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Faust, at the Metropoliian Opera. Swords clash in the duel scene, a soldier sinks to the
ground.. . curtain! Valentine, so recently fallen, gets up, dusts himself off, hurries out to
telephone. Nearby, Mephistopheles, his villain!2s temporarily complete, sips a glass of
water. Still farther back-stage, in sound-proof rooms, other singers limber up their voices
for the act to come. In each room there is a piano. Each piano is a Knabe. Why a Knabe?
Let the Director of the Metropolitan, Mr. Gatti-Casazza, answer that question . . . " W e
engage the finest tenor in the world, t.ie most famous soprano, the most brilliant orchestra
leader. And we are just as critical in t.13 matter cf selecting a piano as in picking our
singers . . . So we chose the Knabe."
KNABE
Official Piano of the Metropolitan Opera Company
The Metropolitan have scoured Europe and America in the effort to secure trie finest
singers. They have not hesitated to pay fabulous salaries in order to obtain the best talent.
Through the yearly tours which the Metropolitan make throughout the country, and through
the widespread newspaper publicity received, these facts have become well known to the
American public. Accordingly the selection of the Knabe by the Metropolitan is a recom-
mendation which weighs heavily with anyone interested in buying a piano and which has
been made known to the public by widespread Knabe advertising. Added to this unique
Knabe prestige, the smart styling of the new Knabe models and the traditionally rich tone
are factors which make the Knabe one of the best selling pianos in America. $875 up.
With the Ampico, the suprame reproducing instrument, the Knabe is $2495 and up. Write
for details to W m . Knabe & Co. Baltimore, M d .
$
875
up
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May 1, 1929