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PRESTO
STRICH & ZEIDLER, Inc.
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
Manufacturer of
PIANO
BASS STRINGS
21st St. and Fairmount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
"Built on\Family Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODDART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Boulevard, E. 133rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
March 11, 1920.
MUSIC ART AIDED BY
PATH AND THE PHONOGRAPH
Part the Invention of Edison has Done to Enrich
Modern Music Life.
Those who were fortunate enough to hear her
in her prime insist that Adelina Patti was the great-
est of all coloratura sopranos. Certainly she was a
very great one. Range, flexibility, brilliancy and
that center-of-the-note sureness that makes the lis-
tener settle back in his seat with confident delight;
Patti had them all.
The death of Patti reminded us once more of
the debt which we owe to the inventor and per-
fectors of devices for reproducing the sound of the
human voice. They did not come soon enough to
record her voice in its full glory, but that they
caught it at all is something to be thankful for, and
think of the other treasures they have preserved
for us!
No single invention has done more than this to
enrich modern life. Tarnagno is dead, but we can
still hear him in Othello's farewell as he sang it
when, in the words of a gifted Chicago writer, "he
came down to the footlights with a note between
his teeth and opened it out like an umbrella." Pol
Plancon is dead; but at trifling cost we can hear the
mocking laughter of his Mephisto serenade, the
velvety softness of his Christmas hymn, the martial
ring of his "Two Grenadiers." Strange, nay, in-
credible, as it seems now, there will come a time
when Galli Curci's voice has lost something of its
vibrant freshness. When that day—may it be dis-
tant—arrives, the world can still revel in the haunt-
ing melody of "Solveg's Song," and the plaintive
beauty of "La Partida," and marvel at the incom-
parable perfection of her "Lucia."
Canned music? You might as well call books
canned literature. The phonograph in its various
and many named forms is the greatest aid to mu-
sical understanding and appreciation that the world
has ever known.
allowed on the first installment of 1919 taxes, due
Monday, unless all details are presented to the
government on form 47-A, now at the Federal
Building, Chicago. This applies to all persons af-
fected, whether they paid under protest or refused
to pay, pending the decision. All must file claims.
PRICE & TEEPLE PIANO CO.
Price & Teeple Piano Co.
218 South Wabash Avenue
CHICAGO
NOW FILE YOUR CLAIMS.
Taxpayers are entitled to a refund of several mil-
lion dollars as a result of the Supreme Court deci-
sion that stock dividends are not taxable as in-
come. Word to this effect was received in Chi-
cago this week by Collector of Internal Revenue
Harry Mager from Commissioner Roper in Wash-
ington. No deductions for such refunds will be
The LEADING LINE
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Finest and most artistic
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450 Fifth Ave., NEW YORK CITY
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A high grade piano of great
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A popular piano at a popular price.
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WEAVER PIANO CO., Inc.
Factory: YORK, PA.
Established 1870
W. P. HAINES & CO.
(INCORPORATED)
PLAYERS and PIANOS
138th Street and Walton Avenue
NEW YORK CITY
PinuO- P
TRADE MARK
Factory and Gcitral Offices: RKHPORD, ILL
CHICAGO WAinOtMX. NOITB AMERICAN 1LDC.
Warning to litfrlngers
This Trade Mark is cast in the plate and also
Upon the fall board oi aO smuia*
urn Pfanos, and an infringers will be
lted>
Beware oi tmitafions uich as
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ami also Shiynpn, as all stonol styr'y, jj*tlw
and users of pianos bearing a nam* u imftaaop
natne ScnupiMin with QM u ttntfon ef
log &• pubic will be project fed to the
fuQwt extent of the law.
SCHUMANN PIANO COMPANY
PRESTO
Paragon Piano Plates
Buyers' Guide
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Western manufacturers find that our facilities
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