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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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But
suppose
you
have
a
piano,
or
need
one:
do
give
it
a
chance!
Its
very
size
makes
it
tremendously
important,
and
if
you
load
it
with
senseless
fringed
scarfs
and
bric-a-brac
you
make
it
the
ugliest
thing
in
your
room.
Give
it
the
best
place
possible,
against
an
inside
wall,
preferably.
I
saw
a
new
house
lately
where
the
placing
of
the
piano
had
been
considered
by
the
architect
when
the
house
was
planned.
There
was
a
mezzanine
floor
overhanging
the
great
living-room,
and
one
end
of
this
had
been
made
into
a
piano
alcove,
a
sort
of
modern
minstrel
gallery.
The
musician
who
used
the
piano
was
very
happy,
for
your
real
musician
loves
a
certain
solitude,
and
those
of
us
who
listened
to
his
music
in
the
great
room
below
were
happy
because
the
maker
of
the
music
was
far
enough
away
from
us.
We
could
appreciate
the
music
and
forget
the
mechanics
of
it.
For
a
concert,
or
a
small
dance,
this
balcony
music-room
would
be
most
convenient.
Another
good
place
for
the
piano
is
a
sort
of
alcove,
or
small
room
opening
from
the
large
living
or
drawing-room,
where
the
piano
and
a
few
chairs
may
be
placed.
Of
course
if
you
are
to
have
a
real
music-room,
then
there
are
great
possibilities.
A
piano
may
be
a
princely
thing,
properly
built
and
decorated.
The
old
spinets
and
harpsichords,
with
their
charming
inlaid
cases,
were
beautiful,
but
they
gave
forth
only
tinkly
sounds.
Now
we
have
a
magnificent
mechanism,
but
the
case
which
encloses
it
is
too
often
hideous.
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