HOW PIANOS ARE INJURED.

Dunstan Times, Issue 705, 22 October 1875, Page 3

HOW PIANOS ARE INJURED.

There aire more pianos .injured by improper tuning th»h by legitimate into'and the consequent natural wear of the inßtrumenta. The frame of a good piano, fully strung and tuned, is made to'rosist a tension equal to about seven tons. This severe strain relaxes as the strings' rccedb from pitch, but is renewed "when the piano is tuned ; and it is frequently discovcrol, as a result of this.ropeated process, that the frame is bent or bellied ; and, at the hands of a tunerlacking judgment, an instrument at this stage is soon injured beyond remedy. With reasonable usc,a-piano is expected to remain in goo.l condition for seven years, and the best makers will so guarantee their instruments ; but the incompetence of some tuners injures thousands of instruments in a few years. Many tuners do not carefully note the condition of the frame of a piano, and adapt their treatment to the circumstances of the cas", with full knowledge that a bent, weakened, or very old frame will not st»nd the extremo tension or sus'ain jtho strings at the high pitch which can bo put upon and borne by a frame and wires which have never been ..injured through ignorance or neglect, and liear no special marks of time or use. There,ai;o veryje^,pj;spj!, jl ev!en. those of the best de'criptiojij fthaft will.stapd at concert pitch. Were the matter generally understood by tie owners of pianos, they would consider it greatly to their interest to have their instruments tunec l by persons in whoso hinds there is the least possibility of accident or injury.-~-Family Herald.