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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
OCTOHER 22, 1921
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further comment
Is there a
Hardman Dealer
in your town?
An agency for the Hardman Line of
pianos and player-pianos is a valuable business
franchise. Something to be sought after, which
it is; an asset to be jealously safeguarded like
any other dividend-paying investment.
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To our Dealers, it will always be much
more important that these things are so, rather
than why. Yet we have often heard it argued
as to what constituted the strength of the
Hardman appeal to the general music-loving
public of America.
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Mr. Caruso at the Hitrdman IMuno
Metropolitan Opera House,
New York, April 15th, 1918.
Messrs. Hardman, Peck & Co.,
433 Fifth Avenue,
New York.
Dear Sirs:
There are three convincing points of superiority in
the Hardman, which, in my judgment, make it best for vocal use
These are resonance, or fulness of tone, sympathetic quality,
and last, but practically very important, power of standing in
tune under adverse conditions.
The Hardman remains in tune equally through its
entire compass, and like a good friend, can always be depended
upon. The sympathetic quality of tone existing in the Hardman,
combined with the resonance and this remarkable power of
standing in tune, give it, in my judgment, first place, and
I, therefore, always find a delight in using it.
Wherever I have sung in my travels throughout the
United States, the Hardman Pianos which have stood ready for
my use in the hotels or concert halls where I have been, were
always found to be in perfect condition and, consequently, it
has been a great satisfaction to me to use them under all
circumstances.
Believe me, with best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Some will have it that the recognition con-
ferred by the Metropolitan Opera House in
making the Hardman its official piano is re-
sponsible; others insist that the endorsement of
such world-famous artists as the late Enrico
Caruso, as well as Barrientos, DeLuca, Florence
Easton, Amato, Tetrazzini, Destinn and Gigli
made the Hardman's fame.
Still others contend that the Hardman's
eighty-year record for tonal superiority, de-
pendability and durability is self-made.
A
matter of performance, of which there is both
common knowledge and appreciation.
We prefer to rest our case on the assump-
tion that so long as all these things are so. it is
inconceivable that any one should elect to
represent any line of pianos and player-pianos
less distinguished, less well known, and less in
demand than the Hardman Line, which, as
everyone knows, is a complete line in itself.
There are a number of towns where
we have not as yet completed ar-
rangements .or high-class, capable
representation. If your town is one
of these, we invite correspondence
on the subject.
HARDMAN, PECK & CO.
Eighty Years of Fine Piano-making
433 Fifth Avenue
NEW YORK