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many who can afford it have had special cases designed by able furniture 

 designers and architects, and naturally these have been applied to the "grand" 

 type. Within the last few years some of the makers of upright pianos have 

 turned out quite a number of very creditable designs, thus proving conclusively 



that the general 

 form and the work- 

 ing parts need not 

 be changed to effect 

 this much-needed 



Library at Montclair, N J.. showing an excellent handling of horizontal lines. 

 Frank E. Wallis, architect 



ref o r m 



T h e 



Corner in library at Kingston, N. Y. The recess to the right is occupied by the radiator. 

 Wilson Eyre, architect 



"grand," however, 

 seems to hang just 

 where it has been 

 for years an ugly, 

 clumsy monstrosity 

 a jarring note 

 wherever it goes. 

 Let us hope that 

 the day is not far 

 distant when one 

 can look upon the 

 piano as a decorative 

 feature in the home, 

 and not as an eye- 

 sore tolerated only 

 for the sake of the 

 sweetness it con- 

 tains. 



The bedchamber 

 was the first offshoot 

 of the mediaeval 

 hall. When the 

 female members of 

 the household be- 

 came tired of " herd- 

 ing" in the common 

 room, they read the 

 riot act to his lord- 

 shipf* and straight- 

 way the chamber 

 was devised for 

 their private use. 

 As we have already 

 seen, its privacy was 

 at once appreciated 

 and encroached 



