Show Sug eMion on the ca e rf a piano ahoi id select our pianos not on WE but for tone qualities every musician knows that pianos even of the oama make vary and that ai plain case is conducive to bringing out the acoustic properties there Is not the slightest put p u t of a piano but bears some to its tone qualities and taa best makers know this so thoroughly that they grow their own timber and even see that the wood is cut from the north alda 0 tha trees climatic conditions often play havoc with a piano for dampness la one ot its most subtle foes vor this reason it Is better in leaving a house to let some one take the piano for the use and care should always bo taken not to place it against tha outside walls A grand piano on account of its size must bo placed so that it extends into the room and tho upright should K possible bd placed with the back toward ho room this leaves an ugly exposure of back and strings but various devices such 09 drapes or screens can hide this or a seat the exact width of the back can be placed across so that the piano serves as a rest for the back any heavy drapery on top or back of the piano simply muffles tho tone and the beat protection in dollies to place ornaments on br a persian seart A musician prefers nothing for the jar of the playing often causes ornaments 0 o wabbe and make a alae every piano should be closed part of the day to prevent abo keya aixa discoloring dis coloring and to kep out dust gnaw at the and it 3 bast put a lump or camphor inside this piano to as a in a grand piano this can be placed on a corner of tho sound Ing board and in an piano the front below the keag can be removed and tha camphor upped la of 4 olaaf not only ruins the acoustic properties the strings and hammers but causes the case to warp rosewood being particularly sus to toss dampness and close atmosphere mo sphere the best wearing wood 13 a spruce which la out before the sap begins to run and our beat firms aaa this extensively ten the best duster for a piano Is a soft silk handkerchief used after a pliable chamois skin piano manufacturers often wash a whole case in adap iuta an operation any housewife can ca n successfully undertake it she dries tha wood after the suds are applied and uses plenty of fine soap such as ivory or a soap that doea not eat no one need hesitate to do this it tha soap la good and the suds are thick it doea not injure the wood and gives a glos that caa be ob in no other way A cheap piano la bad investment such an instrument arely lasts more than from three to four cars without of wear that i better one would not indicate any one knowing about pianos and wishing to pur hase would do well to watch for an op to secure an instrument at fee nl hand tor besides parties in who ire moving away constantly and desire to sell their household effects every dealer has sales where the best pianos can be bought at great reduction some having seen used only six months or a deac such limited use does not injure a piano in the INI and tha coat Is materially less chaa f purba sd arst |