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THE DUOART PIANO
the Great Pianists
Paderewski
H
AST November, T h e Aeolian
Company announced that under
the terms of a special agreement
Ignace Jan Paderewski would in the fu-
ture record his interpretations in the form
of music-rolls, exclusively for the Duo-
Art Piano.
It also published in this announcement
a letter from Paderewski in which he
congratulated the Company upon the
"splendid achievement" of the Duo-Art
and expressed his appreciation of the
"manifest fidelity" with which it repro-
duced his playing.
Josef Hofmann
A few weeks later a second announce-
ment was made that Josef Hofmann
would also make music-rolls for the Duo-
Art Piano exclusively in the future. In
the letter from Hofmann accompanying
this announcement, he called the Duo-
Art a "wonderful instrument" and stated
that "its reproduction of his playing was
so superior to that of any other instru-
ment as to furnish no real basis for com-
parison."
And Now Harold Bauer
Now comes the announcement that
Harold Bauer, another of the small group
of world-famous pianists, has made a sim-
ilar agreement with The Aeolian Com-
pany. Bauer's interpretations in the form
of music-rolls will also be made in the
future exclusively for the Duo-Art. His
letter, reproduced on page two, explains
fully his reasons for taking this step. And
also why musicians of such pre-eminence
and attainment select the Duo-Art for
such significant approval.
Paderewski, Hofmann,
Bauer—names
not only of international celebrity as de-
noting musicians, but also as designating
men of broad mental calibre and influen-
tial standing. The dictum of these mas-
ters, regarding matters pertaining to their
art, is absolute and final. Their enthusi-
astic approval of such an instrument as
the Duo-Art is sufficient to arouse the
interest and awaken the spirit of investi-
gation of every musician and lover of the
art of music.
What the Duo-Art Piano Is
The Duo-Art Piano is fully worthy
such unprecedented endorsement. Its
value to the art of music and to the
music-lover is beyond computation. By
means of the special music-rolls referred
to in connection with these great musi-
cians, the Duo-Art Piano will reproduce
their playing with such absolute fidelity
of detail, that the reproduction is not to
be distinguished from the original per-
formance.
This means, nothing more nor less,
than that the possessor of a Duo-Art
Piano commands the services of Paderew-
ski, Hofmann, Bauer and all the other
famous musicians who are making Duo-
Art Music Rolls, to play for him at his
will, for his pleasure, benefit and educa-
tional advantage. No such privilege has
ever been accessible to a music-lover be-
fore, because no such instrument as the
Duo-Art Piano has ever been hitherto
available.
Three Great Instruments In One
Besides its wonderful reproducing fea-
ture, the Duo-Art Piano is an instrument
upon which anyone without musical skill
can play practically all piano music, and
play it well. For it is also the original
Pianola—providing a wonderful technic
which you may employ for self-expres-
sion in music. The fascination of striv-
ing for the same effects that the great
masters display in their Record-Rolls, the
wonderful privilege of the Pianola, may
be imagined.