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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
PECULIAR SUIT OVER PIANO.
The PIANOTIST Piano Player.
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A
J J xx J 1
Plays any Piano.
The Only t Player Awarded Medal
Any one can Play tt.
Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 14, 1901.
at Paris Exposition of 1900. . . .
g£™£
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A justice court case in which the attor-
A O l l ^ A The great bandmaster, says: "The fianotist is
J W 3 f t f)>a11tf a * w o n d e r f u l invention of great musical merit."
neys have had a spirited fight was the one
A piano fitted with the PIAVOTIST can be used In
in which Harding & Miller, music dealers,
the ordinary manner or as a Self-Player, as desired
sued Caroline Earl, for possesion of a piano
fto Pneumatics Ho Laborious Pumping
Price
and in which a verdict was rendered in fav-
Do Clumsy Cabinet
no electricity
or of the defendant. The attempt to take the
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Liberal Discount to the Trade.
piano was made on Mrs. Earl's failure to
A D E K M F G . C O . , Warerooms: 503 Fifth Ave., Cor. 42d St.,
meet the payments claimed. But the facts
NEW YORK.
Factory and Offices: 449-455 West 41st St.
as shown in trial were that an agent for the
N. B.—We also manufacture the best Electric Piano Player on the Market for use witb
any current. Also a perfect "Nickel-in-the-Slot" Self-Playing Piano.
company was boarding at Mrs. Earl's, and
placed the instrument in the house with the
CONTAINS SPECIAL FEATURES OF
understanding that he or some other of the
GREAT VALUE, INCLUDING THE
firm's representatives would board at the
TRANSPOSING KEY-BOARD.
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house and the board bills could be used to
offset the payments as they came due. I t
FACTORY, LAWRENCE, MASS.
MERRILL PIANO MFG. GO.
was claimed by defense that after the instru-
Towers above
Established
SYLVESTER TOWER,
all others
ment was delivered, the agent submitted a
1853
MANUFACTURER
OF
paper for signature, saying it was only a
memorandum of sale and was unimportant.
The agent left the house after a few weeks
Also PIANO-FORTE AND ORGAN KEYS
and after he had gone, the firm demanded
Keys, Action, Hammers, Bracket* and
I3g to 147 Broadway, Cambridgeport, Ma»$.
Nickel Rail, Furnished Complete
payments for the instrument. It was then,
Mala Offices
the woman says, she first learned she had
and Warerooms: WISSNER HAUL,
signed an installment mortgage. In defense,
538 and 540 Fulton Stutt,
fraud iwas alleged, and evidence was intro- Brand and Upright
duced to prove an oral contract between
Brooklyn, N. Y.
defendant and agent. After heated argu-
Telephone,
ment the oral contract was accepted as prior
and judgment was rendered in favor of
BRANCHES:
FACTORIES:
New York, Newark, Jersey City, Bridgeport, N«w H*Y«
Mrs. Earl. The company must be paid for 078 to 1088 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, N . Y.
the piano, but they must accept board, and
cArt in Piano Construction
so long as defendant is ready to board any
is clearly evidenced in
of the company's agents, she is fulfilling
The
Is the Finest and Best
her part of the oral contract.
Organ made.
Sold all
over the World on Its
The case has been appealed to the Circuit
Jlerlts alone.
No traveling salesmen re-
Court by Harding & Miller.
[Special to The Review.]
$175
^ Merrill Piano
Grand and Upright Piano-forte Actions
WISSNER
PIANOS « «-
Story ®. Clark
PACKARD PROSPERITY. £ M B
quired to sell our entire
product.
This extraordinary fact
speaks volumes for the
quality of our instruments.
It's the "Old Reliable Jilller
Organ " all the time.
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An idea of the popularity of the pianos
made by the Packard Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind.,
may be estimated from the fact that the piano
MILLER ORGAN CO..
department of their factory is now working
LEBANON, P A .
eleven hours a day in order to catch up with
orders. This appreciation of the Packard
pianos is most encouraging. It demonstrates
rianufactured by
that it pays a manufacturer to have high
CHAS.
A. WESSELL,
aims in piano making, as in everything else.'
NEW YORK.
The Packard people, from the start, believed 222-224 East 37th Street,
THE
in making a piano that reflected the char-
acter of their house—high grade instruments
that would maintain their position in the
musical and trade fields—and the wisdom of
their policy is to be found in a continuously
increasing output.
WESSELL PIANOS,
JEWETT
PIANO*
NIKISCH AND THE MASON & HAMLIN.
They are in advance in point of
tonal effect and case, architecture.
STORY & CLARK.
Factories, CHICAGO.
Inventors and Manufacturers in-
terested in patents involving im-
provements in musical instruments,
desiring the services of a Patent
Solicitor, will receive special induce-
ments by sending this advertise-
ment, together with a sketch and
description of the points of novelty
claimed as new, to
JOHN IMIRIE,
Registered Patent Solicitor.
6O5 7th St., N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
PURE
WINES
of 1901 surpasses any of its predecessors. Progressive
dealers like them, and expert buyers pronounce them to
contain the best value in the piano world to-day •>* <£'
The latest and most beautiful portrait of
Arthur Nikisch, the distinguished conductor
JEWETT PIANO CO.
J. J. Woodbury
of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, adorns a
four-page folder sent out by the Mason &
Hamlin Co. A short sketch of his life is
appended, as well as his flattering testimony
25 J-253 East 33d Street,
to the merits of the Mason & Hamlin, in
NEW YORK.
which he states:
Piano Manufacturers.
"I believe your pianos to be of the very
first rank, and the artist must necessarily feel
a sense of gratitude to you for making pos- ...Piano Manufacturers...
sible the means for an expression of his pro-
and Jobbers of all kinds of
found and deep, or his light and fanciful MUSICAL MERCHANDISE, SHEET MUSIC BOOKS, ETC.
feelings."
261 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO.
R E L S O
PORT, SHERRY, ANGELICA,
ORANGE, ZINFANDEL
Our Specialties. Guaranteed Pure and Well
Matured. Superior to any imported.
SOLD TO CONSUMERS ONLY
For circular and price list address
Henry Detmer Music Co.
MANAGKR
FAIB OAKS RANCH CO.
Ltunand», California
P. O. Box 7