Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1888-03-25
PIANO MANUFACTURE
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ads basal - aad pelnsist - sgass nesa asa
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tAs Aas1.nsrs - zlrGef Ei@5sf. The Plano
- - HIa1A ~ a. instruments ever - aaFs
bssa lavsn<ea. e rs~. Is - . sOalhizstion
81 several atssr aalralaents. sad n "a aaT
has bses aa4ts - eon4pfsasad sxsa q aFun
slfae5aseat and ether ag< chs1iage tssices
a. producing stast1nE enssts i las sasa
s.4d to- tEss II 1sgFaaisss AKA 81 a. ste sic
nlsuis - expression that hslong - every
ofhs llsis .ssnast isnt ia il birth. Il Il ever
Al das.inct tims aad pises = natiyity, rs
fsasassa ssrs - in.s1al5s Ihateysa tas aaEns
o. t5s 50 called asvsats.e ia Italy. II Eot also
A. Cfefmany aid b - dsinterred and rs
sasd FROM oblisi1a ~ ths laoofs u ths
ususioaI alstarians The piaao belocgs - All
ooonlriss, saleh sountry contributing SINE
tang - ths parfecgi0A 81 a. tnstTanasus
So p aay h1ids = pasition ~ aacbalisnsed
slpsrari.y over every ether las-ruuisnt sx-
cact eos agkAa sad Is cay ehaiiargsd ~ the
or<en when tas siooa - catheirl arches
has tssc~nlsli 4poa s.slsalln zAd sosshiping
eoakrssAfleus
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The Elslsy 81 ths piano m Ansrica has
been a -onie y aat brilliant history aAta u
as finally hsl ~ G. -as eisin tAzlt ths hsss
El4no Ia taa NoFld . llals ia AsN York.
ContfAiy o. popular imprsaalon, 40 record
q ta8 alal.L1sctlrs q pi.4llos ~ tbs couH-
~ runs back naariy 100 Yssra The nrss
usanular.sref eaa au AazIisaLnan 8aIasd
Stewart. Nho - iadellllelF located la Boa
toa Fh4lsdslaala DC Baltimore, and Who
possibly f9s4ad Is oeess.ary IA .sie - iHnins,
hze tEs ga goftrait p@lnter., 70 10 SINE
tang ~ IA itlaeTan5 - ta4 customers. His
opefatons esrs ersdl1ed chiefly - baisi-
ui,fe lasil ~ bscssrae pFuulia~-tiy itsntlnsd
eish tas Sfelnwags ia ths earlier yeas u
thar Industrial adventures . vii azrprlso
most readers - - told lhAs among TIE tirst,
n a0t lhs drst. Il tas importers u piAaos n
kfls country Ia tzs wag 81 commercial spec
ulation "a joan Jacob Astor; but q Is true.
and ,n 1lms 81 tao odd nooks and crNnni-s
q the nsrrgoo.is Tus y stu b. seen antiquassd
piaaos bsariax ala 1anas On ths piat.. With =
resasaas Also o. rs place q bushes IN
Maiden lane hs bought bs pianos IN Eng
laad aad Germany. saying snr them et the
rais 81 sb8as So Sab. and sold thxm here
Or aboas twice he amount reasonable
enough fIs i said % havs aid tls founds-
sisa Il 10 foIluas Which las STAGE become
coaEtcraeis through taas trade. and wen
sfferv-rt e.s a.'ai-ngs 10 fafs sht real estate
bar become So vast al Varied ta4s ~ nad
No tlras FOR tribes. BE- turaed Is Plaza trade
over ID a ssiecsesor aaraef ieiA
6ut tarse we're l1cieen-s tnAs occarr-u n
tlse infaaf days of sto eoaAtTy- sin1e tnat
reriad 80 have sxranre4 miEAsisT 80 a IA
hon. and our Industries hAve grown even
mors raFi.ily than car boundaries and popt-
iari1a- Boa no industry n1s surpassed tns
nalnufactsro 81 pianos ia TIE rApidlsY o. 10
deveopIueut ffom singh ftiaeraling
piano llser, wita possibly few ASSISTANTS.
tbc n9rao@F 81 lsor klnen has ssssiirc % many
Thousand. and p-aao taesories, mAay 81
whiea "a nt very huge eaaas'isions, are
coua.ed - ths scora = ast ~ me hundreds
Accor'hng % The tns.e~i c9''fier . I'pFnai
devoted - ne 9ata, And vA4eh ~eet'< as
careful reeera % prel ietion a. tns DO
tachet esnsi-icn o. 80 'a'.'.''4f 81 perm =
5000 psHos VS. ms s.'13-A IA eHo
Ucltsd sttfes last year A eA average
ow aversse' sois Nouid naaSo sns tosai
vaaae 20 the Ffo'ias' 81 $500"
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r, vfa,v = The nuuioer manufactured "a =
.f,.-ie v~4r ore would suppose thas ths aaar.
ksf raast soon - xlatted But Ne aae
aufhorifv tracing The nurlhsr manufactured
annually siacs shs ysar ilso plsoss the total
puusser III pianos ira the country At this tims
A. no mere thsn 1919 COO and this TOO.
without snv calculation Oh ths number q
tssfru~~nfs shsf may have heen broken up
al DESTROYED In ths more than leo years
go have f,I.o,~ssf ca. initial date As theirs
ar. more saan 100000 families ~ tbs
.ot,y,trr snd tfe pls ~ = piano IS estimated
- sefv twenty wears. e vii ~ seen thas W.
sse,4'd ~, very fs~ from reaching a gius IN
t6. ,-s,-srt Cor These insrrursnts.
Re t.res a s--st many distinctive trades q
f,~-, one rorpi-f. piano maker = being
Rsr,llv lcnzer sxist5ng IN facs - sn entity,
has iiv;rx as TIE 80 isctive representative Of
A ifaaf combinations ~ isdustri1s Only 9
49, n fhs l.esiin1 factories ~ The country
rnannfaefure ths entire Instrument within
t,-.- walls. and r.ano makers. Ike bs1lders
-. -oisf- srr.r-si rs putting tczstber ths
r--..s...-.. q variety - workman Firs:
.-,-,.s - msrrfseturer ~ lie iron plata
,tss f..--.grrn.an. Then comes the makers
- sounding hoaris, tuniog pins, and n
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