Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-06
Care of a
Piano Forte

ii Is not sufficient 10 buy a good
piano from a reliable house. II must
be well kept and under proper con
ditions. otherwise Il win get out Of
order and the makers Will probably he
blamed and most u~njustly so, ais the
plano has 4 delicate mechanism and
The finer the instrument the moro del
icate the mechanism. The worst
enemies Of pianos are heat, cold,
dampness. dust and dirt, moths, mice.
neglect and incompetent tuners. so
always ask ~ zee d tuners references
before engaging him % adjust or tune
your plano. What We warrant
Every high grade piano IL made from
the choicest materials by competent
and skilled workmen. Yet, as with
everything human. defects may. de.
relop. An unseen sand hole may
cause a metal plate 70 break: ths
besl of workmen make mistakes.
AtAinst all such defects IN material
ana workmanship. we. the makers
guarantee the purchaser. These De.
fects are so rare that we cheerfully
make good whaneve- they appear.
What we do not warrant: Heat
and cold will expand and contract the
iron plate and strings, this naturally
throws a plano out or tune. Extremes
Of heat and cold will shrink and swell
the garnish, causing It TO cheek; ex.
treme heat will blistcr the yarDish
and long continued will dry and check
anything made OF wood. Dampness
viii rust the strings kpd plates. swell
the wood, on UP the WI, and II con.
tinued, would ruin the delicate mech.
anism of the action, Or eyen starr tho
best Of glue bursting the joints Of
case and BOUNDING board.
We cannot control the weather and
temperature In houses or homes,
hence cannot be held responsible for
ayoidahlc or, unavoidable Injury
caused thereby. Whenever possible
place the piano against an inside wall
where the temperature viii be more
even, avoid as far a possible a direct
current Of air on a piano. such as
that through an open window or be.
tween two doors. especially II n or
both are open frequently. II You must
shut the piano. shut the piano up In
the parlor for d day Or week In ex,
tremely cold weather. DO not throw
the doors open and allow the hot air
10 strike the piano or the moisture
will eondense on the cold case and
plate and down as water does ON
an Ice pitcher In harvest time. Ii this
II carelessly done do NOT blame any
ono but yourself Ii the strings. plate
checks or scales. Better open and
chicks or scales. Glitter open and
thaw out the room and piano gradual
~. II the piano should be found from
any cause dripping with moisture,
wipe 4 dry inside and out with a soft
canton flanncll Or cheese cloth.
Keep n tune Al surely al the heat
and cold expand and contract the
plates and strings and pounding
stretches the strings so surely will
pianos get out Of tune; therefore,
whenever possible, engage a compe.
tent tuner 70 care for your piano by
the year,andh have him keep II up % The
standard pitch II II estimated that
there Is from fifteen to seventeen tons
tension on a plano when IL Is tuned
10 concert pitch, With this constant
strain on the plate. plnblock aud
frame. any radical variation ia The
Vyenness Of this tension which hap.
pAps when 4 piano II ont of June
. The parts III settle aneyenls
fnd is very injurious. Tia Is most
serious the Gst and aesond years
after the piano Is built. when The
greatest settling of the parts take
place. therefore, a piano should be
tuned three 20 four. Or even ave times
the first year and ri least twice each
year thereafter n the plano n prop.
erIy tuned and cared FOR, the tone will
be deeper, stronger and richer In