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Caruso Buys
an ANGELUS
—the only player-piano
he has ever bought
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HIS cablegram has been received by The Wilcox & White
Company from
their London
representatives, Sir Herbert
Marshall & Sons:
"Sold Caruso an Angelus Piano. First and only player-piano he has
purchased. Great tribute to artistic supremacy by world's greatest singer."
Signor Caruso made this choice after satisfying himself that no
other instrument among the many player-pianos on the market
possessed equal flexibility of control or the same marvelous facility
of expression for accompanying the human voice in all its work,
from the simplest ballad to the most exacting operatic "aria."
The PHRASING LEVER, which enables
the performer to control the tempo with
an ease equal to playing by hand.
The GRADUATING MELODANT,
which brings out the melody of a
composition while subordinating the
accompaniment—both to any varying
degree.
The DIAPHRAGM PNEUMATICS,
which duplicate the resilient touch of
the human fingers.
The M E L O D Y BUTTONS, which per-
mit variation of tone volume.
Caruso in the character of Dick Johnson, in 1 Faccini's opera,
"The Girl of the Golden West.'
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In its artistic significance, Signor Caruso's
selection of the ANGELUS is one of the most
important events in the modern history of music.
The SUSTAINING PEDAL DEVICE,
which gives the tones the desired sus-
tained resonance.
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There is a vast difference in an artist being given an instrument,
or being paid to use a particular make for advertising purposes,
and his voluntarily coming forward to purchase the instrument
he knows to be the best.
The ARTISTYLE MUSIC ROLLS, which
are so completely, yet so simply marked
with one single line of expression
characters, that anyone can give a
correct rendition.
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Scene from the opera
" The Girl of the Golden Wot
The action of Caruso, the world's
greatest singer, should serve as
a guide to those contemplating
the purchase of a player-piano.
The artistic supremacy of the
ANGELUS is due to
the following peculiar
and patented features:
The ANGELUS provides the singer
with a faultless accompanist and the
music lover with a helpful, sympathetic
medium for artistic expression.
THE KNABE-ANGELUS :: THE
E M E R S O N - A N G E L U S : : THE
ANGELUS-PIANO :: THELINDEMAN
& SONS ANGELUS.
THE GOURLAY-ANGELUS in Canada.
THE WILCOX & WHITE CO
Business Established 1877
MERIDEN, CONN
Angelus Hall Regent Street London
The current advertising of the Wilcox & White Co. in the monthly magazines.
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