, 1875-11-14

not of pruer. supplies. Here the pilgrim and strange
ss linrea. screws and Ill the other necessities OF h
manufacture Tho machne-room is On this loor-'
curious MUSEUM, in wsh action. pins" =" aeE4des:
cl.s ara manufactured and prepssed. But tae " f-a
lure Of The exhibition Oh this foor ts t:e t Mill De
nar+nem some l50 machines OF the fellest ait
NOS: fero.ious EnI -ro IN .yerretuai actou here
Good wholesome legs t!rn to sA.vias3 and 'awduR
every aInu.o under ther re24orse!eas teeth The cir
culrs tu3z the pianrra hun. and iuflity Ut Other
ver tools add zach taeir note to the Industrious aud
deafening n2rnony. --
roo1,s NJ r.thtr e1hlbt,o-h4s. wkere the completed
American piaun with imperial indifference, awaits
whatever destination fate nay prescribe for it. The
snTv Of rang and scales aud drawings. 1t ia IN thts
hn,ison1e apart,uent that the successive revolutions
IN their art have been debated and tested and fou-
Iated by Chckrriog Sons. historical musician,
too IN which to trace the growth and progress Of tbs
most perfect Of modern musical Instruments.
other floors and Ioorns are devoted IN such ue@es-
s,v Iet,s as tho vanishing the toniug, the regu-
service Of tue uueful missionaries that are perpetual
Hsr. tsie leave of the nte Hfr. Gradgrind. and
turn nv back rrlentessy on the hvestoriea pile, 30
craumed and jau1ned with 1r1tnmeical 1nformat1ons
in which the modern american piano is begotteu and
ninde.
creator Of numerals as " At; aeorgs. 1x,,,
enlte-,en years Ego aboocd area Of fashion, to-
dav the mere upper end OF business -" Mr. Frank
h1lu
md mott building devoted to trade in this
city, % t. tue hour Of ths reckless innovation OF
Mr. Chicse.ins. architecture here had rapidly de-
clned for nsceuueti} ~ measurement by the squ1rp
foot, Thanks to the rage for colunnar fronts III
mod ID zinc and cas,on, you could huy your 1onics,
or or ps Or yonp m ta na moeh 'no
Tiffany. for instaucet hxs p:rpttrated an atro:ty
upou the ccrner Of Broadway and Fifteenth streets.
fnr which not even Chickeriugs' new building can
ntou. to the outraged Genius OF Good Taste Fancy
muLicned uird-cage Of crown iron cianped on first
story Of black ron and y9u = hays ~ d9a o1 tue crane
whi:u, am assured, sa4i lo1suies 411any "1tu fe-
So elsewhere II anybody has lately wrnted to build
m Iro, or so1re oter h. plcSs thotougnfare he
has invariably driven Ind fA1sa:n with IN iron
FOUNDER snd eounterfe:t-i the hldeonsnees Of his
neighbors iron structure on tue next bovk Over and
oar and over agan thu putace Of oar " merchant
pr1uce de m1mmo, packing case done In iron,
with pGeon-hoics I'd ibituu.
Noi 70 the Chickering'S.
Tu.,tr ultimate OBJECT was the foundation Of Music
Eall-Io stutIy theatre, barren assembly ROOM
but spacious, convenient. and st.tay temple for
the proper celebration OF their art and its delightful
TIC result il leonno bulll;ug-for, indeed when-
ever stand oposis 4ud rcGr it, It wears the look
Of coucilan Hu.l, fuL VI Ill eaorihoa strength su8
Is most nosxbie Characteristic is that 1t Ia about tho
first atsemye in America to develop the aesthetic viz
tuos Of brick; and when ones vision has been
stecpad in the 1icl dignity Of i:3 eolornE-a dignity
emphasized by tile severity u IT'D fozi-ona il ar,Azed
to discover what deplor*ble ard unwhoiesome shams
The nobility. simple yot positive. Of tha Italian
school, inspires and characterizes the design. The
front fur it, features entrance Avernous
enough ensuf OF disetabogus tue largest audience
in ten minulcs; Two enormous mulion windows
hanking the portal and over .hese three enormous
arches each OF which is tho eastern side Of large
roo1u and ! window. Over these superb lights,
equs]ed npywhora for their size and the Illumination
they permit, aro row o. suaa! munion w,naows ses
These small windows gleam like trAnst parent bs.ding
Mi round tia building. aad through them the daylight
pours down into the huge concert-hau. The finish Of
The front is If white rnarbis and most exquisite
mosaic which suggests, taius!y, the pztsmatic Ara
besques Of the Aihambra.
on the south side OF tie structure the same design
is repeated. There five arches, however, over tive
splendid nuioned windows, aud in THESE five arches
aorid coping follows the line OF the caves, and the
roof rises into statcy peak, Wt;h s crested with
cupua,
tho Chictoriuga warerooms-augu s4es Of wlIch each
kind OF piano will have its own. One Of them 4
throne 1oom-a noole apartment With carved oak col
u,nus holliug up IL roof and floor upon which an
Emperor could hold a levec- Oser 100 Grand pianos
will be dssplsYed IN this unrivaled hall.
