, 1876-05-30
AMERICAN MUSIC.
It's Conceded Instrumental Representa-.
tive Is q Brilliant Attraction
Of the Centennial.
Pianos Which HIVE Ruled the World for
More Than Half a Century.

fPteHs correspondence o. Hd Sf7puHss
PHILADELPHIA, May N-A c1hof factor In tho |
civilization of The agc hah been the pianofoEte.
Our country, With all s marvellous aids to prog
rcst, has f~rn peculiarly blessed in having had
perfect music brought IT, almost every hearth.
stoi,c. The entire last half of lts century Of nd
va'icc1nent has bccn nccnnInnftd by tic p!nno,
whtrh llas found Its way t, the dwellings, OF tho
mighty and humble alike to degree known In
HI bti,cr land. From the tttae .ot,us Cckcr-
lug begail, fn 1br', to ss,ow tho world TINT
America WIS tlc natural hone of true ptano-
n,aklng, up to tic ptcscnt year Of Centennial
grace, We have had this monarch If music with
lis everywhere continuously. The pinuo hns
l,ccn our great instructor, hasmonizer, a,.d MD
to c,,lturG. il bus made American llpine.llfc a
tnMlcl to be atinlrctl and enp!cti the w.r1 over.
Here IN The grnlN cxf'a1,Ae of the Expntitun'a
cstion ii wEat | INSERT. The department slt-
voted to the exhibition OF pauos in t.t cetrc II
ntl attraction. alcu, women, urtt cf!ldrc, 1ia-
ger In this section as nowhere else There Is hi
raycr Etudy Of the workmanship; nncyer-cnil,g
LISTING nf actions antl tones; a stendy runnt
understanding comment TINT shows avw grn,,-
hue an american institution the pano is,-how
hrtn1-sprs:ad is tho appreciation in this country
of If ftIagtc worth at1tt powcr.
What the housc OF Ehirkcrins s Sons las
| done toward working out this enIobling cu1li-
| ton of music ~ A.ncrtga, ttere is little need
for mt ~ tay The record Of this i1rns labnrs
a..' t'iu''.pAs - ets'nltty eitn n".ca VII. tlt;
Eaust VI l.uhc ahn Te'lneMe11t VI Luz CWteu
nthtes, 'o!tas naleke1ahe, IN Ancrlea',i etHn-
e'ieem W.T. ~, NY sess ato " u atl llail
ki1H! tllat lne p.a,o tA!st ana stou1A W aif.
slhetlsciy american instrument; lhat proof
nas ueen s.uae. 's 'l'hssh 9i!u hls glltea bue-
fessu.s, nastu.a"te, .,' ant eu!thieu EuloPc h"s
nn' 3eass tu,'se"eu t'!1l h'tII"ssn Flaiius hase
un''nfM nohe.'y ah,l excellence unHaowA to
| t'G utasets u ~ WITT 'nilun.
ni:"' ~ ~ "e!l nE vo'srrtiy unaersto"! nfs1
a. .u,.. ~ i.t 1aa!e.a"a @ l'.uins lncail tiinsc
Hiaue w nn'eslGal.s ;1 at hotnlng elst. Al LOT
c!elcr n'.'sa nS ~ ri''s nnl framing o1 l.!e
aMie,s t.EnhG W aa,n u.nm,rs' anu hets up n
.e sas,' y" q t,muis. . plss ~ y ~
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9ie ias Ir;',e n,s.n's ue Eupea,l' a,u hse eoa-
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pnnt.!t ~ uaaone'1, ~ "lt,ess ~ uestnwn1
apom Lhe ~ LII, t3
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cts ON! e'lb'at Ut !vsalhp ihelr olu-.h !':Ih-
''p!e3 " lt!tius'.eni i 4nty ea!'iuI usG tnc
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gl'.S !se .aoss e.suaeu X H. 1T y.
aies s'aam1 uu "'e l's, lat..t: inasts ~
tHpeIu etIls.iH.ti"a oA AnetNasi histtllilts1,Lst
LOT 'ne L Ss,shns t'e ~. uni'i'toaitna1nle ,i.1,l
et'rt ", ILL., iGpu.a.vut p..t @ ~. "no ,.
ever n';I ~ ~ ~ h'aesea's aHi'E o'etlhheh III y
'aSG ~ WHEEL ns hu u'a.G UNITY o1tasu iea.
AnS A.e!Gt,A E,s'vs i .ns :" ~. sSt'eettMal,
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