rpose. When a bass string breaks too far from the pin
to permit of a splice, the only resort will be to send the broken
string to some factory and have a new one made from it.

QUESTIONS ON LESSON XV.

1. Name the advantages and disadvantages of system A.

2. Name the advantages and disadvantages of system B.

3. What are the important points to be desired in any system of
setting temperament?

4. State three or four items of importance in the operation of
putting on a new string.

5. Why do pianos get out of tune?

LESSON XVI.

~TUNING AND REPAIRING THE REED ORGAN.~

An impression seems to be prevalent among some musicians of the more
advanced class, that the reed organ has gone or is going out of use;
in certain communities there appears to be sufficient ground for such
an impression; in other communities, however, we find the number of
organs largely in excess of the number of pianos. Not only is this the
case, but statistics of the various organ factories throughout the
United States show that the output is enormous, which is a sufficient
assurance that the reed organ is not an obsolete instrument by any
means. To be sure, the organ has been superseded in numerous cases by
the piano, which is, in many respects, a greatly superior instrument,
and, generally speaking, is more popular; yet, the reed organ has its
special features of tone quality and adaptation, which render it even
more desirable to many than the piano, aside from the fact of its
being less expensive.

The musical effects possible on the organ and not on the piano may be
few; but they are of no small value, when certain kinds of musical
compositions are to be rendered.

One great point in favor of the organ is, that it is capable of
continuing any tone or chord for any length of time, without
diminution, while in the piano, the bass tones may be continued for
considerable time, the middle tones a shorter length of time, and the
extreme high tones of the treble have but the slightest duration;
every tone in the piano gradually grows weaker from the instant of its
sounding until it fades into silence. Another feature of the organ,
not possible in the piano, is its ability of making the "crescendo" (a
gradual increase of strength or volume) in single tones or chords.
Still another point in favor of the organ (not in the tuner's favor,
however) is that it rarely gets out of tune and does not require being