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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
Pianos Won't Bend in
Singapore.
jjjpROM Singapore we have, through the cour-
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tesy of one of the bon fide dealers in that
place, received a copy of the Straits Times, of
April 14th, containing an amusing advertise-
ment inserted by a Malay pianoforte tuner,
which runs as follows
H. COEL,HO.
The Carpenter Fixed the Piano.
Type."
"TV
RUSSELL
ESTABLISHED IN SINGAPORE IN 1880.
Repairs every description of Piano Harmonium
and Organ, and has made a special study in one
of the highest Musical Schools in Goa at Margoa
for 6 years so as to be able to tune upwards of
200 steel wires—and the weight of these wires
in the whole Piano is no less then 2.000 lbs. of
tension which pulls the plate when the Tuner
tunes.
The Pianoforte is an Instrument of a very
delicate and complicated Mechanism and the
Tuner must understand well how to regulate in
tuning second hand or new Piano,—when the
notes are entirely false and in bad tone—but
not to break some of the wires purposely and
give an excuse to the owner by sayiug that the
Piano cannot stand tuning ; if tuned the whole
Piano will bend.
Tnis is a trick of Inferior Tuners who tune
Pianos in half an hour from their own experi-
ence when the notes are slightly false.
Tanglin Market, Cavenagh Road No. 1
(Successors to STARK & STRACK.)
PIANOS
MANUFACTURED BY
Hos. 171 and 173 South Canal Street,
CHICAGO.
H. COELHO.
Although comment upon this extraordinary
advertisement would only spoil the joke, it is
perfectly obvious that Mr. Coelho is genuine in
his desire to properly tune these "two hundred
steel wires," which "pulls the plate when the
tuner tunes." But his denunciation of the bad
deeds of some of his fellow tuners is, neverthe-
less, extremely diverting. Imagine, for ex-
ample, a tuner in England gravely informing
his customer that he should buy a new piano,
for his old instrument " cannot stand tuning If
tuned the whole piano will bend." This. Mr.
Coelho rightly declares, " i s a trick of inferior
tuners," but not of a man who "has made a
special study in one of the highest schools in
Goa for six years."—London and Provincial
Music Trades Review.
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New York.
family changed their residence from
§ UTICA
one street to another a few days since.
Among the household effects was a handsome
square piano, the cover of which had in process
of transportation been slightly cracked. When
the tuner came he noticed the cracked cover,
and told the lady of the house that he knew of a
man who could repair it so that it would not be
noticed. There was a carpenter working about
the house, and as the cost of moving had been
considerable, the lady decided to hive the car-
penter do the work, and informed the tuner that
he need not send his expensive expert. Calling
the carpenter she showed him the damaged
cover, and informed him that he could easily fix
it with glue. The carpenter set about his task,
and the lady paid no further attention to him.
A day or two ago she had company, and was
requested to play upon the piano. Acquiescing,
she went to the instrument and attempted to lift
the lid. It would not budge. Thinking that it
was locked, she spent ten minutes hunting for
the key. Having found it, she learned that her
surmise was incorrect. Failing, after repeated
and strenuous efforts, to lift the lid, she was
compelled to forego the pleasure of entertaining
her guests in this way. When her husband
came home he exercised his muscle, but to no
more avail. After three or four trials he began
an examination, and found that the carpenter
' had labored under the mistaken notion that the
lid ought not to raise, and had, accordingly,
placed a thick coating of glue between it and
that part of the piano upon which it touched.
To make the job undeniably complete, he further
secured it by driving a tenpenny nail through
it.—Utica Observer.
THE
Sterling Company,
DAVID THOMAS MORRIS, of Morris, Field &
Rogers Company, of L,istowel, Ont., died recent-
ly. There will be no change in the firm name.
A RECENT issue of the Roche&ter Post Express
contains a highly complimentary article on the
instruments turned out by the Wegman Piano
Co., Auburn N. Y.
WE are sorry to learn that Mr. Chas. T. Sisson,
the popular representative of the Farrand &
Votey Organ Co., has been indisposed for some
time. We" trust his illness will be of short
duration.
"Crown" Pianos and
Organs.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Is our latest style—of im- x
posing and elegant appearance. x
The first glance convinces x
buyers that it offers more in x
musical value and artistic re- x
suits than any piano before x
the trade.
x
Unquestionable durability.
x
Very tempting prices are of- x
fered for this and other styles. x
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Pianos and Organs,
FACTORY :
DERBY, CONN,
It is admitted by all thai, no piano ever put upon the
market has met with such success as THE STERLING
and thousands will testify to their superiority of work-
manship and durability. Why ? Because they arc made
just as perfect as a piano can be made.
THE STERLING ORGAN has always taken the lead, and
the improvements made this year puts it far ahead oi
all others. ISF" Send for Catalogue.
Halleti Davis Pianos
The time is come, the curtain now descends
On fraud and failure, and the contest ends ;
To shrewd, sagacious buyers there is need
To show the best, if salesmen would succeed.
Cheap, worthless instruments one may find,
But Geo. P. Bent shows nothing of the kind.
His "Crown" Pianos bring him well-earned
gain,
His organs sell from Washington to Maine.
These instruments are made with skill and care
Within Chicago's central thoroughfare.
For finish, workmanship, exquisite tone,
For marked " par excellence " they stand alone^
No other makes of instruments are found
To equal these in quality and sound.
To those who need these wares we would advise,
If they would gain a life-long joy and prize,
To order from the firm of Geb. P. Bent,
And thus secure a faultless inttrument.
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT.
Indorsed by Liszt, Gottschalk, Wehli, Bendel, Straus, Soro, Abt,
Paulus, Titiens, Heilbron and Germany's Greatest Masters.
Established over Half a Century.
BOSTON, MASS.