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 1070 COTiAGE, FARM, AND VILLA AllCHlTECTUUE. cabinet pianos about the beginning ot the present century j and the last by Wornura Store Street, London, in the year 1833. This last ma- -^ nufacturer, in that year, exhibited a piano-forte that could hardly be distinguished from a library table. The piano-fortes of this maker, which are most fre- quently used, are the two sizes, figs. 1961 and 1962; one of the smallest size, ex- hibited in fig. 1962, costs from thirty-six to fifty-five guineas; and one of the ' largest, shown in fig. 1 963, costs from fifty to one hundred guineas. The first instrument is three feet four inches, and the second six feet six inches, in height. There are nu- merous other forms of piano-fortes and organs ; and also of what are called harmonics, which produce music by machinery. The advantages of Wornum's ^-^^ instruments are, that, with the same degree of tone and excellence, in a musical point of view, as the horizontal pianos, and with the convenient form of the upright pianos, they 1965 are finished behind in such a manner as to have a handsome effect whichever side is pre- sented to the to the company. The old upright and ca- binet pianos were generally placed against walls. 2123. Music-stands. Fig. 1 963 is a stand for holding music-books. The upper part rises out of the pillar to any convenient height ; 196 7 tsC8