The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-20
MUSIC,
1.-THE FIRST BORN MAID or HEAVEN. "
HER HEADQUARTERS IN THIS CITY.
The Largest Piano, Organ and Musical In
strument Firm Not Only in Texas.
Hut in the South. Is Messrs.
0oEgan q Bros.

Clergymen complain that marriage fees are
not as heavy as they once were. This may be
true, but clergymen should remember that
they don't succeed in tying the knot as firmly
as formerly. The married couple. in many
instances, dent stay cited" The matri.
monial harness is nearly all strap. with very
little buckle. After the knot is tied, how
ever, very great factor for insuring peace
full married life, and something which is con-
dueive to smooth marital sailing is music in
the house. Not only that kind Of music which
issues from the cradle Of hungry or petulant
childhood, nor that which leaps and echoes
from the gambols and gladnsss Of youth, but
instrumental music to accompany these
something which, besides being an accom-
Plshment and grace, bids care be gone to
the "demnition bow-wows," ligh,ens our
daily burdens and cheers, consoles and even
strengthens all who fall under the sweet sway
OF divine harmony. An appreciation Of music
is an evidence Of character, for has not the
greatest Of all earth's dramatists said that he
who is not moved by the concord Of sweet
sounds
SIS ne for treasons, strataEems and spells,
Let no such man be trusted"
II 1t bea safe criterion to judge the char
acter Of our San Antonio people by their
fondness for music then they must stand pre-
eminently respectable, since from the begin
ming Of last October Thomas Goggan & Bros.
have disposed Of "a Emerson pianos. This
hrm, doing business in the musical instru-
ment line at No. ago Commerce street, merit
more than passing review from our pencil,
since, though doing large and daily increas.
ing business here, they have State reputation
in this trade acquired years ago.
Messrs. Thomas Goggan & Bros. COM
menced their career in this line ~ years ago
in Galveston. Year by year they grew into
the confidence and esteem Of the people Of
that city and this State and they may now be
safely said to have anchored thereon. To-
day they are not only doing the largest bust
ness in Texas, but more than any firm in the
South. This is confirmed by dealers them
selves, who are posted on the trade carried on
in the largest music houses in New Orleans
and have made the comparison. Astonished
and encouraged at the marvellous growth Of
San Antonio they established branch here,
possessing all the facilities and capacities Of
the parent house for doing an extensive trade.
This is under the supervision and management
of Mr.. Michael Goggan, one Of the Galveston
hrm. Of which he Is still a member. He has
taken up his residence here, has brought his
family here, has made II his home and has
come to permanently remain. The firm re-
qured no formal introduction to our people
here, for there are scores Of pianos and organs
and reams Of sheet music as well, now in San
Antonio purchased in Galveston from them
during the past 10 years.
They are the sole agents for the Emersoa
plano and the Steinway for the State ofTexas,
unquestionably the best pianos made, excellinR
all others in style OF workmanship as we'll as
in clearnsss and beauty Of tone, durability,
etc. They can be had in new and beautiful
styles, upright, square and grand in fancy
cases or rosewood, French walnut, mahogany
or ebony. Every instrument is guaranteed
and terms Of payment made so easy that
the piano has ceased now to be the costly in
strument II was formerly, when n small for
tune Of cash down was exacted for its posses
sion and pleasant companionship.
In the way Of organs, all first class makes
are carried, though specially is made Of the
Goggan organ, manufactured by them in Phil
adelphia, and exclusively for a Southern eli
mate. They are elegantly cased, warranted
for hive years and made in two different styles.
One, accompanied by stool and music book,
is shipped free to any place in the State for
SIS. the other for SOS.
Any Of these instruments, pianos or organs
can be purchased at cheaper rates for cash
than even the stenciled goods of gaudy ex-
terror but Of asthmatic, tin-plated bowels,
which are found on the market and have no
reputation or endorsement to lose. AT the
same time, parties desiring to buy on INSTALL
ments can ask no more accommodating terms
than this firm extends-that Of only paying
$Io monthly on the instrument chosen.
Being the sole importers in the South
OF musical instruments, their large
and varied stock of violins.
bass viols, flutes, brass instruments,
guitars, banjos, accordeons, music boxes,
etc., are necessarily the best that can be
found on the Continental market Their
strings arc of the finest Naples variety and
sold as cheap as those of inferior fabric.
Besides being manufacturers this firm are
also publishers OF sheet music in Philadelphia.
They own their own plates, and are protected
BY their own copyright in the publication Of
the vast number Of pieces of music issued by
them. They carry also everything desirable
in this line, published by other leading houses
in the East and in Europe, handling particu-