The Red Cloud chief., 1878-01-10

The experience 81 a country dealer " no ron
sld"r-d ch-apn--s befor- quality. tends To show
The estimation m which SINE manufacturer.
bold their moral obligations Ia the public.
Thinking that perhaps the introduction 81 III
ano. into his stock and trade would im,arf "a
him a greater air Of -olidify than his corny.i-
itors could attain, the countryman dropped
doWn 10 New York, and. after going through
the horror and smazeInent e~ngender-d by the
price lists 81 respectable manufacturers. hs
dropped down the scale, until he found some
thing to suit his ideas of value. and without
stopping 10 regard the interests Of his pros
I~~ctive customers. he bought q gross or two.
Great was the gossip that flooded the town.
and profigious the respect In which the daring
dealer was held. Rivals grew green and sick
with jealousy, and his stock was evidently on
the rise. But In . short time trouble assumed
the throne In the old mans mind. Purchasers
trooped In daily. each claiming some new de-
feet FOR his piano, and demanding. without
much particular stress upon the poiiteness Of
the method, that the affair be ..ixedh straight
way or the money refunded instanter. II be-
gan TO grow warm, and finally the counfryman
concluded % find the man h had imposed
on him, and learn his reasons for IL. He visit
ed New York again, and observed TO the man.
facturer that his pianos had not given satisfac-
ton. Pianos! nv dear sir" exclaimed the
worthy head or q large concern, ''pisnOs! /
didn't sell YOU any pianos; you didn't pay me
Tor pianos; l only sold you . wooden box, with
some things in it,"
Made, nv dear sir, made to SELL il . mot
u that might be well painted across many .
musical intrument that is foisted ON the pub
he In this generation. getting money honestly
II you can, but getting it," And II II little to
be wondered that the man who comes forward
with his honest money should look scrutinix-
ingly and suspiciously upon the various on
springs of gilt edged frauds that surround
him and clamor from every side for his aften-
Il ton pPrhay,s in no branch nf husips.Gl has
this canker eaten more deeply than In the
manufacture and sale Of pianOs-not that q
fraud IL intended bv all, but because of imper-
~fections which exist, though latent. and which
the dealer fails tn recognize because he knows
of no remedy. There are hundreds Of pianos
In the market to day, pure and sweet in tone,
and appealing strongly 10 lovers Of music.
which a wear from TO-DAY will lie apathetic IN
der the touch Of the player. depressed. wretch
ed wrecks az what they were. The fault Is in
the system Of construction. and one can readily
see wherein an instrument perfect in its make.
tested for years. and perfect still, presents at
fractions beyond all others.
For years and wears the manufacturers have
adhered Ia old traditions i'm the details Of
their instruments. The curved bridge. the
parallel strings, the fitting OF tuning KEYS,
have been the same for nearly half a century,
and though experiments have been numerous
in efforts To improve the system. they have all
failed, except those Of M~athushek, the Ger
man workman who solved the problem
end gave the world the only piano approaching
perfection. He saw that the curved bridge
and the arrangement Of the strings produced
unequal tension bringing the strain upon Ger
tain parts. breaking the plate and running
the sounding board. He introduced a linear
bridge, carried his strings so as To distribute
the tension, added three cross bars 10 the iron
frame, and found that he had not only secured
strength hut greater purity of tone. longer
Str1npS- htIf had imnynve1 rho Vibration and
had constructed an almost perfect piano. The
only Improvement left was the tuning pins.
They passed through the plate into the wrest
plank, and by the tension upon them soOn be
came loosened and valuless for their purpose.
A pushing was introduced into the plate, and
the pin passing through it is held with a grasp
like a wise. The result is a model piano. rich
and durable, strong and with a tone unparal-
leled by any other manufactures. The world
has recognized its excellence and accepted it.
and the Mathushek instrument stands TO-DAY
the foremost Of pianos. Pelton Il Pomeroy,
sole Agents, l52. State Street, Chicago.
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