The steps on four of the pavilions eight sides were accessible via gravel walks. At intervals the branches of the hedge are allowed to attain considerable height, and are trimmed to resemble arches springing from a curving line of dark green, a device that adds a feature of beauty and increases the shade. The effort is made to supply first-class music, without making the programme so severely classical as to interfere with its general appreciation and enjoyment. The corners of the cornice are marked by turned wooden finials, which are also pendants. An arched openwork frieze links the paired posts, and the balustrade has a pattern of superimposed X's and O's.
Colors are brown, mustard, olive, and cream, with red finial brackets.
The Music Stand has been stabilized by guywires for many years. By 1910 the new dictates of the science of acoustics required that the ceiling which had been domed in accordance with the science of Waldnauer and his fellow professors be lowered. In 1992, one hundred and twenty years after its completion, the Music Pavilion and composers' busts that surround it were restored thanks to a grant from the Gateway Foundation. Click HERE for more about the music that's played in Henry Shaw's Music Stand today. Click HERE for more about the sculptures in the Park.