Show airilee airi lel BON A MUSICAL STORY the great big bass viol in the music malc shop continued to tell his bis story to minna As it a matter ot of fact the bass viol said as the others seated themselves around and also listened the violin Is the oldest member ot of the family he Is s three hundred years old not this particular one ine but there have been no changes in his bis family styles during that time and he Is the only instrument ment who cao can boast as much 1 I 1 will explain he has seen others go out of style completely and biebas tie has seen still others improve and better belter themselves lie he has bits seen the noble able birth of the piano although we here speak of the piano as mother minna looked puzz puzzled ledL the bass viol noticed her look 1 I will explain he said all I 1 need Is a little time im rot not one to skim over the surface or of things I 1 like to go rattier rather deeply into matters the planos pianos great great grandpas ants were the dulcimer and the psaltery they were alike to in their ways only different Terent dlf in the way in which they were played dulcimers Dulc imers name came from an italian word dulce meaning sweet and a greek word niclos ni elos meaning melody A gentleman named Bartolom meo dl fran vesco invented the forte piano to in the first part of the eighteenth century oh ob the piano has many ancestors and more music has been written for it than tor for any of the rest of us minna was glad she was taking piano lessons the ilano you see Is so sweet and so motherly and so very very very very patient and long suffering that weve called her mother why do you call yourself the father of the family then if youre not the oldest she asked the pa bass viol gave a long deep sigh it was not however an unhappy blell ill tell you about it he agreed just let dechange me change my position a little youre a nice person the bass viol continued you seem to have the sense to realize that all history made up of kins kings and queens and and presidents and statesmen and warriors we ve instruments have a history too the owner of this shop realizes that I 1 be in this shop if it for him he loves the bass basi viol used to t play one himself and so he has me here though he knows be wont sell me he lias has radios and player pianos and talking machin ps and everything anyone wants but he Is fonder of some of the rest of us I 1 dont really believe hr he wants to be sell I 1 some BOW favorites of his favorites there Is a holiday he be takes me to ID hit hi back office and plays me im not nol going to tell you about that now im only explain log ing w why by there Is ucb such an odd assortment of us here the radios are being very quiet M minna I 1 n n a s said a I 1 d sud bud the radios radio art are denly being very quiet yes they are taking a night oft off in here for resting they have plenty to do outside iad aad letting jetting us have bire all the fun tonight were certainly having fun faunl I 1 |