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��C. C. BRIGGS & CO.

��A few weeks ago it was our for- tune to be escorted through the ex- tensive manufacturing establishment of C. C. Briggs & Co., by the senior member of the firm, and it was an occasion of so much interest that the memory of it is very pleasant to re- call.

Mr. Briggs is a quiet, well informed gentleman, who seems to take pleas- ure in exhibiting his factory and warerooms, and in answering the

��slain. Java and the islands of the East furnish the close-grained ebony. Australia sends to America its finest wool, from which is made the felt for the hammers. For the elaborately ornamented cases the forests of the tropics and of the temperate zone are drawn upon for their choicest woods. Iron from Norway, copper from Lake Superior, silver from Ne- vada, copal from Brazil, and the com- mon woods of New England, are

���many questions which a novice may ask. Never before did we realize the amount of skill, labor, and science called into exercise in designing and building a modern piano-forte. It may well be called a triumph of me- chanical skill. To the construction of it the most widely separated coun- tries of the globe contribute of their products. Africa furnishes her quota in the polished ivory, to obtain which great herds of elephants are annually

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��gathered together, and under the skilled hands of busy (artisans are modelled and united into the modern piano, the joy of the home circle.

The factory where the Briggs pianos are finally made ready for the market is situated in Boston, at No. 5 Appleton street, near Tremont street. Here are made the Briggs Upright, Grand, and Square Piano- Fortes, ready for the market. Out- side the city are several establish-

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