Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-05
THE MATHUSHEK PIANO.
A CARD FROM MIR. J-F. COOPER.

StOMETIME AGO MRS. A. a. STEWART GOT
- Mathushek piano of me, bat owing o her
temporary departure il being Quie new, il was
returned 10 ME and added 10 my renting stock
here in Sacramento. gave her due bill for
what was paid. to extend one year, to apply
again on another piano when she should returns
She stated then as well as now that she liked
the Mathushek piano better than any other.
But certain parties have been stating repeatedly
in substance, nearly as follows: That she got
behind one month and also that took the pi-
ano and sold 1t at an advance to music teacher
at Woodland, where she and her son il af-
forwards and identified it by her sons name be-
ing written upon it.. Two objects are evidently
sought to be gained Icy this false statement
Here is Mrs Stewards statement, which she has
signed and given 10 me:
MIR. Cooper kindly gave me due bill for
what was paid. Neither my son nor myself
were ever in Woodland. nor do we know new,
nor have we ever known where that especial
piano is. Mrs. \. \. STEWART
Not being able to find any fault with the
Mathushek piano, they next assault the agent
with lying reports and unjust assertions. which
he heretofore has considered too contemplate
10 take any notice of. bUi his silence for years
has created such uycrbOlincss till silence has
ceased to be a virtue
have the written testimonials of many of
our best music teachers and their reasons for
changing OIL their pianos and purchasing the
MathuShck pianos in preference to any other
Among many reasons given Is it, extraordinary
full rich tone and fine touch, and requiring but
one-iourth the tuning of any other piano, owing
10 the tuning pins i'll the MathuShek being
pushed mo solid iron. In all OthcrpianOS, even
those having iron pistes, the tuning pins are
merely driven into Il wooden plank, which at
every change of the weather will shrink or
swell, thus getting all such pianos out of order
ana time. This patented method is owned and
controlled by the Mathushek Piano Company
exclusively. This prevents the piano from ever
getting unpanny, which becomes so unbcarable
eventually III pianos without this improvement.
The Il. Joseph Convent, where Il large mum
Der OF these pianos have had extraordinary use
for years, for this reason these pianos eNclu
| sively; also Perry's Seminary. notwithstanding
a false report that they had sent all these pi-
amos out OF the school" All our first class no
tells in Sacramento have the MathuShek pianos
some OF them used Tor fourteen years and they
are, even with ali the abuse pianos get i'll such
| public places as good as ever The Grand, the
| Orleans, the Arcade, the Western the Golden
! Eagle, the International, the State House. The
| hrst three are closed, but their Mathushek pi-
amos brought nearly the original cost at auction
| after eight TO ten years OF use. Look out for
| those who Will Keep Mathushek piano pur-
posely out of tune in their stores for the purpose
| OF showing of their almost worthless pianos by
contrast ms is TACT and i'll lieu of a Ma
| thushek they have sometimes had some old
| worthless piano of another make. saying, " now
| we Will show you how a MathuShek sounds -
| and other as equally contemplate tricks, and
| falling III this my personal character has been
| repeatedly assaulted with contemplate lies till
! many lmsSlne they are true, not perceiving the
| underlying business cause and object OF such
!
! sale OF as excellent piano the Mathushek,
| This has especially been the case in musical
| circles. When was President of the since mis-
| managed and dcfunCt Philharmonic Society,
| whose members were so nsidously worked
! upon that both my wife and myself withdrew,
| emissaries crept into the society who had no
| knowledge of music for no other purpose al
| though / had raised hundreds of dollars BY in
diyidual personal effort for the society, and il
| was hourishing 1t was but few months after
we Withdrew that the society got into debt. and
after Wrangling awhile ceased to exist. When
| such underhanded means have been TeSOrted tC
| for years past, and lies have been poured into
| ears of newcomers, till oft-repeGted lies seem
| crystaliZed into fact and uttered uucousciOusly
by innocent parties, ii is high time that
stopped to make a defense. not only for the ri
| anO represent, but my personal welfare in my
| home, church and society ! do not claim per
! lection by any means, but hold and can prove
that nave been unmercifuily lied about for
years, and especially lately. owing To the large
| sales lately made of the MathuShek piano To
music teachers and influential citizens in which
| case many of the pianos represented by other
| dealers have been taken in exchange. | eau
| ton the public against certain ones now going
| from door to door soliciting for pianos who are
uttering the lies first mentioned, thereby trying
10 lnJure me and my piano, to the delight OF
their employers, who evidently approve their
| course. also have statements signed by Other
parties, of whom similar staten ents are as ac
lively circulated as the first, but space does not
permit. Among them Mrs. NJ. f. Brown, Geo
| W. Olmstead and others, whose names can use
| if absolutely necessary to rcfute lying ISLANDERS
| hope to be able to continue selling the Ma
| thushek piano for awhile yet in Sacramento
| where have grown up and lived for thirty two
| years. and never was Slandered until l went
| into the piano business.
| For further particulars, call at John F. Coop.
ers Music Store, 527 street, just below Sixth
| where q large stock of the Mathushek pianos
can be seen and heard. will close by saying
! to the public, Yours very Sespectfully,
| au5-1t& JOHN +. COOPER.