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hale and hearty. There was no celebration to
mark the event as Mr. Morse says he wants
to regard his birthday as he would any other
day in the year. He is in excellent health
and still works at his trade, repairing instru-
ments, clocks and almost anything that re-
quires mechanical skill. Mr. Morse said yes-
terday he manages to work from five to six
hours a day and always has plenty of work
to do.
Yesterday he worked repairing an old
melodeon which he made forty-five yeare ago,
and has just found its way into his repair
shop. He says it is remarkable how these
old machines hold together. Mr. Morse has
not had a sick day since he was ten years
old, and is unacquainted with Worcester doc-
tors in a professional way.—Worcester,
Mass., Telegram.
A BOOSEY BAND CATALOGUE.
PIA N OTIST
the Only Player awarded a medal
at Paris exposition.
PIANO
PLAYER
PL A YS ANY PIANO.
ANYONE
CAN PLA Y IT.
EASILY ADJUSTED TO ANY PIANO
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JOHN PHILIP SOUS A says : "It is a wonderful instrument of great musical merit."
riARK HAflBOURO writes: "It is superior to any other Piano Player."
ERNEST SCHELLINO (favorite pupil of Paderewskl) says: "It is far more artistic than
any other such device."
And a host of other Eminent Musicians unequivocally endorse it.
POINTS OF SUPERIORITY: Does not interfere with use
of piano in ordinary manner. No clumsy cabinet. No fjff
laborious pumping. No pneumatics to get out of order.
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It is the ONLY player that operates perfectly either by FOOT TREADLE. ELECTRIC
CITY (any current), WATER nOTOR, or a combination of any two. Our "NICKEL"
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simple that it Is impossible for It to {ret out of order.
LIVE DEALERS should lose no time in writing for
Art Catalogue B, and best discounts.
$175
ADEK M'F'G COMPANY,
E. D. ACKERMAN, o E . , m MAN.G..
Factory and Offices : 449-455 West 41st St.
Warerooms: 123 Fifth Avenue, nr. 19th St., NEW YORK
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SCHWANDER
WORLD-RENOWNED PIANO-FORTE ACTION
J. HERRBURGER
EDOUARD ROUVET, SOLE AGENT FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA
PARIS FACTORY,
NEW YORK FACTORY,
Boosey & Co., 9 East Seventeenth street.
J6 Rue de l'Evangile.
88 Lincoln Avenue
have just issued a sixteen-page book of re-
cent testimonials concerning the Boosey
band instruments. Among those who in-
dorse the Boosey instruments are Charles
KAFFENBERGER & C A N T O R , Manufacturers And Importers,
Godfrey, bandmaster, Royal Horse Guards,
GOODS SENT
103 Fifth Ave., New York
A. Williams, bandmaster, Grenadier Guards,
ON SELECTION
and the bandmasters of the Royal Artillery,
Royal Engineers and Royal Marine Light
A child on a giant's shoulders sees further than the giant
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Infantry, and a number of line regiments.
The first Piano Player made proved merely that it was
The showing made is a formidable one.
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possible to produce a mechanism that would play
the piano
MUSIC ON THE CANAL.
The Big Piano Cover House,
Jewctt Ave. and Belt Line,
Not Many Pianos Carried There, but Lots of Mel-
odeons and Organs.
The €ba$« $ Baker PianO PlaV«r shows the great perfec-
tion to which the piano-playing idea has been brought.
EDNA ORGANS
BUFFALO. N.Y., U.S.A.
BURDETT PIANOS
"We've been hearing more or less lately, *
said a canal boatman, "about pianos afloat
in these days on the big schooners carrying-
The Largest Value for the Dealers.
freight up and down the coast, but nothing
Make a note now to write for Cata-
logue and Particulars. You should not
about music on the canal.
overlook the Edna Line. .' •' •' .'
"Pianos on the raging, too? Well, not a
great number of pianos there, maybe, but I EDNA ORGAN & PIANO CO.,
Factory, MONROEVILLE, OHIO
guess you'd find on the Erie a hundred melo-
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deons and organs, and pretty much all of
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them have gone into these boats within the
$J.00.
past ten years or so.
"Many canalboat captains carry their fam-
Lyman Bill, 3 East 14th Street, New York.
ilies along, as they've done for years, to be
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sure, but the newer boats, built in these later
years, have been made with more roomy
cabins, to say nothing of being fitted with
For Automatically Operated Musical Instruments
more room-saving contrivances in the way
of swinging tables and that sort of thing,
and better fittings generally.
of 1901 surpasses any of its predecessors. Progressive
"Along with these last things have come
dealers like them, and expert buyers pronounce them to
the melodeons and the organs. One reason
contain the best value in the piano world to-day *»* J*
why these have been chosen instead of pia-
JEWETT PIANO CO.
nos is that they take up less room. You get
J. J, Woodbury
one of these instruments in under the deck
LEOMINSTER,
MASS.
in a canalboat cabin, which of course you
couldn't do with an upright piano.
GARRETT GORDON,
"It used to be, you know, in the old days,
Manufacturer and
f.
Dealer in
that an accordion was about the summit of
things in the way of musical instruments
AUTOMUS1C FfcMUKATlNC CO.
No J J8 AVENUE D, Bet. 8th & 9th Sts^
to be found on a canalboat, but nowadays in
53 Broadway N . Y . City. JAMES O'CONNOR, President.
many a homelike canalboat cabin, with win-
NEW YORK.
dows trimly hung with curtains and filled
HENRY KELLER & SONS,
with plants, placed inside or out, according
Manufacturers of
to the season, you'd find among the comfort-
able fittings and fixings a melodeon or an
There is scarcely any condition of 111 health
that is not benefited by the occasional use
organ; you'd find a hundred of 'em at least
RIDER AVENUE,
of a R-I-P-ANS Tabule. For sale by
Druggists. The Five-Cent packet Is enough
Bet. 140th and 141st Sts.,
JlXCTTf
on the Erie."—The Sun.
for an ordinary occasion. The family bot-
Perforated Music Sheets
JBWETT
PIANO*
Veneers
Upright Pianos
Wert of Third Ave.
JNtW
RIPANS
tle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year.