Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-06-09

ment. lhere were from ninety to one hundred workmen employed in various rooms throughout the building. Everything went on like clock work. As III the great watch making concerns of Europe, where men are kept constantly employed making the most tr'vial portions of machinery required to complete,t the combinations of time piece. so here can De seen skllltul mechanics, artisans, etc., ex- tending to twelve or fifteen distinct branches mould ing, outworklng and combining all the required parts of piano. They pass in regular gradation from shop to shop and room to room, until the ele Sant instrument Is seen complete, beautiful and heard aiscourslng melodious music. Enterprise, thrift, industry, activity and palpable evidences of extensive, heartfelt substantial business are ap parent III all parts of the building
 Converslng with the proprietors. Mir. William hnape who has been worthy resident of our city Tor nearly thrty years, knowing him personalI my self more than half that time, and his son Ernest partner, discovered the secret of their deserved success. First of all, they were careful to produce good article, fully worth the price asked, and equal to the recommendations givenit They never intentionally deceived their customers and bv this means gained confidence and reliable name.- l lhere are however, many good things, which, when ready TOT market, cannot be easily disposed off, ne secret, therefore, is find and secure custo- mers. Looking over the Picayune and other pro- mnent southern papers, find this firm advertises HDerally Nor this alone, but they make them
 
 ot country, securing confidence, establishing agen cles and offering such inducements as cannot fail to attract reciprocal attention and interests Whilst many others of our merchants and manu- lecturers are inactive and disposed to complain be- cause southern men do not came and deal with them | rather than go Dorth these sagacious gentlemen are willing to meet half way, perform a part them selves, and through this means have gained an in valuable reputation and custom throughout the en- tire south. Herein exists the true secret of secur- ing southern or any other kind of trade to Balt- more. We must ourselves be liberal, and manifest a reciprocal spirit of accommodation.
 Messrs. knabe Co. have another extensive fac tory the suburbs of our city, where the ncipient and rougher branches of their work are executed. In this they employ about one hundred operatives, and altogether, including both establishments near ly or quite three hundred. Their pianos of the | square, upright and grand ranging in price from two hundred and fifty up to one thousand dollars. As to tone, finish, durability, ease of touch and volume of sound, they are difficult to equal and seldom ever surpassed. I'halberg and many of the great professors when here giving concerts, to my own knowledge, have selected them to perform n. In word, these manufacturers stand deservedly ' high, and from the reputation they have acquired 1 here, with their known enterprise and proper ap- precaton of the value of southern trade, it IS not surprising that the Knabe X Co. piano has found it's way so extensively into the south--is there seen so frequently, and heard pleasantly so often. Ii merchants generally emulated their example, we | would have fewer complaints to make, or asIonsh- ments to express, at the tardiness of southern trade seeking Baltimore rather then New York, or other northern cities. J. w. | Since the above was written Messrs. Knabe Co have greatly improved their establishment, adding ! to it capacious sale and show room, which is now filled with instruments of the finest quality. They still contemplate further mprov ements, required keep pace with their increasing trade.
 Their advertisement may be found in another | column.