Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-01

Music Dealer and General Manager for
Chickering Pianos and Wilcox & White
Organs, $50 j Street

Since 1864 Mr.. Hammer has been the
sole representative of the Chickering piano.
so justly celebrated all over the world.
The house of Chickering K Sons is the
largest in the world and the oldest in
America, being established in the year
1928 and since that time over 70, 600 pianos
have been manufactured and sold by them.
Chickering d Sons have always been
prompt to adopt any new improvement in
pianos for their construction, and ii is
worthy of note that all the vital points
of Improvement in all pianos now
made in America were first intro
duced by Chickering q Sons, and
subsequently inflated by all other
makers in the country. Especial mention
should be made of the latest Improvement
invented and patented by Chickering IL
Sons-the greatest improvement in this
country-viz the metallic action IN upright
pianos. The worst enemy manufacturers
of upright pianos have TO contend with is
dampness. All the devices employed by
the various makers in the world to over
come or neutralize its baneful effect have
been vain. 1t has been the good fortune of
ChickeriDg Il Sons, after long experiment
to solve this enigma by substituting metal
for wood in all important portions of the
action wherever two parts come together at
q common center, so that at such centers
there can. be no unequal expansion or
contraction, as is the case where such parts
are made of wood. Mr.. Hammer offers
these instruments at very low rates and in
vites the public to call and examine the
patent metallic action of the upright
pianos. He challenges the production of a
Chickering piano that fails to perform all
that the manufacturer claims for it. Mr.
IL =, Oh,
gan on this coast, which could Teditablv
be put by the side of the Chickering piano
He has the agency of the Wilcox & White
Organ manufactured at Meridian, Conn.
which can justly claim the superiority
to other organs that the Chickering
does to other pianos. The greatest advant-
age these organs have over those of other
makers is their wonderful tone The tone
is particularly pure and sweet. yet the power
is in no way sacrificed 1t has that sympa-
thetic quality which makes it such a valu-
able adjunct to vocal music, blending har-
moniously with the voice and yet when
needed, is brilliant in 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 unostentatiOus case for the school
room or chapel to those most exquisitely
designed for the drawingrOom. The vast
number of these instruments placed in use
by Mr.. Hammer, fully demonstrates their
superiority, and the demand for them is an
nually increasing at wonderfully enorm-
Gus rate Mr.. Hammer is also wholesale
and retail dealer in all kinds of musical in
struments, sheet music, books and must
cal merchandise, of which he carries a COM
plete stock. The entire business of this
establishment is under the management of
Mr. l.. NJ Hammer Catalogues, price-lists
and any information will be given upon
application, by mail or in person, at his es
Enlistment $40 J street.