The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-10
TnE ClBIYEI.MAKER's Ant
As Applied to the Casing Of the Most Pop
ularp f Musical Instruments.

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ulaFRf Musical Instruments,
Until recently the accepted idea Of
the exterior appearance OF q piano was
that It should be something ponder
opsly solemn, suggesting the comiOrta,
Bile competency OF the owner, a taste for
music and a decided leaning to mahOg'
any, later to rosewood, The idea that
q piano may as well wear q Counlenance
as bright and CHEEKY as the tones II Ia
capable OF giving forth, Is OF an origin
so modern as To be altogether new, The
new clothing Of the old familiar friend
Is the ouVgroWth OF that new and better
idea Of house furnishing which seeks 10
light up the dark places and add TO the
physical attFacllveness OF home,
In the East the piano Cased In light
wood is already established In the popu,
lGr favor. Cases ~ tia beautiful rrfled
maple, az oak u SGsT TfNlghr wssntiy
and OF mahogany are 10 be found IN the
most fashionable Of drawing rooms,
Sometimes the light colored.case issought
70 harmonic with the whites and cream
Colors OF the general furnishing, some'
times for The very opposite reason, to
produce the most pronounced contrast
with tho dark woods. Atall events the
place OF tho light Colored piano case Is
fixed In the East,
Whether tho new idea, which is some
thing more and more sensible than a
mere fad, will take in Wheeling, remalns
to be seen, A very handsome specimen
Of the light case attracted the attention
OF an IHTRLLIGRECER reporter as he was
passing the stOre of +, W, Banner 4 90,
This case IL Of Hungarian ash, q wood Of
VeIy light hue and remarkable beauty,
Further Inquiry led the reporter 10 the
second looF oilhe establishment, where
he was surprised to find so large and
various q stock OF pianos Of the finest
manufacture, Krakauer, Kranich& Bach,
Hardman and Steinway, MOL less than
nine kinds OF wood are represented In
the cases, the Hungarian ash, English,
American and French walnut, cherry,
mahogany, rosewood, English oak and
eboniSed, The French walnut is q mar.
vel OF beauty by reason OF the artistic
eccentrlCitles Of the wood and the superb
finish, in which the French excel, For
those who like something somber with
a highly polished surface, nothing equals
the ebonized case, and for wear nothing
gives better satisfaction,
Rosewood will, perhaps, long hold q
strong place In the regard Of buyers Of
pianos, but rosewood, with all It's original
elegance, cannot hold its own with the
ebonized wood. Everybody ought to
know that rosewood cases arc yeneered,
and herel . their weak point. No matter
how well the veneer is put on the polish.
I'd surface will cut apeCuliar Caper called
BY the experts Checking" A case Ia
said 10 "Check" when little white spots
appear on IL and, lingering longer than
Is pleasing, begin TO spread until they
have left along the grain ugly streaks
almost indellible, This is the glue olthe
body wood pushing It's way through the
fine veneer, This cannot happen in
ebonized cases, for they are solid all
through, and tho same Is true ofthe light
woods 10 which reference has been
made.
A particularly fine piece Of ebonized
work was seen at BauulCr& Co.'s, a cab
met grand Of superior tone and power
encased 10 q gem OF the cabinet makers
art. II would DO difficult to devise any
thing more strikingly graceful in its
lines or more pleasing in Its general
effect. This instrument vas described
as Krakauet's style No. s, The reporter
was Of the opinion that as school
marking goes that piano deserved 10,
And, by tho way, 1t was only biding iLs
tune to 20 out as a Christmas present, as
most Of It's tuneiul companions will do