The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-06
AMERICAN ART INDUSTRIES
Their Progress In the Last Hecede.--
The AeOlian Piano


phases of the enjoyment of music
the enjoyment of the production of
music and the enjoyment of the mu-
sic itself. The first is art, the second
is culture.
1t is a curious development of the
art of music in America that so far
from springing from culture it Oft
en- proceeds independently of it. Many
a girl spends years in learning to play
dozen pieces and yet never acquaint-
herself with the treasures of musical
literature. In Germany, on the con-
trary. many people do not play, but
the best music in the world, is none
the less, in their hearts and memories.
They will begin to mum the air of an
opera at the mention of it's name.
just as the Americans love to men,
ton the characters in a favorite novel.
1t is the greatest possible loss to the
latter that they are so unfamiliar with
the master works of music, but until
very lately there has been no way to
obtain musical culture except by
learning to play some instrument, and
that scheme failed but too often.
The Aeolian piano promises practi-
cal solution of the difficulty. 1t puts
good literature within everybodys
reach, and is a source of constantly
increasing pleasure, by storing in the
mind good music to be always COM
ing up in quiet moments. So far
from lowering the standard of public
taste it will certainly raise it by
supplying O good literature, CD a
better feeling for accuracy of execu-
ton, CD a very considerable training
in expression by the practice of the eff
fects to be obtained by manipulating
the pedals and stops, and ca by weed
ing out the legion of mechanical pian-
lists, who are here offered a pattern
they can never equal, and thus clear
ing the domain of piano playing for
people who have not only a taste for
musical literature, but also a special
talent for Interpretation. The COM
pany had come forward with several
very practical improvements in the
Aeolian Piano. They began with the
Pianola, which is, it is believed, the
only automatic player which can
produce the accents on which music
depends for it's life and spirit. Very
careful experiments in the application
of power based upon the years of
skill and experience acquired in the
factory have enabled them to reduce
the force required to operate the
mechanism to the lowest point. the
power applied is pneumatic and more
easily regulated in dynamic expression
than any other. The Aeolian COM
pany not only cut all their own rolls
but they have their own editor, al
practical musician, who edits and
lays out the note scheme for the cut
lSIS. 1HSy al SSulllS dill average VI
forty new pieces a month, all calcu-
lated and cut with the most .abso-
lutte accuracy. This includes the re-
tards and accellerandos, which are on
the roll itself. and only requires al
slight movement of the hands on the
part of the player.
A glance at the list of composers
shows that the great names of music
have all been drawn upon; that the
AeOlian offers a liberal education in
good literature. 1t should be added,
however, that while even a child can
play the Aeolian, without difficulty,
practice and taste add greatly to the
charm Of the performance. There is
plenty of room for SKILL
Eilers' Piano House of Portland.
Spokane, Walla Walla, Lewiston,