Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-01
L. X. HAMMER,
| Pacific Coast General Manager for Chick.
ertns Pianos and wilcox and
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Since 1864 Mr.. Hammer has been the
sole representative on the Pacific coast of
the Chickering piano, so justly celebrated
all over the world. The house of Messrs.
Chickering & Sons is the largest in the
world and the oldest in America, being es-
tablished in the year 1928, and since that
time over 5000 pianos have been manu-
featured and sold by them. Messrs. Chick
ering & Sons have always been prompt to
adopt any new Improvement in pianos for
their construction, and it is worthy of note
that all the vital points of improvement in
all pianos now made in America were first
introduced by Chickering & Sons and SUBJ
sequently copied or initiated by all other
makers in the country without exception.
Especial mention should be made of the
latest improvement invented and patented
by Messrs. Chickering & Sons-the great
est Improvement in this country-viz the
metallic action in upright pianos. The
worst enemy the manufacturer OF upright
pianos has to contend with is dampness
All the devices employed by the various
makers of the world to overcome or neu-
tralize its baneful effect have been vain.
1t has been the good fortune of Messrs.
Chickering & Sons, after long experiment,
to solve this enigma by substituting metal
for wood in all portions of the action
wherever two parts come together at
common center, so that at such centers
there can be no unequal expansion or con-
traction, as is the case where such parts
are made of wood. This is the only action
in the world that is insensible to atmos-
pheric change. Mr.. Hammer offers
these instruments at the lowest posi-
BILE rates, and cordially invites the public
to call and examine the patent metallic ac-
ton of the upright pianos. He challenges
the production of Chickering piano that
fails to perform all that the manufacturers
claim for it. MIR. Hammer has been ambi-
tious to secure the best cabinet organ on
this coast which could creditably be put
by the side of the Chickering piano. He
has the agency of the Wilcox & White or
gan, manufactured at Meriden, Conn,
which can Justly claim the superiority to
other organs that the Chickering piano
does to other pianos. The greatest advan-
tage these organs have over those of other
makers is their wonderful tone. The tone
is perfectly pure and sweet, yet the power
is in no way sacrificed. 1t has that SYM
pathetic quality which makes it such
valuable adjunct to vocal music, blending
tremendously with the voice and yet,
when needed, is brilliant iu the extreme.
A very prominent feature of these organs
is their beautiful exterior. Every desirable
style will be found among them, from the
neat and transformations case for the school
room or chapel to those most exquisitely
beautiful, designed for the drawing. room.
The vast number of these instruments
placed in use by Mr.. Hammer fully demon
strate their superiority, and the demand
for them is annually increasing at
wonderfully enormous rate. Mr.. Hammer
is also wholesale and retail dealer in all
kinds of musical instruments, sheet music,
books and musical merchandise. He is
sole agent on this coast for the celebrated
Litolff edition of classic and modern music,
newly revised and fingered by the most
prominent teachers of Germany. This
edition is used in the Conservatives of all
countries, and is unrivaled for correctness,
beauty and cheapness, costing less than
half the usual price of sheet music.
Mr.. Hammer will gladly furnish cata.
logues, price-lists and any information to
any one upon application in person or by
letter to his establishment, No. $50 j
street, Sacramento.