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The Story & Clark Co.
DISPLAY ENTERPRISE AND PROGRESSIVENESS IN
EVERY BRANCH OF THEIR VAST BUSI-
NESS AN ILLUSTRATION.
The Story & Clark Co., of Chicago, dis-
play commendable enterprise and progres-
siveness in every branch of their business.
It is manifest in the unique and beautiful
conceptions in piano architecture which
are winning appreciative notices in all
parts of the country—in their latest style
of organs, which, like their pianos, are
finished and tasteful products in design,
and eminently satisfactory as to tone—in
their business methods, whereby they dis-
play a keen knowledge of trade conditions,
and aim to meet them—and in all the ma-
chinery which is utilized to the government
of a great institution, they are right in the
front rank.
Perhaps in no department are their up-to-
date methods more apparent than in the
matter of publicity. The advertising lit-
erature which emanates from their estab-
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lishment is so tastefully gotten up, so clev-
erly edited that it never fails to be read
and to be productive of beneficial results.
The following circular, which gives an
idea of the extent of the Story & Clark
ramifications, is only one of the several ex-
cellent announcements gotten out by this
house recently. It is a good one:
Do you know that when a dealer repre-
sents pianos and organs by Story & Clark,
he represents the largest aggregation of
piano and organ factories this world has
ever seen?
We never did encourage the idea of con-
stantly claiming we were doing all the
business in these lines, but a plain state-
ment is not uninteresting.
Either directly or indirectly the follow-
ing factories are ours or we are interested
in them to an extent of controlling their
production:
Story & Clark Organ Co., Canal and Six-
teenth streets, Chicago, U, S. A.; Story &
Clark Piano Co., Jefferson and Sixteenth
streets, Chicago, U. S. A.; Story & Clark &
F. Kaim & Sohn Piano & Organ Co., Ltd.
(Headquarters for Europe), 70 Berners
streets, West, London, Eng. ; Story & Clark
(German pianos), 47, 49, 51 and 53 Frank-
furter Rd., Berlin; Dobson & Co. (English
pianos), Highbury Station, London, Eng.,
and our London house controls for Eng-
land, Ireland and Scotland Kaim & Sohn
Royal pianos, Stuttgart, Germany.
Such an immense consolidation of
interests enables us to purchase materials
in any part of the world to advantage,
keeps us thoroughly up-to-date in ideas,
constantly bringing to our notice any
change of methods of manufacture, new
styles of case architecture, and opening to
us opportunities for many things not pos-
sessed by any other manufacturer in our
line.
We take advantage of these points in our
favor to the fullest extent; every meritori-
ous improvement you will find embraced
in the Story & Clark pianos and organs of
to-day. This is one of the secrets of our
past success and a feature we intend to
utilize fully in the future.
UNUfllTED MUSIC!!!
nusic DEALER will appreciate the selling qualities of an
E VERY
instrument which will furnish unlimited music—not two or
three, or ten or twenty kinds—but every kind!
THE GRAPHOPHONE
Is the only instrument for which such a claim can be truthfully
made. It is the most fascinating and wonderful development of
modern mechanical art, yet so simple a child can use and appreciate it.
Its repertoire is unending. Music, song and story come with equal
perfection from it. Classic, descriptive, popular music—anything
and everything in the realm of sound. Prices within the reach of
everybody. ALL MUSIC DEALERS SHOULD HANDLE IT!
For descriptive circulars, prices and discounts, address,
COLUriBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY,
DEPARTMENT M,
1155, 1157, 1159 Broadway, New York.
919 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C.
110 East Baltimore St., Baltimore, fid.
720-722 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo.
Big Order for Band Instru-
ments.
The minister of war for France recently
invited bids for the furnishing of musical
instruments to the army bands in that
country and from the French papers to
hand, we notice that he has placed the fol-
lowing contracts: Andre Thibouville & Co.,
119 cornets, 7,140 francs; J. Thibouville-
Lamy & Co., 293 instruments, including
trumpets a pistons, saxhorns, different
sizes, 18,760 francs; Cousin a Lyon, 146
instruments, 15,705 francs; Association of
Masters, 303 instruments, including slide
trombones, saxhorns, basses, contre bas-
ses, 30,286 francs; Evette & Schaeffer, 553
instruments, including flutes, clarinets,
hautbois, saxaphones— soprano, alto, bass
and baritone, 76,790 francs, making the
total value of the contracts placed 148,681
francs. The figures will prove interesting
to manufacturers in this country.
Bronze Panels are Practically Indestructible.
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BESIDES THEY ARE THE MOST ARTISTIC ADORNMENT THAT CAN BE
PLACED IN PIANOS. . •. MANUFACTURERS CAN BE SUPPLIED WITH
SPECIAL DESIGNS.
only b y THE HOMER D. BRONSON CO . Beacon Falls, Conn.