Review every word, to be sure that none is illegible.
Put directions to the printer at the head of the first page.
- Never write a private letter to the editor on the printer's copy, but always on a separate sheet.
248. Hints to those who have Pianofortes
- Damp is very injurious to a pianoforte; it ought therefore to be placed in a dry place, and not exposed to draughts.
- Keep your piano free from dust, and do not allow needles, pins, or bread to be placed upon it, especially if the key-board is exposed, as such articles are apt to get inside and produce a jarring or whizzing sound.
- Do not load the top of a piano with books, music, &c., as the tone is thereby deadened, and the disagreeable noise alluded to in the last paragraph is often produced likewise.
- Have your piano tuned about every two months; whether it is used or not, the strain is always upon it, and if it is not kept up to concert pitch it will not stand in tune when required, which it will do if it be attended to regularly.
- An upright instrument sounds better if placed about two inches from the wall.