| Show have you a model T T piano there are thousands of pianos in america that are obstacles to our musical progress they correspond to the old model T fords excellent contrivances in their day but wholly out of date in this era both the wo worn rn out oat pianos and the dilapidated tizzies Liz are rattling along the road of life a nuisance to their owners and to all who come near them there is a time when a piano gets beyond the best tuner in the world people persist in having these antiquated instruments tuned and repaired and if they do not sound like new pianos they blame the tuner A piano piana is totally different from a violin in that it does not improve with time anyway there are many who contend that a violin does not become better with years the reason why old violins bring such fabulous prices is that they cometo us from an age when materials and workmanship were at a very high standard not merely because they are old the violin with its four strings does not begin to have the same strain upon it that must be borne by the framework of the piano with approximately strings with their high tension some years year sago ago the etude printed a design showing that the tension on a piano represented in pounds equals the weight of a large trolley car the strain upon a piano pianos Js enormous at all times and it is natural that it should akar wear out the number of worn out or nearly worn out pianos pian os we have recently seen is lamentable lack of musical interest in too many homes is due to the condition of the I 1 piano the joy of self expression on a fine piano is one of the richest of lifes assets there is no insight to music that compares with that obtained by exploring the glorious land of masterpieces with ones own mind and soul and I 1 hands bands parents are more and more realizing this they know that the child brought up in this age without a k knowledge now ledge of music gained through the performance of an anstrum instrument ent will be handicapped in the world of culture tomorrow A fine piano faithfully used isa is a mark of a home of high ideals I 1 it t is amazing how some people of intelligence and experience peri ence will hold valiantly to an instrument born in the white wings sweet violets and shoo fly period of american musical art a dynasty that all of us should strive to live down costumed with flowing silk fringed and crowned with glass domes filled with impossible wax fruit or fi flowers they represented the laura jean libby age of our culture or lack of it how a people capable of the production of such exquisite things as marked our classic colonial period could have degenerated to the nightmares of the seventies and eighties and even nineties is hard to realize the piano of that period was often one of our worst offenses the square piano was the least objectionable tio but the square piano now has no more market value than a bustle when the owner goes to the dealer with an instrument made before the first gas buggies rolled into town and expects an allowance the dealer is in despair these old pianos are among his greatest problems they are of practically no use to him because like an old model T ford they are more expense than they are worth just why a man who turns in his automobile a vehicle of transportation every two or three years should expect his piano a vehicle of culture to last indefinitely is hard to explain pride of ownership ina in a really fine piano is a mark of a high appreciation of the best ideals in home life buy the very best piano you can afford bargain pianos are always likely to be a disappointment do not be deceived by a glossy ease case the thing that counts is the quality and the durability of the interior A good piano is a work of art and it should be if it is to reproduce the works of the masters of the art there are nevertheless many families who would feel disgraced to go bumping down the street in an old model T ford without paint and with bolts and springs all noisily announcing their rattling presence who hold sentimentally to a wreck because grandma started music lessons upon that piano if grandma had to start again in this age she would wish that piano in the junk heap where it should have gone years ago the fine modern american pianos have a worldwide reputation for their excellence their makers have built up an industry which is one of the prides of america they are a vital part of our great musical progress while every piano because of its dominating size should be in in keeping with the fine furniture of the modern room it should be bought as a musical instrument not as furniture dont buy the frame and forget the picture courtesy of palmer and watkins piano company salt lake city |
