The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15
MARVELLOUS show
OF MODERN PIANOS
Six Hundred instruments on
View in Transformed
Show Building.
NEW VARIETIES EXHIBITED
Player-Pianos Are Prominent.
Value OF Exhibit Estimated
at $4,000


lights gay with color, made priceless
hy tho presence of hundreds OF the
most 1odern and most costly speci-
Il mems 81 the piano makers art. the
+ Horse Show Building will be the Mecca
for Richmonders this week. The eNhi-
bition viii be open to the public every
j evening after S o'clock. the afternoons
z being reserved for the members and
parties of the three national associa-
I tons manufacturers dealers and
statesmen
i ono suddenly set down in the big
{ structure would have difficulty in rec
oznlzinC his Whereabouts. Through
the centre is an oblong section, on
sach side OF which run the aisles. on
either side of the aislcs range the eN-
Z hibition booths, all possible space thus
beirr utilized. The booths arc ar
ranged according to the individual
: tastes OF the exhibitors. with the size
and nature of the instruments constd-
i cred Each booth has its own door
allowing music 20 he made and listened |
to not interrupted by sounds from
without White pillars mark the cor
ncrs. around which are clustered aru-
fetal stems with leaves and flowers
q Exhibitors Cared For.
Every convenience Is arranged for /
thn exhibitors. There are desks aud
chairs in each booth and each has an
( Individual telephone. b. means of
Z which he can talk anywhere in Rlch- I
( mond or to his own home Office If he
pleases.
I above the aisles and balcony. clus- !
( ters have been arranged so as to give
the best effects both on the cNhihttl
and on the audience. In many of the
booths are flowers in vases while !
some of them are decorated with pic |
lures.
There are several entrances to the
balcony, where seats viii be free.
There isn't going to be much doing
out there. except on Society Night.
when the Marine Band will be pres
cnt hut visitors will be given this OPP
portunity to be seated for rest when
they wish.
Fully COO pianos arc ranged in the
+ booths. Every size and shape and
style and price known to the modern
piano factory are to be seen. To the
Individual who has not kept track of
modern developments in the indus
try the scene is q revelation. Never
sE before in tho history of Richmond,
perhaps never in the history OF the
south has there bcen gathered to-
gether such notable array Of the
Instruments which make music for the
r homes of the world.
sf Modern Specimens.
" The exhibition is at once unique and
elaborate. All the latest wrinkles in
81 manufacture are to be seen. Every
Ii manufacturers has seen to It that the
Ia ripe and sound apples are at the top
of tho barrel. which is the exhibit:
IF room at the Horse Show Building.
The very best that America produces
s and nothing but the very best is
IL placed in array for the people OF Rich /
Il mond Here is something they have
AZ never seen before and something, per-
n laps. they may never see again. One
4 is struck by the proposition that It
would he n pity indeed for any resi-
dent to miss this opportunity.
All manufacturers have something
new and distinctive in the way Of
"a cases-something that nobody else has
< Cases of Flemish oak. eases Of Circas-
+ sian walnut. eases of every kind of
wood which one reads OF in physical.
Biographies, are to be found. The
especial value of the peculiar varieties
may seem doubtful, but there is no
doubt about the fact that they are
worth seeing.
AS to the insides of the pianos. ex-
perts alone can be Ineligible But ri
anybody wants to see said insides,
they are there exposed to public view
The average man can't see how the
combination presented to his view can
possibly make any music, but. that is
up to the makers, who have learned
the trick.
One of the very biggest ends or
modern piano manufacturing is I'm
PLAYER pianos-those things which do
the work while the performer has an
easy ume. There are plenty OF them,
d 10, most makers carry line of them.
they will play anything while Won
walt. from sacred march to ragtime
Ihese specimens give their hearers
every tone and shade. They are at tbe
I command OF the owner One Of the
7 piano men said yesterday that they
Are unquestionably the coming big
Z end OF the piano business.
And then one can buy them q,
& kind of dress Some OF them 1ool, w.
I pianos and some of them don't somo
or thern bear close resemblance N
sluenoard, some to a bureau. some ~
sEA bridge whist table
NO mention of the exhibits would he
n,pte witnout reference to what the
4 trade calls talking machinesn E>n,,
Ii factories are represented-the VT,
iaIhihs Machine, the Columbia Cram
4 ophone, the Edison Phonoeraph and ~
i United States Photograph. This hranos
Il OF nusic-maktng tools has also deva,
II oped wonderfully OF recent years. They
make EN- now at from $40 tn sozo
each from the kind one can NM ~
his suit cases TO the variety witch
makes q. large and handsome niece ~
furniture for the library To Inc on
locker they are continually talking
one may hear David Bispham sing
Annie Laurie" while at the ne,,+ So s
Is from another machine quartet SING
Lead, Kindly Light" negro dia-
lect is likely be the next selection /
to come from the wonderful machin.
f Nowadays they make them so that
II one cannot tell without close inspec |
81 ton where tho noise comes from They
81 are put away in library table, or In |
s bookcase. or in something which
Ed loossy as though 1t might have bottles
inside instead OF music. These devices
are for the purpose of making hand
Il some pieces of furniture out of this
H most popular device.
I'll The exhibition committee has done
rs its work we'll, all of the piano men
rs being Atghly pleased with the arrange
4 nent Nh. Corley, the manager, has
Won for himself golden Appreciation.
9g There is no chance of danger to the