Music Trade Review

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
THE OLD AND THE
IN " YE OLDEN TIME."
NEW.
MODERN
TIMES.
She sat at the old piano;
Her Jingers, thin and pale,
Rah over ihe yellow keyboard
The chords of the minor scale.
Her fingers, dimpled and rosy,
Tripped oer the enchanted keys,
And the music was fresh as young laughter,
Or the warble of birds in the trees.
And the instrument, quaint and olden,
With its sounding, tremulant strings,
Was little less than a spirit,
And its tone seemed a whir of wings.
Then she swept the keys, and the music
Of joyous years leaped out;
Each note was a patter of merry feet
Or a gleeful, childish shout.
No strain from the old, tone masters,
No burst of harmony grand,
Sprang from the old piano
At the touch of that magic hand.
The simple airs of her girlhood
Rippled in melody sweet;
Her sky was all glowing with sunshine,
And the hours were as happ>y as fleet.
THE STERLING
PIANOS
CONTAIN
THE MOST
PRINCIPLES
OF THE PIANO MAKERS'
OF "MODERN
TIMES:
ADVANCED
ART
DERBY, CDNN