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VOL. LXVI.
NEW YORK, JUNE 22, 1918
No. 25
Notable Concert-Demonstrating the
Supremacy of the Ampico Reproducing Piano.
COMMENTS
of the
PRESS
NEW YORK SUN
"The Ampico reproduced
Mr. Ornstein's vibrant feel-
ing so well that it was impos-
sible to detect the difference
between the artist and the in-
strument. It was a revela-
tion."
NEW YORK TIMES
"The sense of personality
was only visibly modified, a
change of sight, not of hear-
ing."
NEW YORK AMERICAN
"The touch of the pianist's
fingers, with all its exquisite-
ly varied shadings and nu-
ancesi carried quite as warm
and human a message to the
ear as when Mr. Ornstein
played himself."
THE EVENING MAIL
"The Ampico and its co-
operating musicians won a
distinct triumph for the new
art of reproducing the human
musician."
NEW YORK GLOBE
"Musicians said they were
unable to distinguish when
Ornstein was playing and
when the Ampico was repro-
ducing his performance."
O
X the afternoon of Tuesday, June Fourth, the
Ampico Reproducing Piano appeared as joint soloist
with Leo Ornstein and the Metropolitan Oper^i
House Orchestra, Arthur Bodanzky, Conductor. The first
part of the Rubinstein Concerto in D Minor was played by
the Ampico, accompanied by the Orchestra, followed by
the second and third movements played by Mr. Ornstein
himself.
Through this unique demonstration the vast audience
of artists, critics and people of national prominence were
enabled to make a direct comparison between the individual
touch of the artist and his interpretation through the
Ampico, which they had just heard.
The result of this great triumph of the Ampico has
been reported in this magazine, as well as in the Metro-
politan newspapers. It is sufficient to state here that these
critiques unanimously pronounce this demonstration
another conclusive proof of the Supremacy of the Ampico.
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LETTERS
from Eminent
MUSICIANS
"It was the vital art of the
pianist! It was Ornstein
himself! Nothing can equal
the Ampico."
ARTUR BODANZKY.
"The Ampico is the artist.
It is perfection embodied."
LEO ORNSTEIN.
"The Ampico is one of
America's most potent forces
in disseminating music as it
should be heard in the homes
of those who enjoy it."
AMEL1TA GALLI-CURCL
"The Ampico is alone in its
achievement. It should be in
every home of refinement in
America."
DANIEL FRO JIM AN.
"Metropolitan Orchestra—
Master Conductor—Futurist
Pianist and the Ampico. A
milestone in the history of
American music."
FRANCES ALDA.
"For the sake of the home
I congratulate you most
heartily." ALMA GLUCK.
"Men tried vainly to in-
vent a reproducing piano.
An American triumphed. We
have the AMPICO.''
HUGO RIESENFELD.
"Indeed an amazing tri-
umph."
mph."
ALEX
EXANDER LAMBERT.
hot the Dealer the Ampico opens neiv avenues of business of the highest character. Attracting a
cultured and discriminating clientele, the Ampico is an unequalled force for creating business.
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