Piano tuning by blind pupil, Nebraska School for the Blind, Nebraska City
Description
A man stands in front of a piano adjusting tension on the exposed strings of an upright piano in this 6-1/2" x 4" black and white plate. The front panels from the piano lean against a wallpapered wall in a room with wooden floors.
Excerpted from: "Twentieth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of the Institute for the Blind, Nebraska City, Nebraska" in First Biennial Report of the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Nebraska for the Biennium Ending November 30, 1914 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 480-481
Historical Notes
Piano tuning was one occupation taught to blind male students. Training was also offered in chair-caning, hammock-making, fly net-making, broom-making, and carpet weaving. While girls also had the opportunity to learn hammock-making and fly net-making, the main occupations they were taught involved raffia, needlework, knitting, crocheting, hemming and cooking. This industrial training was given along with regular schoolwork. Further information and statistics are available in the report.
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