from it there are k acy eyma ers hammer bammer leathe ars stringers case make makers rs and finish J ers soundboard sound board makers ma kerss acido abid isa on they keys are made as a rule outside the factory as its it would not bo worth thilo to havethe aces sary affia machinery for ivo r kine 1 t floor after floor way WILS valte visited k 4 alln in til finally the packing room was readied reached and after that the wareroom where rows of shining instruments each carefully covered to protect it from the dust tit there cre sir F said the tile guide 11 that is where o a itano find its wa way Y I 1 six months or so after its manual manufacture is begun 11 what is the average average price 0 of f 11 piano pin tio I 1 well thata a di question to answer yuu you can buy it piano at retail for or rather ratier 1 what for want of a better nama name is called a piano you can also think your self lucky if you get one for as a special favor arp from in the manu our instruments instrument i but to you I 1 would put it in at cash the s of larv far KW m 1 ed I 1 with ampro approbation bation a man who lias has been connected with tiie the panno strade ilia uis scorn was wits im me I 1 A r I 1 j 1 why come to me said he I 1 and nd I 1 will get you the same piano p 1 iano orS op on easy pasy terms there ller ofis is more nonsense talked in that ill ia t business b than inan in any oilier I 1 have ever heard of the tile cash price of a piano to any one who is in any way connected necked with tha the business is is in varia I 1 a baybo per cent lower than the catalogue price now ill just give you a few figures to show that the manufacturer is not sucha such a very costly nn aap afler MIA all mind you ou too i am speaking of first cla clasa SS ain instruments st wages wags vary from 12 to 30 it week or tit in the case of a nar oad i regulator lumber is car but there id is not very much luieda after all in h n tt piano white wood costs from 33 ft 4 air 61 C irr A backs from froin 2250 io lo 30 a 1000 feet the tile best s spruce tice taken from front tho the shinny sunny MAXI euf ho arc fur sounding boards is S 45 ajao feet aeck k act of h lc cy cots co its about 17 ready for asp the cas castings necessary ary come coc co C to about 12 alje strings say about 30 0 co covered verca string I 1 i are I 1 I 1 I 1 cases ca made by the bc piece as is is generally generall the cac ca C p it in at about 8 20 per doyen dozell tatie for tie very bet they are tire often contracted contra cled for an in goof good I 1 shops at about a doen dozell the average price an ce ota oia first ass in ift instrument to the tile lAil manufacturer Duri act firer is is about 8 20 nl air told which leases a fair margin of profit for agen 6 9 retailers abed licit t flyg ma r it yat wyet lj illein t dondt 10 bildt make ii T there lie aels Is inin irne inspru I 1 Int intuit tit arc gilton t 1 Ul gullich lich sell tell for tine and ni at nie e rib nut not so many ciolll g A large has to be invalid for each piano turned out each icek eek and sales even in good years ara arez slow low compared with ith the tile stock I 1 hat laut bo be ket jet had lial altogether the ufa of a plang ia is not happy one but ai jut all the tile baino ivhon the they tell au of tho coat of mok making ing piano sprinkle lc I 1 a few grains of salt over the statement I 1 |