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Title: The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 ..
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Shinn, Earl, 1838-1886 Smith, Walter Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902
Subjects: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publisher: Philadelphia, Gebbie & Barrie
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
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an be uglierthan an ordinary piano, with its carved legs supporting a clumsy oblong massof mahogany or rosewood? It is one of the mysteries of cabinet-making thatwe cannot get straight-legged furniture. The makers have got it into theirheads that the curve is the line of beauty, and it is of no use to urge thatthe grain of wood is straight, and that, in consequence, every deviation froma right line must detract from the strength of the material. We must meetthem on the aesthetic ground, and say at once that a bow-legged piano ortable is as ugly as a bow-legged man. The beauty of musical instruments, moreover, should always lie rather intheir shape and adaptation to their purpose than in the richness of their orna-mentation, which is in better taste if subdued and simple. In this respect the 32 THE INTERNATIONAL ENHIBITION, j8j6. instrument selected tor illustration is without fault. Messrs. Mason & H.\mlinhave constructed an organ which we doubt not has all the excellent qualities
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Eastlake Orgiin : Mason &= Hamlin. of tone and resonance for which their instruments are noted, and whoseexterior is pleasant to the eye. The decoration is quiet and massive, and often INDUSTRIAL ART. 33 of great beauty. It is conceived in the Eastlake design, so far as that can becarried out in the construction of an orcran. Our own taste would sup-o-est aneven simpler arrangement of the mouldings and paneUngs, and a straighteningof the lower lines; but we ought to be sincerely grateful to Messrs. Mason& Hamlin for giving us an instrument free from all the abortions in theshape of ornament with which many pretentious instruments are disfigured.The public taste in this respect is rapidly improving. There are some beautifulpianos in the English department of the Exhibition—faultless in style andtaste, though generally at a price beyond the ordinary reach. But this expen-siveness is an accident, and will soon disappear. When once machinery hasbeen constructed for turning strai

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