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The Sutro Brothers.
The Ann Arbor Organs Abroad.
A Celebrated Trio.
They thus become covered with a layer of carbon
intimately connected with the metal, and the
shade of which varies with the mixture em-
ployed and the temperature to which the piece
has been submitted. To the carbon composition
may be added metallic salts that favor the de-
composition and permit of varying the shade of
the coating to infinity.
wJiiKN English contemporary says that Lew H.
*5^3> Clement, manager of the Ann Arbor Or-
M D O L P H SUTRO, who has been recently gan Company, during his recent trip to London,
Cr^> elected Mayor of San Francisco, is a disposed of a sample shipment of twenty-four
brother of the well-known music dealer Otto organs, and appointed a representative house
Sutro, of Baltimore. The Sutro brothers have there sole agents for these instruments.
all achieved renown in their chosen fields. The
three brothers Otto, Adolph and Theodore were
An Important Invention.
born in Rhenish Prussia, where their father was
a cloth manufacturer. They came to America
i | $ f R - W. GREUNE, according to a French handle a piano that will help you to
in 1850, landing in Baltimore. Otto Sutro re-
- c ^*~ paper, has invented a process of decorat-
mained in Baltimore, where he has accumulated ing aluminium, based upon ihe metals property build a reputation ? It pays better
a vast property and has one of the best known of uniting when hot with very finely divided profits in the end. There is no further
music emporiums in the trade. He has always carbon, in order to form very durable and adhe-
expense after the sale is made. Besides,
been an ardent supporter of musical culture. sive coatings. In order to apply the carbon to
Sntro Hall is the rendezvous of musicians in the the surface of the metal, the most convenient one sale makes more, that is if it is a
Monumental City. His two daughters, Rose method consists in spreading, with a brush,
and Otillie, have great musical talent, and have over the surface to be decorated, alcoholic or
recently won high praise by reason of their benzlnlc solutions of organic compounds, such
artistic gifts.
as fats, oils, resins, etc., which are not very vola- Piano.
Better write to 180 Tremont
Adolph caught the gold fever and went to tile and which are destroyed by heat and leave a
California, where he became an important factor deposit of very finely divided carbon. The ob- Street, Boston, and learn more about
in the development of San Francisco. Fame jects thus prepared are heated to a dark red. this piano.
and fortune came to him through the Comstock
tunnel, which bears his name, an enterprise that
he conceived and carried out in the face of oppo- WE ARE NOT SUCH BIG FOOLS.
sition that would have discouraged and crushed
We do not expect a dealer to sell the Ann Arbor Organ unless he can make
money by so doing.
another man. The tunnel was begun in 1864
We do not expect him to think it is good just because we think it is good.
and completed in 1878, and then Sutro was a
We do not expect him to crowd out a good seller and sell nothing but the Ann
millionaire. By judicious investments his wealth
Arbor.
steadily increased. He is of luxurious tastes BUT WE CXAIM
We make the finest finished organ made in the United States known to us.
and has gathered about him treasures of art to
Our organs contain many important features which make them sell if the agent
enrich his home, Sutro Heights, and made it
has gumption enough to show them.
beautiful with rare vegetation and statuary.
Our prices are low if good quality in an organ is worth a cent.
It is his design to give it to the city some day. AND WE BELIEVE
That any dealer who fails to familiarize himself with all the market affords and
He has a library of great value, also to be given
take advantage of an opportunity to buy the best there is, makes a mistake, and the
to the city. He is generous and public spirited.
dealer who in estimating cost figures only the factory price, makes a mistake. It is
not the instrument that costs the least which pays the biggest profit, but the one
He has the detestation of the capitalists who
which impresses a customer so favorably that he will pay the price and be satisfied
combine against the people, and this is the key-
after he has done so.
note of his present great popularity. He owns
On this platform we wish you to consider our claims for the Ann Arbor Organ.
one-tenth of San Francisco county.
The baths just completed, adjacent to Sutro
Heights, are undoubtedly the finest and most You ought to see our New Piano Case.
ARBOR, MICH.
. . . It is a Seller. . . .
spacious in the modern world, and a $1,000,000
hotel is to be added to the property. It is his
lavish expenditure on great enterprises and his
opposition to the Southern Pacific that make
Adolph Sutro the object of the people's admira-
tion. He is a widower and has one son.
Theodore Sutro came to New York. Here he
won wealth and distinction. His wife became Dealers desiring instruments Carefully Constructed, Elegant in
one of the leaders in metropolitan society. This
Appearance, possessing a Superior Tone Quality, for a
is a story in brief of three remarkable men who
Moderate Price, should communicate with
were born in Aix-la-Chapelle and have won more
than wealth and fame in three great American
cities—they have won the respect and esteem of
FRANCIS CONNOR, - Manufacturer,
their fellow citizens.
Why Not
BOURNE
THE ANN ARBOR ORGAN CO., Manufacturers,
CONNOR PIANOS.
The niller Organ in England.
134th Street and Trinity Avenue, Southern Boulevard,
TOEK.
S
OME attractive styles in the Miller organs,
manufactured by the Miller Organ Com-
pany, of Lebanon, Pa., are now to be seen at
Messrs. Blankenstein's show rooms in Finsbury
Pavement. The combinations are as admirable
as the cases, and in price these organs compare
favorably with most organs in the market. At
our recent visit to Messrs. Blankenstein's ware-
rooms, we were shown two specially constructed
pianos for a customer in India, which possessed
so many excellent features that an extension of
the firm's business in the East is confidently
expected.—P. O. & M. T. Journal, London.
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