Music Trade Review

Issue: 1919 Vol. 69 N. 25

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Saves Multiples
of Dollars
E believe it is well within the bounds of
truthful statement to say that, from the
tuner's and repairman's standpoint, the
SIMPLEX has given less trouble than any
other player action made.
W
A complaint is as rare as a frost in June.
All player actions give but little annoyance today.
Nine-tenths of what little trouble there is with all player
actions is with the pneumatics. Every tuner will tell
you that.
With the SIMPLEX, a leaky or faulty pneumatic is
scarcely ever heard of. "There is no such animal."
When, perchance, such a pneumatic is found it does
not give the repairman a moment's thought.
The SIMPLEX pneumatics are in single units—a
single accessible and detachable pneumatic for every
key. He does not have to take the entire action apart
or even take it out of the piano. He simply unscrews
two screws—removes the offending pneumatic and in-
serts a new one—in all, the work of ten minutes' time
at the cost of a few paltry pennies.
This is only one of the many simple features from
which the SIMPLEX gets its name. But there is no
telling how many tens of thousands of dollars a year,
to say nothing of the satisfaction and good will it
creates, this simple and invaluable unit pneumatic
saves the dealers who insist upon having SIMPLEX
PLAYER ACTIONS in their player-pianos.
PLAYER ACTION
10 Blackstone Street, Worcester, Mass.
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
DECEMBER 20,
How the Kranich & Bach
Name Has Occupied a
Place in History
O some who do not understand the law of
consequences, the manner in which the
name Kranich & Bach has occupied a fixed
place in the firmament of musical history may
seem remarkable. But there is nothing remark-
able about it.
The law of consequences fixes responsibilities,
issues edicts of examination and awards the laurels.
Instrument makers who sought to give a little less
than they received have passed into oblivion,
while a few—a little group—have remained hon-
ored and respected by historians and the people
of each decade.
Always the name Kranich & Bach on a piano or
player-piano has stamped that instrument im-
mediately in the mind of musician and dealer as a
worthy article of musical excellence.
Dealers everywhere are capitalizing the history of
Kranich & Bach for themselves and for^their own
profit.
KRANICH & BACH
235 E. 23rd Street
NEW YORK, N. Y.
EST. 1864
215 So. Wabash Avenue
CHICAGO, ILL.
1919

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