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THE 7VIUSIC TRHDE
had been on a visit to Italy and met Verdi,
[THE P I A N O T I S T PIAIMO PLAYER
sent a command for an opera. The plot must
the Only Piaver awarded a medal
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PLA YS ANY PI A NO.
be laid in the East, the characters Moorish
at Paris Exposition.
ANYONE CAN PLAY IT.
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EASILY ADJUSTED TO ANY PIANO-
and the whole to be dedicated to the Son of
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA says : "It is a wonderful instrument of great musical merit."
the Sun—the Shah.
HARK HAIIBOURG writes: "It is superior to any other Piano Player."
ERNEST SCHELLINQ (favorite pupil of Paderewskl) says: "It is far more artistic than
It is a little doubtful, says Mr. Hubbard,
any olher such device."
And a host of other Eminent Musicians unequivocally endorse it.
whether the Shah knew that operas are
POINTS OF SUPERIORITY : Does not interfere with use
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created in certain moods and cannot be done
of piano in ordinary manner. No clumpy cabinet. No Wf
laborious pumping. No pneumatics to get out of order.
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to order, as a carpenter builds a fence. But
It Is the ONLY player that operates perfectly either by FOOT TREADLE, ELECTRIC
CITY (any current), WATER J1OTOR, or a combination of any two. Our "NICKEL"
it was the way that Eastern royalty had of
IN-THE-SLOT" device is the only perfect and reliable one on the market. It Is so
simple that it is impossible for it to get out of order.
showing its high esteem. Verdi smiled and
LIVE DEALERS should lose no time in writing for
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his wife smiled and they had quite a merry
ADEK M'F'G COMPANY,
c, D. A C K E R M A N , GENIML «>N*aE><
little time over the matter, calling in their
Factory and Offices : 440 455 West 41st St.
Warerooms: 503 Fifth Avenue, cor. 43d St., NEW YORK
neighbors and friends and drinking to the
health of a real live Shah who knew a great
GREAT VALUE, INCLUDING T H E
musical genius when he found one. Verdi
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set to work and "Aida" was completed in
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a few weeks. He seized upon knowledge
FACTORY, LAWRENCE,JASS 1
MERRILL PIANO MFG. CO.
as a devil fish absorbs its prey—he learned in
the mass. The opera was produced in Cairo
in 1871, with a magnificent setting and the
best cast procurable. It was a magnificent
The Largest Value for the Dealers.
success and critics from London, Paris and
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logue and Particulars. You should not
other European capitals came and wrote of
overlook the Edna Line. .' ' .' .'
the production to their home newspapers in
terms that created a sensation in artistic EDNA ORGAN & PIANO CO.,
Factory, MONROEVILLE, OHIO.
circles throughout the world.
$175
mcrrill Piano
EDNA ORGANS
THE
BURDETT PIANOS
SCHWANDER
This same Shah, thirty years later, invad-
ed Yankee land, in spirit at least, with an
order for a duplicate of a three horned, triple
WORLD-RENOWNED PIANO-FORTE ACTION
record graphophone which was built solely
for exhibition purposes at the Universal Ex-
position of 1900. He saw the machine in
L. CHARPIAT, SOLE AGENT FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Paris and ordered one like it which was dulv
PARIS FACTORY,
NEW YORK FACTORY,
constructed and, together with thirty-two
J6 Roe de TEvangile.
88 Lincoln Avenue
barrels of mammoth records was shipped
from Bridgeport last summer to Batum, on
the shore of the Black Sea, to be transported
IIS E. 14th St., New York.
Is the Finest and Best
thence, on the backs of dromedaries, to dis-
Near Steinway Hall,
Organ made.
Sold all
over the World on Its
tant Teheran, with its great, gold roofed
rierlts alone.
mosque glistening in the sunlight.
No traveling salesmen re-
quired to sell our entire
product.
Now comes an inquiry as to how soon and
This extraordinary
fact
speaks volumes for the
on what terms a much larger graphophone,
qualkyof our instruments.
equipped with a hundred records, each to be
It's the "Old Reliable Hiller
Organ '' all the time.
gig
MUSIC
more than a yard long, can be ready for ship- COMPOSERS'
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CABINETS.
ment. The inquiry arrived when Mr. T. H. BUSTS.
MILLER ORGAN CO..
MacDonald, who stands conspicuously at the
Selections of Scarfs Sent on Approval.
LEBANON, P A .
head of all the experts in the talking machine
FOR LATESr
business, was en route to California. A tel- WRITE
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egraphic correspondence was opened with
GARRETT GORDON,
him, by President Easton of the Columbia
rianufactured by
Manufacturer and
Phonograph Company, and as his train sped Dealer in
CHAS. A. WESSELL,
westward, Mr. MacDonald returned replies,
222-224 East 37th Street,
NEW YORK.
laying the foundation lines of the work, so
No J18 AVENUE D, Bet. 8th & 9th St&,
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that it could be begun in his absence and
completed, in detail, upon his return. No
HENRY KELLER & SONS,
graphophone on a scale that is required to
Manufacturers of
meet the expansive views of the venerable
Shah was ever constructed and no records
to compare, in size, with those wanted were
RIDER AVENUE,
140th and 141st Sts.,
ever made. It will be all new work, but Bet.
NEW YORK. of 1901 surpasses any of its predecessors. Progressive
West of Third Ave.
dealers like them, and expert buyers pronounce them to
will, of course, be supplied, though at a
contain the best value in the piano world to-day Jt >M
somewhat fabulous figure.
The amusing part of the matter is that
JEWETT PIANO CO.
the New England manufacturer, proverbial
% / . Woodbury
for his ingenuity and daring, should be stim-
LEOMINSTER, MASS.
Factory and Office :
ulated to new endeavors by the dusky des-
in *Piano Construction
cendent of the Kadjars whose naive inquiry 617-619 Tenth Ave.,
New York. is c4rt clearly
evidenced in
when, in 1879, he saw people dancing, at a
The
court function in London: "Can't they em-
ploy people to do this work for them?" led
the Anglo Saxon race to the conclusion that
he was indolent and unprogressive.
They are in advance in point of
PIANOS
J. B. Furber left town early in the week for
tonal effect and case, architecture.
SSI West 4Oth Street
a brief business trip in the West,
STORY & CLARK,
Factories, CHICAGO,
NEW YORK
J. HERRBURG ER
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WILITAMTTHASSE.
Piano Stools, Scarfs, Coders
of all Descriptions.
WESSELL PIANOS,
Veneers.
Upright Pianos
JEWETT
PIANOS
HOFMANN&CO.,
Piano forte manufacturers,
CAMVRON
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