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Winkle—But you were firm.
up to the salesman, she asked, with an air
Nodd—Firm as a rock. I took $175 out of great musical profundity, "Does this
INKLE-—I tell you, this problem of of my pocket and handed it to her. "Mary," make of pianos have a sounding board?"
household expenses is a terrible one, I said, "this is my limit." After that no
The other was a case in which some one
isn't it?
expostulation, no entreaty moved me. Old in expressing her dislike for a neighbor's
Nodd—Not if you know how.
man, I never shall forget that day as long new piano, said it was not in good tune;
Winkle—You speak with confidence. as I live. It has saved me many a dollar. that the "sharp keys were too sharp" and
Have you found out?
Besides, it established a precedent that has the "flat keys too flat." And this party
Nodd—Certainly.
never been departed from. She got the was giving music lessons and deemed her-
$300 piano, though.
Winkle—Tell me.
self fully competent to judge the merits of
Nodd—I leave everything to my wife.
Winkle—She did! How?
any piano—The Musician.
Winkle—Umph! That's all right, but
Nodd—Worried the money out of her
there isn't one woman in a thousand who father.
can do it. Your wife must be an excep-
A New Violin.
tion.
Where Ignorance is Bliss.
R. CLARENCE W. MILLER, of
Nodd—Not at all. It's a question of
Frankfort, Ind., has invented a
training. If it hadn't been for me, she
•"THE
first
was
in
the
case
of
a
prosperous
novel
violin,
which he calls the aluminum
wouldn't know how.
^
piano
customer
who
called
at
the
store
bridgeless
violin,
which is attracting con-
Winkle—How long did it take you to
with
a
lady
music
teacher
(?)
whom
she
siderable
attention
among musicians on
train her?
had
asked
to
examine
and
give
her
opinion
account
of
its
powerful
and peculiar clar-
Nodd—Oh, about an hour.
of
a
certain
piano
she
was
about
to
pur-
ionet-like
tone.
It
closely
resembles the
Winkle—Explain yourself.
chase.
The
teacher
sat
down
and
thumped
ordinary
violin,
only
in
that
part
of the top
Nodd—My dear fellow, it all depends on
a
few
chords
and
arpeggios,
then
looking
which
lies
between
the
two
scrolls.
The
how you begin. If you start right with a
woman you will have no trouble. Give
them one good lesson in economy and they
will never forget it. I made up my mind
when I first married that at the first oppor-
in these fin de siecle days by men who are
BOSTON
thoroughly conversant down to the minut-
tunity I would show my wife I was master.
est details with that which they offer to
After that all would be plain sailing.
They have a reputation
prospective customers. A piano salesman
will obtain much more satisfactory results
Winkle—The opportunity came, did it?
of nearly
if he acquaints himself with the mystery of
Nodd—Yes, sir; and soon. We hadn't
the action and technical analysis of the
FIFTY YEARS
instrument. He can do this
been married a month before we wanted a
piano. My wife saw one for $300 that she
for Superiority in those
liked and wanted. I explained to her that
qualities which are most
the most I could afford was $175. Never
essential in a First-Class
shall I forget that day.
Piano
Winkle—Your first quarrel, eh?
the best book ever written, and so pro-
Nodd—Exactly. The scene is as vivid
nounced by the highest experts, on the art
of tuning and regulating. It thoroughly
in ray memory as if it were yesterday. Her
acquaints the reader with the grand, the
tears, her pleadings, were something to
upright, the square piano on a scientific
flASS.
basis. It is illustrated with carefully
move the stoutest heart.
designed diagrams accurately numbering
How She Got the Piano.
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