Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-10
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Mr.. Editor:
In your issue of Tuesday you gave
US very handsome editorial notice in
regard to'a "Cabinet Organ you had
seen at our establishment. Netwith-
standing you explained to the Misses
Lawrence, when presenting their com
municatiou, that the term, Cabinet
Organ" was your oaOn application Of it,
they, with this fact before them, allowed
their article to be published, making very
strong insinuations derogatory to the
character of our house. aaAt
Although all instruments of the char
acter you saw and heard are really "cab-
inets,' containing reed organs, still some
of the manufacturers use q different
name as ''trade mark, in order to bring
them before the public more distinctly,
and also to retain any Improvements
they may make and patent, the improve-
ments being patented under name
such as "Double Bellows, BLOW Pedals"
"Tremolo," &c, DC, but when any of
the above instruments are put up at
"Fairs' in competition, they all come
under the title of cabinet Organs"
without regard to the maker, ard the
premiums awarded 10 the, successful
competitor "for the best Cabinet Organs"
az we have circulars from se1eral different
makers with this heading: aaag9 s5gs
"Gold Medal for the Best Cabinet
Organ" &c.s@s.-@-.
Although this is the case, we do not
call our organs the "Cabinet Organ"
as our extensive advertisement in your
paper plainly shows The term "Ameri-
can Organ" is used in that no less than
ten times, and 60 Cabinet not once
And in Justice to the manufacturers,
Messrs. s. d. & q. w. Smith, of Roston,
we much prefer their being called
4" american Organs" as it applies only
to their instruments; not like the word
Cabinet" which is capable of being
sapplied, according to Webster, to six or
eight different articles ofFsirtue, "beimi-
lar to a piece of furniture called the
" Cabinet Organ" And further, every
instrument made by s. D. Smith Is Bro.
has on the name board, in gold letters,
as. D. & 81. W. Smiths American Or
gan" Just as plain as any other make
is marked. NAs
We consider this the best reed-organ
made, because it 10 perfect in quality of
tone and quantity, much greater in pros
portion to size Of instrument, and the
different instruments represented in the
larger size, are more perfect than any
other Cabinet Organ"
We were offered the "Mason & Ham
lin agency, and preferred the Ameri-
can Organ"
The parties so ungenerously accusing
us of falsely representing cur instru-
ments being ladies, shall deal as fairly
| with them az the circumstances will war
rant. Nor will / tire the reader with
any description of the American Or
gan" but merely refer to our ADVERTISE
ment, which is very perfect circular of
the instrument we represent.
We do not, nor did We ever, attempt
! to "palm off an inferior or better in
strument for Mason & Hamlin." We
are proud to say we are the only agents
in this vicinity foe s. d. & II. W. Smith
"Amsrican Organ" which is the best,
| zoe think, and most Poacerful reed instru
| ment or organ now made.
Il am sorry we had to take so much
room in the JOURNAL, but in Justice to
ourselves 1t was necessary to set us
right before the public.
0ss asfa se @. W. WARREN,
Of Warren d Conyngton.