, 1876-07-05
How He Has Demolished shylook Prices,
and Placed Good Pianos Within
the Beach Of Everybody.
/ Manufacturer Who Laughs al International
Jurlss, and Snaps ills Fingers at
Competition.
The Largest Piano-Making Establish
ment in the World.

imaginary, merits Of these Instruments has been
In prolonged and uneasy session l,cro Mt tho E1-
position. The Jurors have been doggcl and
hunted to their homes by fierce claimants for
the dubious honors Of 'rncdals" aud "dIplo-
lnas" The h.gh-tariH makers rage, and their
sulastcd lntnions imagtno vain things. Every
manufacturer who sells pianos for double their
real value
DANCES IN AGONY
lest he may be left out In the cold, for be real
tzcs full we'll how necessary tu tho maintenance
Of his as,suri prices arc tho fictitious uids Of
"honorary mention" :" "lcadlng premiums" )" ct1.
To m unbiased looker-on the antics OF this
cai,a1 Of extorttonlsts ts whimsical, md q fne
ant!lotc for dog4lny weather. Cool and re-
frcshtng, IN contrast, Is the calm position and
piano tradc While others fumc, he smiles.
While others stay awake nights, groasing III
spirit and wondering how they tan wind an extra
enil around so1no poor juror, ho sleeps the
sleep Of tie just
sgnESE AND uNApr1toAcrAnLE
from the altitude where he lias PLACED himself
III the largest manufacturer Of pianos In tho
world, Mr. Joseph 7. Hale, Of New York, views
calm Indifference noble Newfoundland main.
tains when looking at the quarre1s Of pack Of
vicious but harmless terriers.
This man, who hns conducted grandly-Grow-
luE U4AluEH4 kCE UFc1 SL1LctH YElFHt WILD llA8
completed three Of tho largest plano factorics In
existence, and who makes tnoru pianos every day
than al t!ls other combined, would
not even belittle h!s hcEgnlcan trndc BY exhibit
@ 1 Ct ts GsnteHa Will s T ws.S sc Ss %
partmcnt Of the Exposition talruess was likely
10 prevail, and the laws Of honorable rivalry be
maintained, IN the plano exhibit this ordcr OF
things was irnFnsshle., The rulcof barter, in
makers ot every Worlds Fair held for ycars,
Tns aecn to be
In SHAMELESS nLAsr. ...
It was essential fur GrIns Gsking Shylock
prices for theIr Instruments to strain every
nerve to win some temporary notorlety, and ut
least one combination beEnn working In UNDER
handed faahfon for Centennial distinction many
months before the opening Of tho display at
and unclaritablcnczs iii. Halc held selu1ously
aloof. While tho men whose business It Is to
keep up the prfce. OF plnnoa have found It to
thefr delight tt bark and bite, liz has bocn con-
tent to bold straight on In his pleasant and prae-
ery working day fn tho week h0s bccn good
etsougl, comfort for him.
know Whereof | write Familiar. for some
time with tie fact that Id Mr.. Halo tho United
States possessed tslc most extensive 1Ennufae-
turcr of pianos IN the world, and becoming
WcaEted with the eternal c1ash Of the Centennial
piano wa1, sought relief oslc day last week BY
RUN IT. TO NEW YORK.
Tiirty.afth straet showed at ieast' II Tint QUO QUO
a to p Il trs aus VS. %n0 fs dss ipos
Ing structure, with It's eight deep stories and It's
pioy1ncnt to iuritr Guntlral aorinen, was buzz
Ing like n Titanic beehive. Il wns evident thnt-
tlcapltn tug hard times, the American people
will have their musical enjoyment when Il Is
scFyod up to them ct rntlnnal prices.
of any manufactoFy is wlat tcijs tho story Of
WtHnI business, Guxis are frequently ,i,ado
simply to keep IN establishment r1nuine, and
in or,ier not tn tose tha workmrn. Rnt nnthIr,t-
III tbis haf.hcnrfcti wnv nj iofnr th]nTa n}tai,,R
III the Hale tpanufactortcs, His pinnos 70 out
o. lust rs completed to every nook and corner
uf tic lanil, to make perr1,a,cntiy happy tic
homes to which they aro introduced ): Is push
and to clsvats the loyp Of tnuslc Iu every State
us,i Territory.
In tic packing department of Ualc,s ynst fac
tory there Is 4 .lcyer-endinE rat,Iinr Of ham.
mcTs. / saw tint for eycry iaif.hoiir of The
tlay d new pinun was boxeal and forwnrlt11 to
6oi,,u nrcnry. peor nr rri1l,te. Every thirty
minutes tllr1ucI, The day ths Cocg IN. and thu
crn iii nJa,,ns ore ti,rnci mt of the Iia1e esta
lisi,ncnt every wsck In lilo year. TIN TnfnnNp
rajers ran nt,w utnfrrstan;i the ncrtfurnry nf
,ny assertion that Joseph T. Iiate makes more
ronihipc1. IL, tuueh for ancrrv and hlyh ht,s}.
mss ri,Srnr+nr. "a n,,rh foT ynIhrrtn1 st"a,i.
Justly to lis original itira that nianos ahnuil
never lN solfl nj fancy nrtccs ni,v mora than
bread md butter. F' ' ''''s ''''N
Az To tha nI,nitv of the Un,c nt,nos. H. Ae-n,a
har1iiy renulsita f1r md to srSaE '' ~ e11t'
T,vr,s q IN
IN ront1npn,s admiral ,,snro fnFoJl narts of thc
.st,trv nrc so ,nsnv vaiccs n 1cla1f .f
the sw;etness ri tina tnrahilttv ~ nct;nn' .o,1
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namna orc .tatn~'Iahci " thcir rtchn"s. md
stinr nuoitv ~ tnn, ri Th.v ~, hanSs,nsSv ue
imi.l,.sl With wish},, and without NJ Ifais IL =
nractfroV nton1.tnnbcr t,imsclf and .,,vas cio.o
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