Year: 1869

| unable to see.


"What do you think of Corbin's connec-
ton with the ring?'


| Il know nothing about him. IF he be q
borther in-law Of General Grant it does not
| follow that be directs the affairs of the
Treasury. He no doubt got entangled with
| the other spectators and pretended he had
an influence which he hadn't He suffered,
suppose, and the others are down on him
now for making representation which were
not afterwards sustained. A weak minded
man, it is to be presumed, with Just enough
cunning to extract some loose Information,
/ in roundabout way, from the President,
who was unconscious of the object and thus
he led the ring and himself into loss and
mischief Such people deserve to suffer
more than the pecuniary disaster they en-
| tail on themselves and others.
--~S+~-


EDITOR BOLIVAR BULLETIN Dear Sir: I
desire, through the columns of your es-
teemed paper, to call the attention of the
music loving to the following few facts, re-
gardlng the care of Pianos, etc.
The Piano soon loses one of its princi-
pal beauties, i. e. the whiteness of the keys;
they soon acquire yellowish appearance.
By always wiping the keys after playing
and covering them with strip of white
flannel they will retain their whiteness 1t
will of course not cause the keys on old
Pianos to become white.


A Piano may be put out of order by va
rious causes, among which, heat, moisture,
dirt, insects and naisusage by servants and
children are the most active.


Nothing can be more fatal to a Piano,
than to place it against damp wall, win
dow, or glass door.


A Piano should occasionally be opened
(say once a week. on fine dry day, for a
few hours that the dampness may pass off,
which is 80 destructive to Pianos, especially
in this climate. Care should be taken in
airing the Piano, that it be not exposed to
draft of dust


Exposure to heat so as to effect its sur
face sensible to the hand, is likely to cause
a too drying influence on its materials.


A Piano should not be left open during
the night, or while sweeping room, or ex-
posed to a draft from without, as it would
soon cause sufficient accumulation to in
jure its tone and impede its action.


Moths are very prone, especially in our
southern climate, to destroy the cloth in a
Piano, thereby inficting great injury to the
instrument By keeping pieco of cam
phor wrapped in cloth, in the left hand
corner of the Piano during the summer
months, you will keep these enemies at a
distance.


Concert pitch is not altogether definite.
Forks, flutes and pitch-plpes may vary half
tone and the present Concert or Opera
pitch is considerably higher than formerly.
| To tune an old Piano, therefore, would not
only endanger the instrument itself, as well
as the strings, but would prevent its remain
ing in tune. Modern Pianos however,
which are of much stronger construction,
are expected to stand at Concert pitch
| Much damage to the hammers, is some
times caused by carelessness, but oftener by
want of skill in drawing out the key-frame
and the same In returning it.
| Be certain when it is Withdrawn that
none of the keys are sticking down, or the
hammers up, and that the frame is gently
drawn out some distance; then the left
hand should be placed under the hammer
rail and the right under the front of the key
frame, and drawn quite out and placed upon
table. Care should be taken that none of
the keys are touched in Withdrawing or re-
turning it. as it would cause the hammers,
that may thereby be raised, to be broken.
! Whenever the key.frame is Withdrawn do
not neglect the opportunity of cleaning and
busting it That should be done about once
a year; in order that the action be not OBJ
structed by dust and dirt.


To those having charge of Cabinet Or
gans or MelOdions in Churches, would
suggest that they have a box made of sufh
cient size to admit of the instrument, with
lid attached at the front, which, when open,
/ would lay on the floor. Place the instru-
ment in this box and keep it locked When
wanted for use, it is only necessary to open
| the lid and slide the instrument forward
| about six inches This box would not ONLY
prevent sections from blowing the bellows
| and iniuring them, but will keep rats and
mice from destroying them. All the Cabi-
net Organs are open under the bO tom and
at the pedals and there Is where the rats and
| mice gain an entrance.


To parties In possession Of Pianos, that
are much out of order, the best advice that
can be offered, is to consign it to competent
hands, even should it be necessary to send
il to distance.


Too much caution cannot be exercised in
| bewaring of the numerous itinerant pre-
tenders in the art and mystery of tuning
and repairing Pianos, Organs, etc.


To pack a Piano properly, sew 1t up IN
blankets, put it IN a good solid box with
some straw to tighten it, leaving the legs and
pedals to be packed IN another box In
| similar manner.


Hoping that this may be of benefit to at
least some of your many readers, in case