, 1863-11-19
Mrm advertisements.
ROOT e. CADY'S
EPLYT0
STEINWAY & SONS.
Mru, entertainments.



Gentlemen; Ydurs Of tho ID inst. was d1ly re-
ceiged, and ne notice yoa have caused 1t to b
pnbltskcd In this moEntng's cn1oAao TR1HuN1.
passDe IN %Gdsts a y 20 me e
derive from our last-eVideuce ot which, BY the
way, We fail % find in Joor long, laoorod and
threatening epls.le-we proeeed to other points;
In our last that II VIE Intended for We
cannot compliment your sageelty In discovering
that es n PM
sane ~ way asain, We vii 6ess insorm yoa that
this one Is designed for tho same purpose; :. :
Yours of the I'd inst. fs mainly devoted to dis
proving the very thing :hat yoa most satisfactorily
prov. d II you1s Of tue ath UT. In that yon dis
tinetly atal med that yoa transferred the Chicago
reason that We published notice In a journal Of
this city, In which We sad, In view Of the tmprov-
y ses s
Ing that wa had .eeomnenaed other p.anop than
rame letter: " We became hsm]y convinced that
sour heart and good gill was lo9sct IN t:voE ot
9Ra t5at were, and Ed peea for months asoas
fled with your pianos. We admitted aud confirm
ed ali this in ours Of tie 26th nlt, and aatd !:
year to bemore or less dissatisfied with you, your
p'ices and your pianos. and which are well known
to you, entirely recoucile rs to the trans!er.''
Nov you turn tbo1t and Prove apparently to
yonr own satiEfastton at least. that We werc not
It would be absu,d for MS to try to cope with the
logical pIeetIdigitatton that can from aoy given
premises, prove within two weeks both the a1zu1-
atiEe and the negative Of tho same proposition !;
70 We content ourselves With stating the simple
We have never pretended that we were d1asat-
1efled with al the pianos you h5vc selt us within
ths gsSt se9F Far o It. Many Of them wefs
ndyeyt,sing and pushing eteiuway pianos. that
when We first began to tecsive from you occasion.
al INSTRUMENTS that were defective In workman
Ship or Inferior In tone, We regarded them az ex-
cePtoss to the rule and haste1ed to repair defects
With much tho eame feeling that prompted Noah's
sone to walk BACKWARDS e wncn they went to hide
Though we had cause to be displeased with
Jour treatment Of US as youk asents, and with
Da 91 5sses do 9t ta ta
.stest in he ,wofld, "and SO advertised them as
to g. esnd rs mere paaos G This is al tras Il Is
equally true that your pianos, inatead Of improv-
evidence in various Instances, of bsing made Of
Inferior materials, and By inferior wo:kmen. We
etood between our customers and this harm that
tle "best pisnoa II he world 81 not oily pro.
missing to guarantee them satisfaction, but By do
ing It W. 1ePat3sd defects, snd; Il necessary to
own expense, and in every eush instance. since
last april, wo hare poeketad the 1ossss. ard
lH19 VIC El1u CQlLl4na 70 90 Q3Ill our guarantees
| are made good AID when We made complaint to
you, as we did in ours Of September 5th. IN which
VIZ pointed ont the defects OF the piano taken
ey s11 b Ta7 a1
| lguore your last. you eyadcd al obligation to
make good your guaranty to rs, By calling y hin
oIr Partially for yonr Instruments loug withstand
such h6is'ppoIntnents, such losses aud such tseat-
You got the start Of us In informing us that you
had Transferred yOpT agency, before We actually
wIote you that We had arrived At the necessary
d+gEee Of nausea to throw # Up ourselves. Yon
! it, and make the most Of it you can. We have
something to do at once more dtgniaed and more
plSatnh1s thaa bandy eplthsta wfth yon
trG, to one 0: two Of which We must advert.
noe ol Ps 81
being Indebted to us for snch !arga amount, that
could not very well risk the tra2sisr OF agency
bsst "s Yo1 aro sepatea M attoSg r. eh
We ate, in comparison, If you please, weak. but
we arc not so weak. nof gou> 20 strong, that you
Yon Esq: *.ln rreply to Jon dated July i, SO,
VIC offered to forfeit the p:ice Of said piano II the
souna was actually cracked as We know it
It moy interest your customers to know, II they
have net already learned, that your warranted
for five year." means that you only guarantee that
to forfeit the price Of the piano II the sound board
ie actually cracked, only when you positively know
.bat the sound board is rot cracked. The only Oh
lection We see 10 this Kind Of guaranty is that it
PERFECTLY tnsures you against loss. but never does
/ your customela-
aeaf e: sre g @ I've | I'D aeas.
I'VE will give you the style sent o-t. 9Th, price
- at Wholesale. without pay,a:d d immediately.ou
for s., sent to Marc 8 He1tel for collection, ,and
probably already accepted BY you, back here to
as."s. Here was written promise as positive anl
recsll he daft md gtve Us tie piano a. a reuu.
| neratIon for advertising that must iuu1e to the
benefit of yoG1ze}ses ed yG@s }1an agents
5e ~ tse 'e Circumstances wo shall deer The
"amonnt Of The Last piano as M Equivalent fot
."yoa5 late exsensist advertising Of our pianos
"part ard VIC shall therefore not recall ONE dratf.
Yonr d:aft was not recalled and VIC paid 1t at
mst11tg Now gsnte1sn' passug ogss ths IN:
| call the draft p1ore9 Simply this: that you did
rot oar to gre Us the piano to pay for services In
c5 snS ?Rs eoad nos
wew,ots our letter Of tie 2Gth ut to 5ou-yto!ated
1 S asaSgs Ti
irs the Offer by any serse OF honor OF Justice;
Finding that ,ou eaDnot bny 9s. yog bluster aud aud
threaten. i is ~ ia vain You viii find itIus1
In spitc OF your insuierabla conccit, 1t is posi-
bic yon nsy learn that you do not monoPollze al
piaros in Amsrica. and that when your plano
have lost thef- uniform excellence, and other ma
kc1s are taking such rapid strides in the improve
teachers afe Recommending them ii preference t
yours, IT is hardly The thing iof you to pat OF
ars a9a tak ano. whzs must dspsn
qutsh ali expectations Of your ever giving US th'
| promised pisno,,