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The name
that the instruments for our little band
cost us nearly fifteen hundred dollars. Of
A BRASS BAND LEADER DISCOURSES ON BAD course this is the greatest expense, but
VS. GOOD BAND INSTRUMENTS.
when we started out in our inexperience,
we sank several hundred dollars in inferior
"You have no idea of how expensive a band goods.
thing a brass band is," remarked a well-
" We date our birth with the reorganiza-
known out-of-town band-leader to The tion of a certain military association here,"
Review the other day.
went on the band leader, '' and the repre-
''There are people who imagine that an sentative of a second-rate musical concern
ordinary brass band can be put in condi- visited us when we began and took the
tion to furnish music with but little out- contract of furnishing us instruments that
lay, but it's vastly different when the thing would average nine dollars apiece.
comes to be attempted," he continued as
"When we learned our first lesson on
he fingered a lean wallet from which he
these, we were compelled to dispose of
had just paid for some new music.
them. They were just aboiit the worst
"We have, as the result of four years that could be purchased.
genuinely hard work, scraped together
"With the next set we fared but little
about twenty good players, but I look back
better and it is no wonder that the affairs
over the months of effort I have put in
at which we officiated were fizzles.
and of the efforts of some others of the
"Finally a couple of us bought a
boys and I must confess, that there is not
' Wonder' tuba and an alto horn, made
much to show for our work.
by C. G. Conn, and although it nearly
" It may surprise you when I tell you broke our hearts to put up the price for
them, the result in music was all that we
could
ask. Before we had our pieces a
THE WONDERFUL
month nearly all the band had followed
suit, and now we have a set of instru-
ments, which, while not the superior of
any other self-respecting band, -we are
proud of and with which we produce good
music."
How the " Wonder" Pleased.
f INDEMAN
has been before the trade
since 1836. The up-to-date
Lindeman Pianos are superb
instruments. Profitable for
the dealer to handle.
LINDEMAN & SONS PIANO CO.,
548 and 550 West 23d Street,
NEW YORK.
Manufacturers of
GRAND AND UPRIGHT
PIANOS.
496-498 Clybourn Ave.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
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Sturz Progress.
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Now is the
Time to Buy
W E
On each occasion when the Review visits
the Sturz piano warerooms, new examples
of the Sturz products are on exhibition.
This is one evidence of the firm's pro-
gressive policy. Another evidence in the
same direction is the invariable display of
good taste and good workmanship in these
exhibits.
Mr. Palmer, in charge of the Conn ware-
rooms, when asked for news on Monday,
reported great activity in small goods, also
big orders for band instruments.
Sales are Made
A R E H E A D Q U A R T E R S and fill orders promptly for all styles and tune discs,
. . . AT FACTORY PRICES. . . .
in these fin de siecie aays by men wlio are
thoroughly conversant down to the minut-
est details with that which they offer to
prospective customers. A piano salesman
will obtain much more satisfactory results
if he acquaints himself with the mystery of
the action and technical analysis of the
instrument. He can do this
By Studying:
"The Piano"
Manufacturers, Importers and Jobbers of Musical Merchandise.
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the best book ever written, and so pro-
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It is illustrated with carefully
designed diagrams accurately numbering
and naming each part of the instrument.
It should be in every salesman's library.
Tuners, whether amateurs or experts,
recognize it as the standard work of their
craft. No "kit" is complete without it.
Cloth bound, over one hundred pages.
Sent post paid on receipt of one dollar.
Edward Lyman Bill
£09 Bowery, N. Y.
Publisher
• Bast 14th Street
New York
"BYRNE" PIANO.
NEW STYLES JUST OUT.
CEBYBHE PIANO CO., 242to252£,122dSt., N. Y,