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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
•STERLING • ORGANS*
THE CATHEDRAL.
BACK VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL.
STERLING COMPANY,
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DERBY, CONN.
CASE No. 35-
(^^;c^3 THESE
CUTS repre-
sent a few of the New
Styles just brought out.
HE New Style of Organs which we have re-
cently placed upon the market, possess every
new and desirable feature that can be united
in the most perfect Organ.
The design and finish of the cases excel in artistic
beauty. The new bellows and new action, together
with the new system'of voicing, produce a quality of
tone which appeals to the most refined tastes of the
organist.
Do not fail to see the Sterling and procure prices.
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THE MOUSE PROOF ATTACHMENT
ON
THE STERLING COMPANY,
PEDALS.
DERBY, CONN.
case structure. And yet the strongest point lies
in its tonal and brilliant musical qualities. For
while attention has been given to the present
demand for a higher order of case designs, the
A Piano which it Pays to Consider.
acoustic features of the Popular Pease Piano
have been closely studied and developed.
Today, therefore, the Popular Pease Piano
a house develops a character so
stands in a higher position than ever, and the
strongly individualistic, such as the
era of improvements has not yet ceased, for the
Pease Piano Co., it gives a forcible indication of
Pease Piano Co. are ever on the alert for what is
the character of its product. It means that
latest and best.
pride and respect for a name, which has grown
and developed, acts as a stimulator to renewed
effort toward making an instrument that merits
the encomiums of fair-minded and unprejudiced
judges of a good piano.
A practical knowledge and thorough compre-
A Short Sketch of a Noted Man.
hension of their business is inherent in the Pease
Piano Co. On another page of this paper that
aggressive North westerner, Wiley B. Allen says 5t^MERSON says somewhere that " T h e
that the first piano he handled was the Pease— ^-&^ quality of man's genius is to be estimated
it gave him his first start. Since then, how- by the sum total of his performances." it is
ever, the Pease piano has grown to such an ex- in this wise we can measure, weigh and con-
tent in public estimation that it is now univer- sider the extraordinary genius of Freeborn G.
sally termed the " Popular Pease Piano," and it Smith. If we estimate the ability and tremend-
has started many a dealer on the road to pros- ous energy of the man in his progress from a
modest beginning to the exalted place he holds
perity.
to-day in the piano trade, we are fully satisfied
The success of this house demonstrates the that his "performances" give proof that his
axiom that the reliability and merit of its pro- " special genius " is of a superior quality.
duct can be judged largely by the character of
It requires tact, intellectuality and individ-
its maker. To those who have followed the uality of a high order to accomplish the results
evolution of the business of the Pease Piano Co., which we witness in the magnificent enter-
it must be conceded that their aim has always prises of which Mr. Smith is commander-in-
been to improve their instruments from every chief. For it is impossible to disassociate his
standpoint. A close study of some of their name from their progress. And yet a peculiar
latest styles shows that attention to details modesty has made Mr. Smith satisfied with
which always insures perfection.
merely giving his time, attention and efforts
The present instrument is a consummation of to pushing the different interests in which he
improvements in the scale, action, key-board, is engaged, without, at any time, desiring to
general interior decoration, and elaboration of place-the name of Freeborn G. Smith on the
Pease and Progress.
Freeborn G. Smith.
fall-board of any piano in which he is inter-
ested.
Little was it thought when this noted manu-
facturer started his humble business years ago
that to-day he would be the owner and guiding
spirit of factories in several of the principal
cities of the United States, and of extensive
warerooms in almost a dozen of the principal
cities. "There is always room for a man of
affairs, and h'e makes room for many," says
the noted philosopher, Bacon, and Mr. Smith's
career is a strong exemplification of this axiom.
For although he has risen to heights undreamt
of at one period of his career, yet he has con-
ferred benefits on the many, as witness the
thousands employed in his many enterprises.
Think of the energy and capacity required
to supervise personally these vast enterprises,
and then witness the ease and evident pleasure
with which Mr. Smith accomplishes what
would be an overwhelming burden to many
men younger in years. Mr. Smith is equal to
any emergency, always bright, always on the
alert for anything new, full of original sugges-
tions, and always maintaining his place as a
dominant factor in everything pertaining to his
business. He never seems to tire from flying
North, South, East or West as long as the in-
terests of his house are concerned. Work is to
him a veritable tonic; it stimulates and acts
as an elixir, as it were, enabling him, although
on the overside of 65, to give the younger men
a good race and leave them far behind.
MR. DANIEL F. TREACY, of Davenport &
Treacy, who recently made a short trip among
his customers, reports an excellent business for
February. He speaks well of the trade outlook,
and is of the opinion that it will not be long
before there will be a healthy and staple improve-
ment in business.