The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-14
A CONCORD OF SWEET SOUNDS.
Evolution Of the PLano,FOrts-ThO Ideal
instrument of the Home.

Evolution Of the PiaRo.Forts-T The Ideal
instrument of the Home.
The piano.forte, like the violin, Is a
direct descendant Of the m%onochord.
But, unlike the other offspring Of the
sfnglastripged lyre-the violin hay-
ing preserved It's present form for over q
century and a hRlf-ths piano has sue.
ceaslyely developed from its first con,
struCtiOn TO It's present one by the Vari.
Gus periods OF inventive genius, More
than any other musical instrument 10
part Of our home life, The vast majori-
~ OF the people, who look upon music
merely as an amusement and not as Q
profession, receive whatever musical
musical taste they possess from the piano,
The popular airs Of the day, Of the nur'
sery, Of college, find their elaboration
upon this evolution OF the monochord,
The piano, like the violin, issoi Italian
origin; but 1t is q remarkable fact that
the most important OF the varlons me-
chanical additions TO the first ''piano ct
forte" have been largely the result OF
the fertile genius OF the inventive Anglo
Saxon race, The earliest public notice
OF a piano.torte in England is May 10,
1867, when a Convent Garden play bill
chronicles its first appearance In an or
chestra as an accompanying instrument,
Since then great improvements have
followed through the demands Of musl-
clans and the inventive genius Of plano
makers. To this evolution Of o popular
instrument as near perfection as human
handlCrait can attain, nobody has con-
tributed more than Krakauer Bros,
manufacturers Of the justly celebrated
instrument which is making their name
familiar in the homes Of America, Re-
c~ognizIng the sharpness OF the compet-
ton, the we'll earned fame OF older
makes, and the high cultivation Of the
critical taste OF the time, these men, eY-
perts In their business, set to work to
produce an instrument that should meet
all the requirements OF & first class
piano, The result isthe Krakauer piano
as 1t ID seen to-day In hundreds OF homes
in the Ohio Valley, an instrument Of
great strength, exquisite. tone, unsur-
passed elegance and finish and great
durability.
No plano has better action than the
Krakauer, the touch Of which responds
TO the most delicate shading, One oil
the points most appreciated by those
who know the fine points OF a piano, Ia
its great singing quality, which sustains
the voice admirably. For purity, sweet
ness and volume Of tone, It Is Indeed a
marvel Of pianos. Messrs. +, W. Banner
& Co., the agents for Wheeling and a
large tributary territory, informed an
INTRLLldENCER reporter that the de-
mand for the Krakauer piano Is so great
that II they had not ordered early before
the holiday rush, they would now be
unable to supply a single order.
The Krakauer piano Is cased in va.
to lasting quality as well as pleasing
effect. The body Of the case Is maple,
cherry and wildwood Cross.veneered
the wrest.plank is ash, C~ross.veneered IN
small strips with cherry, maple and wal
nut thoroughly seasoned, making II as
solid as a rock, with no possible chance
to split, The surface Is according 70
taste, handsomely veneered or ebenized,
in either GaGs gpperbly finished. The
cases do not make tie instrument, but
they add to or detraCt from It's sightliness
and lasting qualities.
No one buys a piano every day, and in
making Q selection everything that Gu
tiers Into o plano IL to be carefully con,
sidered. The Krakarer combines all
the essentials OF a satisfactory piano.
The period Of the piano.forte and Its
improvements extends from 1903 to the
present day, nearly three centuries. The
piano possesses, too, the immenpe adyan'
tage Of having Of all musical instruments
the largest library. Almost every com.
poser Ias written for II more or less, and
Ito Literature is therefore qnriyaled In
richness and variety. For this reason
the development Of plano.forte playing
has always exercised a strong hold upon
the musical affections Of the public.