The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-05-17
FASHIONS IN PIANOS.
The Upright Used Most Now-rhe Old
square PianoH-More and More
Grands Now Sold.


The upright piano was first intro
ducedinto this country about S5 years
ago. and came into extensive use 25
10 20 years ago. Sold at irst more es-
pecially for use in small rooms Qf
modern flats and apartments, because
Of the small space it occupied, il soon
came into general use, and Is now re-
garded as the modern type of piano.
The upright piano is now the piano
commonly sold everywhere, in all
parts of the country alike, just as the
square pianos were sold years ago 30
completely has it crowded out the
other that there are no square pianos
made nowadays, except to order, for
special purposes, as for use in schools.
There are, for instance, several hun
dred square pianos in use in the
schools of New York city Such q
piano can be placed in schoolroom
wherever most desirable without OBJ
structing the view.
But while with the exception noted
there are no square pianos made now
adays and none sold new, there are
tens of thousands still in use, scat
tered all over the land in city and
country; proportionately fewer in the
city than in the country the sup
planting Of the square by the upright
having naturally progressed most rap
idly in the cities. Many OF the square
pianos yet in use in one part OF the
country and another are still good
instruments, some of them excellent.
Made OF the best materials, and in
most worlx1nanlike manner, by good
makers. their life with any sort OF
reasonable care is very long, and they
NAV remain good pianos for years
vet. Many secondhand square pianos,
which have been taken in exchange
for modern pianos are sold. The old
square pianos taken in exchange are
disposed of in various ways, and at all
sorts of prices; some are sold for as
! little as $40. Some secondhand
square pianos are sold to churches
and to Sunday schools and other
schools all around the country. 9th
ers are sold to country hotels and
summer boarding houses, But by far
the greater number of them are sold
! for use in homes to purchasers OF
| moderate or very limited means, who
want piano and cannot afford to buy
costly instrument
For long time Philadelphia was q
good market for secondhand square
! pianos. Philadelphia is commonly
/ known as city of homes, where
many people of moderate or small
means live in houses Of their own
The owners of these homes had more
room TO put pianos in than the tia'
dwellers had, and many OF them
bought secondhand squares getting
good instruments at low prices. SEQ
ondhand square pianos have beer
shipped from here to Philadelphia II
carloads, and such pianos have beer
loaded into cars without boxing Phil
adelphia doesn't take so many sec
ondhand squares now as it formerly
did, but it is still taking some.
While the upright is now the stand
ard piano, as once the square was, al
manufacturers m report steady ant
proportionately increasing sale OF par
lor grand pianos, both small an'
large. More and more people Of com
Portable or ample means are now buy
ing parlor grands. While all manu-
facturers are now making NOR
grands than formerly the proportion
of grands sold in any one make in
creases with the cost Of the piano
produced. In one make at least tn
grands constitute a large percentag
81 the ontnlt-N Y. Sun.