. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . - of the Haley Manufac-turing Company, and refitting it withnew and improved machinery, triecompany found itself;> better equipped than ever before to carry onits yearly increasingbusiness, and it ismost peculiar , for its productmust withstand thechanges of temperatureand humidity commonto our New Englandclimate, and be everready to respond to thetouch of skilled, artistic,or loving fingers. It is surprising to alayman to see the ex-tent to which wood isused in a piano. Thereare over nine thousandsep
. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . - of the Haley Manufac-turing Company, and refitting it withnew and improved machinery, triecompany found itself;> better equipped than ever before to carry onits yearly increasingbusiness, and it ismost peculiar , for its productmust withstand thechanges of temperatureand humidity commonto our New Englandclimate, and be everready to respond to thetouch of skilled, artistic,or loving fingers. It is surprising to alayman to see the ex-tent to which wood isused in a piano. Thereare over nine thousandseparate pieces in a fin-ished piano, not count- fe OUR ONLY PIANO FACTORY. ii9. **fc . >> to 9: ? ? -- ^ ing the case. Of course all of this wood must be abso-lutely seasoned in order that it may retain its shape, and fit its particular place in the mechanism. To attain this end the hard wood lumber is stacked in the open air in the mill yard for a period of from one to three years or more before being put into the dry kilns at the factory. where it is kept at a con-tinuous temperature of one hundred and forty degrees, more er less, for three months. At the expiration of this time it has become thoroughly dry and fit for use, and is then taken to the mill-room, where it is sawed to the various sizes and patterns to is to be seen at the back of the in-strument, and its heavy cross-beamsgive it the appearance of a giantgridiron. It is made of the veryfiuest quality of straight - grainedCanada elm, and it serves as a sup-port, or base, for the sound-boardand iron frame. The sound-board is next fastened to the skeleton, and this sound-board is of great import
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