House and Garden 
WEBER PIANO IN LOUIS QUATORZE CASE 
quality have first to be solved. When the piano be¬ 
came a source of social pleasure its treatment as a 
piece of furniture was first considered. The square 
had only the lower extremities in which the style of a 
certain time could be expressed, and as a consequence, 
the legs have been “ baroque ” Empire or Renais¬ 
sance as occasion demanded. The upright piano has 
sunk deep into domestic styles and offered a field for 
various experiments. 1 he cases of grand pianos are 
frequent to-day in which magnificent instruments 
have been carefully fitted up with ornamentation of 
all styles and to suit all decorative schemes. 
Bechstein has pianos rich with rococo ornament 
and splendid instruments are painted in Germany by 
Max Koch. The Wagner and Rheingold pianos 
made by this German firm are wonders of art. The 
latter has the daughters of the Rhein for legs and 
carved bulrushes on the lid. A piano made for 
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