The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-02-12
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To al whoGi e may coa3sra:
The fact that Organ and Piano
agents aud tuners oOiulng 70 Our city
Is known, and complaint has been
made by some Of our citizens that /
DO not advertise enough TO let the Peo-
pie know that I eau supply their
wants aud wishes Ia this liue aud di
rectiUn, more satisfactorily than the
-IrangeF. Al-O briug requested TO
,Iate tile Common TACT that inUnsy ~
hot only paid To strangers, hut thrown
awi > l'y engaging them la the Wr"ng
seasun-eithsr extreme e,'ld or warm
EeaIheF-to tune their planus. fnr
cinmOu talk Of SUCH agents aud
tuners is known. ending la slander-
.mg others Ia their line, aud pralsing
themselves, as if they knew all, aud
lie rest knew nothing abOut it. PSO-
pile do not think 10 examine ar take
prUUf OF their talk, but only bnd out
4ner they have been caught, aud
tnsir mOney Is gone, like the man out
It riches. I also stale that my card
Is Ia this paper. in another place, aud
ny stOre aud shop and work can be
kuOwn. The two pipe organs | have
uuilt, one for the Lutheran church
"a this city, aud one for the Prrs6y-
,rrian church Of Manhattan, this
sIate-ars cards for my ability. Be-
sides this, cuuld go back 10 Baltl
more, where Organs we're built under
nlY management, ,frUm i've hundred to
ten thousand dollars. The pianos
aud Organs sold In this city have all
gwen satisfaction, aud wis never QUE
isils 10 pruvs tn be Hs represented
either drsf, second or third class, Il Is
exchanged for new Unes. or ssut back
10 the factory on miy pfOUf, Hud
money h replaced by dollars anu
cents, and for this l have witness
ghere 10 has beeu done. Complaint
uus been made to me, and Hdvice be
iug usked, where Egeuts did not ful
t,l their promise, aud where instru
ntnls uid not give suitsiaeiiun. l lie
clare here, that do not Wsut 10 he
engaged Ia examining instruments
uOught of Others from bogus houses
ald strange agents. / do not Interfere
after yuu have been caught in the
iFap, but u yuu want my advice OOine
beforehand, aud 1 will give Il without
charge ~ = citizen. as a straight aud
approved business man for tile last
five yruTs in this eilg, Rnd ynu eau
bay them wherever yrIu srs best
Other complaints | Will cnrrect, aud
SAY: liza iuner has not suited yOa "a
tuning Nuur piHnD, you must NOT slau
der THE mah by say ing "he ruined iny
yiHnu," or % string broke, ''hr
>piiled my piano." or if the piauO
ites not stay in tune, "he did not
know how 10 tune the piano. The
tuner may be n Nu.l. tip-tup uan and
all lhis may happen, brCuu-e it Is la
the material. But there are certainly
men who are new iu the buUiness.
aid their practical ability 10 small
aud they experiment, Ike q young
doctor, uu your piano. Others tune
y,'ur organ aud charge you n large
price. 1 call Euch work "Uieaniug
uut the dust" which you cOuid dn
yourself, aud penpis have had 10 pay
me theu Go ia the work right. All
this OUT citizens could avoid, by get
iiug advice beforehand. ! aIn : per-
inuuent citizen u this city. will
not can sass your hOin and bother
yuu as others do I clos tnis letter,
Ihiuking I have done my 4 ity 10 the
public by writing this uOticr. will
ask Kindly for . un are Of wOrk in this
direction. Hnur huiublr frlloW eli.
Ecu, =. MELBEHT, santa Fs ave.