, 1865-11-24

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narhteel Ds. ............................ 5Nl
Wrought bar iron, ns.............,...:.-. 800
nlnkeo, '11,0t
! 2IS"s, 6toes.s -...,..-,,.....-.-,--..-... Al&
LoEAss EAss.'s-.........-....-.--.. IU
n Easro's :s'''.'-'' ...-.-.. ......-s....... A1
Gallons Of water PEI day.. SUPERINTENDENT ........... o0,oN
Tons OF coal per Jear.... .........-.. 49,. a0N
The whole premises are heated By the sur
plus steam, thus securing an even tempcra
lure, easily regulated, and diminishing The
danger OF flre, Since nowhere in the building
Is an open IRE used. The motor of this end
1eas maze of machinery for wood and metal
working. that follows The mica of shaf1ing, Il
beautiful beam engine, of 100 horse power,
Of the Tufls patent, Worth1ly located in q
handsome apartment with gilt aud frescoed
ceiling, andltself decorated With bright paint
and gliding. A servant TINT works 50 well rs
1t has wrought through the past decade and
more Of rufailiDg duty, deserves to be well
Cared fer and handsomely appointed, as we
found this to be. :.
Ny companion and myself passed through
these immense work halls under tho guidance
Of the Chickcr1ng brothers, and took rapid
reFfew oil the stages through which the piano
progresses until, in. the trans1gusation, It
leaves the chips and stains Of shaping; and l1n-
Ing from its final polish, In the great ware
room. At every point Ia It's progress thIther
1t has met the challenge Of skifful superYis-
ion, and only advanced on giving the coun-
tersigu "perttesion." As NC stand among
these finished plaao., which, with all their
a1m rarely allow to become very
10 seyeu hundred pianos At one time con.
stantly In the hands Of the workmen. Have
your readers ever considered the strength re-
qufsite for the piano forte hames Ithas a
strain upon It's ''Wrest plank'' of fourteen
thousand pounds, from its tense strings. ANY
weakness Is fatal. Its integrity must be per
ieoii. -
To give some Idea Of the labor required up
on the action work Of Grand piano, lot It be
written that 3teeA holes are required to be-
bored In wood or metal, and OF these ESQ are
oaahed, or protected, with lining Of nne
Ehjte kerseymers, for there must be no creak.
mE Of rattling: The agents between the
ski1ful touch Of Gottschalk and the tuueful
string OF Chlckeling, must be utterly noise
less, as Silent as the play Of the artists own
fingers.
We Z pass from The mauufactory, pausing In
inc nltce to unite In tic expression Of satis-
faction md pleasure at one feature of ia
busy Industrial life that strikes us ererywhers,
-the appearance and character Of the work.
men. some OF them have been two and even
thIee decades IN this employ, and their skill
attcr year Of we'll compensated, contented ap-
Plcat1on. They wear an alr Of respectabillty,
as though well to do in the world, ns moi
lew Of them are, indeed, with homes OF their
own, possessing pride in themselves aud IN
the success Of the instrument with which their
-wrTe libcraliy renresenfe3;, ~ aE,nsas a91ha
Union, and followed worthy example there
IN set by the head Of the drm aud eldest
brother, Colonel Of the 41s: regiment Maasa-
chusetts volunteers, the first regiment accept
cd for the Banks expedition, and whose ex-
annals s'd9a W. ~ EeM IT, 1eeofdea II military
faetory wIth In te imn,esafan ffHet'ng mahn,
to- BE- rained from sncb = anrpe1 ee'ssao.y sray
hodI.% ,,raas ~ " t ~ e ssaaes ~ as greas en-
G-sst ~ x.a,It " liz la me poesesslon ol
scsrn,1on. "uu a,,S .eueus t4ual P.lhciples Us
thnsp n Whosa, % han5a ,or n,niSaanco aMa1G by
The = TreT,oot stteat = nsnnr'a.a num uMsis. T.
pected by teiee1aph % with ihouy TIE a1, n,naa. COZ
stone hu,liine m Ws.s,na 1Jaa.noi .fea'
Th;s ,fka tha frs,no,. ~ "asnt3n stsan street.
fnre.' has hren IN yc,rs n.5 tAle u ouna-
institution foo fam5tfn1 md TEoIi - UoeIon
ell for : dcse,intIon IL tb,s %en is+ta haowa 20
from the walls, The worlds great artists Iooi
10 na, aaa
queens q music xhose Testimonials d praiss
wreath the name Of ChlckeriDg has worn for
forty years.
And do you know TINT this period Is nearly
half the Life Of the piano for 1t was only
invented carly In The last century, an i'm
perfect instrument It's elder brethren or the |
same .famlly the haspsichord, the virginal,
loved Of Queen Bess, aud the splnnet, with |
their tapping, tiEk11ng qutlls,h we're In use
throughout the sixteenth century and in mas
ter hands too, : But what would Sc
bastian Bach, Beethoven, Handel and
Mozart say Gould they hear their
superb works given on Chickering
grind, originally fecbly responded
10, even to their avn touch Iy. the pioueer
specimens Of the piano forte family. Tha
plano, 90 known and destined t, inks tho
place Of clayichofd. ha.psichord and the rest.
was lrst introduced in Europe in I76O. and
only advanced By slow irnproyrmentE tn |
where the maken of the 10Th century BEGAN
To build their present almost perfect system
And not early Ia the century. for the n3ission
Of johns Chickenng only stood conftssea in
1875, The imprxcneuts he introdnceG and
On which he INIT famr and fn-trra hara
passed into common use a,nonr niann.1noIsrs
TheAe he brought mi frnr, tiEssaF - ts.eI