An easy stairway, f feet wide, gives access to the
Music Hall, and the moment you it you realize
its cpabiitica It IL 100 feet oug Is feet wide
MD u 1eet high Two thousand people can be ao-
conuodAted within it, bospi.abe walls, though, with
generous rcg4rd for tile luxurious ease Of IN au-
dience, but Ii i sests arc permanently provided.
But then taeS sucn SC It's Behind ever, row
there .ise for Ito passage Of tary auditors and
everybody LIS nearly - inches Of fos the dis
position Of his co4ttails Or her 1ounces.
Tue gallery 40 80 airy that the instn cu7e
first question Of everybody who sees 1t is Mr. Chick
ernH. nren'tycu going to put In another?' NO.
gays Ir CAickering, 81 want to give every one as
he has succeeed for when you sit in tina, ightful
Olympus, anu lam hack to look upwards the calling
seams ST feet Overhead.
Tto Illumination Of tho hall Is = phenomenon
Twenty five broad sunhghts and fifty consoles ahed
their reae.t:1 1ays through armament Of cryatA
Gated system OF pneumatic tubes.
The stagc will accommodate an orchestra over \
hundred strong. and Il hAnkod on either side by
the Chickering's. The great organ Of Lucerne, in
Switzerland, Is famous throughout the world for the
e1raordinary eaect produced by two Of its Stops
the Vox humana and the yoi1 Celeste which are
placed in the ruof OF the Cathedral Mr. Roosevelt
has introduced this device into his instrument,
aud when i. rolls ita thunder in the hall the stops in
question shower their thrilling influence from over
head.
Between the concert hall and first floor ls series Of
orchestra. Above the hail. On the third door. ass
for teachers, and tho fourth floor under the
ysss roof, t. reaea5sai az IL bali ss teet 1ong
the largest choral society in New York sing its lus
lost without note being heard III tne great hall below,
perfect and no ingenious Is the aoaconductor EN-
But all this description would ba 50 much tedious I
If did not bring m5 plain unvarnshed
tale to close with sketch OF the sunt chamber In
which the nerves and fanen,s Of this great artistic
enterprise centre In his bright and cheerful room
stepped In daylight, however marky tho weather. sits
Frank Chfckering, now, by the death Of Col. "Tom,"
Inc elder Of the sons, End the head Of hts historic
house. There we're three boys left to keep up the IA
nlllar Sign, and one Of them, the lithest and kndn
,st OF sous led Massachusetts regiment to tho War
Ind returned shortly to die. All Of them served /
stera mechanical apprenticeship to their trade until IN
1889 Frank made lls headquarters in New York aud !
George remained to oversee the rna.ufacory in Bos
on.
In recent sketch ltened Frank Chicknring to
French Marshal a better acquaintance with him has
'niy confirmed my opinion that far the portrait
vas truo to its subject tie is 20 we-bred gentle
nan, SO quiet SO particular in appearance in speech.
n dress, and in manner, that still Imagine him tho
,7ets1 cherG.ier and not the industrious workman,
those scales and othar technical performances are
he envy OF bis competitors in the trade. He is tall
md erect, not over II, with keen darh eye, graysh
lair. aud just such musta-he and imperial aa Ba-
aine's. He SPEAKS Little, but alx.ys to the point,
sa'ka with the carriage Of gentleman, aud enjoys
lie in tho cultivated and sensible way Of European
rotr7efa1Fe. There Ia nothing OF the parvenu about
none Of tbs nrand-new vArnish Of the |
'sopie born Yesterday, On which this dust settles
nd the ruhs Of every day leave impression. About
IL his rivals there do4ts atmosphere Of intoorahle
'ewncss. sembIancs Of doing something only to be
instantly rich, instzny notorious, instantly popular.
hey are making their history md often write it.
+ where their natural invention fails, employ soEae-
,ody to for them In the fal1.cions
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