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Furniture of the olden time (1902)

Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 297

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attention, aside from thecurious construction of the base, which places thedate of the piano about 1835. The pedals are quiteconcealed as one stands by this piano, and the whole Musical Instruments 271 design is clumsy and poor. The music-rack seemsto have remained unchanged for many years, andfrom… … Illus. 229. —Table Piano, about 1835. one end of the top piece they all slide and fold downtogether, in order that the piano may be closed. Ilkistration 230 shows a Chickering piano made in1833, of a design entirely different from the otherpianos shown, and of great elegance and richness.The…

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