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VOL. LXXIII. No. 20.
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman BUI, Inc., at 373 Fourth Ave., New York. Nov. 12, 1921
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NOTABLE. AWARDS AND HONORS
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HE Schomacker Pianos have been exhibited at
all of the principal competitive exhibitions in
America since 1845, and have never yet failed
to receive the highest possible award.
THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, 1845
Silver Medal for "Best Piano" — <>ne of the earliest awards
on record to an American piano.
Another Silver Medal in 1858 for "Grand Piano."
It will surprise most people to know that there was a special
competitive exhibition of Grand pianos so early as 1858.
Also a special Gold Medal in 1874.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE, NEW YORK, 1848
Awarded First Prize, a Silver Medal, in competition with the
best American pianos.
MARYLAND INSTITUTE, BALTIMORE, 1848
Awarded First Prize, a Silver Medal, at the first exhibition
ever held in Baltimore, whose award was eagerly sought by
many exhibitors.
CRYSTAL PALACE INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION, 1853
The Great Gold Medal—the highest award of America's first
World's Fair—in competition with more than one hundred
American and European manufacturers.
CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876
At Philadelphia, bestowed the highest honors ever awarded
to any piano manufacturer for "Best Grand, Square and Up-
right Pianos " in competition with all of the world's best pianos.
WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, 1893
In Chicago. Awarded the highest honors in the most bitterly
contested competitive exhibition ever held in America, in which
all the great pianos of the world were involved.
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