Fraternity-Testvériség, 1963 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1963-01-01 / 1. szám
4 FRATERNITY Then, too, pianos and organs come in all the wood tones from blond birch to deep rich walnut . . . and so does furniture. Be color conscious when planning your music room. The rest of your musical equipment should also be seen as well as heard. For instance, try building your components into cabinets around the piano. With the doors closed (they can be sliding or latching) you have furniture. Open them . . . and you have music! Speakers can be mounted on the wall, too. Or, as some prefer, floor speakers on each side lend symmetry to the design . . . especially when they’re stereo! Inside the cabinets . . . almost any arrangement is possible — it’s up to you. Some fill their shelves with sheet music and records. Many separate the different components . . . tuner, turntable, etc. . . . rather than having a single unit. Others focus on a tape recorder. This is your chance to do your own planning. The Heath Company of Benton Harbor, Michigan, a pioneer in high-fidelity, suggests that the arrangement of components be left to the individual. Why? Because hi-fi components are now so versatile, come in such a wide variety of sizes and shapes, that almost any eye-pleasing arrangement can be worked into a good audio system. The flexibility of hi-fi is there . . . the creativity is up to you. A few home-owners have come up with some original ideas. One gent suspends a saxophone from the ceiling ... as a mobile! A family of musicians have chairs and music stands as part of the decor — for family performances. An avid piano player has installed his tape recorder right under the piano bench. And one ardent long-hair, between his turntable and amplifier, displays a large plaster bust of Beethoven! For the average music-lover, a home music center provides less bizarre, but equally rewarding pleasures. First of all, there’s the pleasure of good listening. Good sound equipment — hi-fi or stereo — plus an atmosphere of comfort and relaxation in which to listen — are the basis of almost any music room. Then, if you’re lucky enough to be something of a musician yourself, your home music center will be your “concert hall”. Or if you add a tape recorder . . . your “studio”. (For a child — or an adult — taking music lessons, there’s no greater aid than to hear himself . . . and follow his own progress.) An finally . . . your home music center can be the showplace ... as well as the listening post ... of your home. It’s up to you — and your imagination — to match tonal harmony with decorative harmony. There’s only one basic requirement — you have to love music. If music is part of your life . . . you’re ready to go ahead and make it part of your home. And you might make this your motto: “Music should be seen and heard!”
