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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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can have the music in front of him and manipulate
the sustaining lever (or "loud" lever as it is prob-
ably and sadly called), so as to produce the effect
desired by the composer. Most modern artistic
music is annotated for pedal. And the results of a
little careful listening will be such as to make the
player pianist wary of how he carelessly treads'
down the beauty which will thus be revealed.
Without the damper raising device the piano
would be merely a hard glitter of sharp staccato
tone, without singing or sustaining quality. With
the judicious employment of the pedal, however,
the player pianist is able to do what any other
pianist can do, namely, make the piano the soulful
singing thing it ought to be. He gives it a voice
where before it had but a shriek. He makes it
sing where before it only banged. And he does all
this by carefully studying the use of the sustaining
pedal, bearing always in mind that it is the voice
of the piano, that it alters, colors and enriches the
tone, that it must not be blurred with conflicting
harmonies, and that it can be easily mastered by
anybody who will use his sense of hearing.
One more point. The hand-played rolls now
so common usually have sustaining pedal slots cut
in them which indicate the artist's sustaining pedal
manipulation and can be used when a player-piano
has, as most now have, a damper raising pneumatic
operated by the slot. By studying in this way
right with the roll, the pedal work of an artist and
listening carefully, one can soon gain taste and
sanity in treatment of this vital part of the piano's
tonal apparatus.
The sustaining device is the soul of the piano,
and it reveals itself to those who listen for it.
A. B. CHASE PIANOS IN FINE HOMES.
Convincing Evidence of the Esteem in Which
These Instruments, as Well as A. B. Chase
Artistanos, Are Held by Prominent People.
A Western dealer in conversation with The Re-
view recently characterized the A. B. Chase "The
aristocrat of pianos," and this is very happily borne
out in the remarkable volume recently issued by
the A. B. Chase Co., Norwalk, 0., entitled "The
A'. B. Chase Pianos in Fine Homes." A perusal
of this volume with its more than a hundred illus-
trations showing the interiors and exteriors of
palatial homes testify to the fact that some of
the most prominent people in the United States are
owners of A. B. Chase pianos or Aristanos.
In another part of The Review appears illus-
trations of the beautiful residence of Geo. Hagel-
stein, of San Antonio, Tex., showing an
Artistano player grand in his music room. Mr.
Hagelstein is the owner of Los Angeles Heights
and Los Angeles Terrace, both of which arc fash-
ionable residence sections in that city. .
Since this volume was sent out the A. B. Chase
Co. has received photographs of some prominent
Chicago purchasers of A'. B. Chase pianos and
Artistanos, including the homes of John T. Shedd,
president of Marshall Field & Co.; Julius Rosen-
wald, president of Sears, Roebuck & Co.; James
Keely, owner of the Chicago Record-Herald;
George Lytton, owner of the Hub Store, as well
as views of Lincoln High School and the Carter-
Harrison Technical School, the latter covering an
entire block—a most beautiful building. All of
these homes and institutions have been supplied
with A. B. Chase instruments through the Chicago
representatives, Grosvsnor, Lapham & Co.
The year now closing- has been one of the most
successful in the history of the A. B. Chase Co.
It has marked a larger appreciation of the merits
of their magnificent grand and upright pianos and
Artistano player-pianos on the part of discrim-
inating purchasers throughout America.
Dealers who handle the A. B. Chase line are as
enthusiastic as the purchasers regarding these in-
struments, because they have in every case proven
to be business promoters. The sale of an A. B.
Chase piano to a family is invari-ably followed by
others, thus demonstrating how the musical and
constructive qualities of these instruments act as
a stimulator of new business.
VALUE-PROVEN
Style 10—Player-Piano
PROFIT-PROVEN
Not only this Model 10 Straube
player, but every player and every
upright in the Straube catalog.
The Straube line is
THE
LINE
FOR
DEALERS
And we can prove it to you best by
shipping you a sample instrument.
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