The Grenada gazette., 1888-02-04
CONCERNING PIANOS


CONCERNING PIANOS
As "r Two Popular Tricks " the Me-
sirai hssteusnost Trade.
Al ieast once 10 the course of every
mAn's life he feels called upon to can.
vass the matter Of buying musical
insrrmenL The city man is naturally
inclined to the piano. the country man
Is divided between the piano and the
or-an, and the organ usually wins on
Asepant Of lis lower price. lts:ss
moi follow that every man confronseS
By 'ho problem solves it by making a
purchase, bat great many OF them
do. and OF these the majority are sore
y pazzled as to what piano they ought
10 buy and how much they ought to
pay for it. suppose my advice has
been asked on this matter more times
than I have been asked to lend dol.
hr ill Saturday 1t has always been
harder TO give the advice satisfactory
~ thar to raise the dollar 'sThere
are tricks in every trade but ours" Is
= favcri.e provcrb among gamblers.
As.d the tricks of the plano trade are
nsnerous and difficult to fathom.
Ope OF them is interesting as it
esuserns the public performances OF
grsa, players. Who has not been
struck with the broadcast advertising
rs the leading houses and the glowing
.Esiim onials from noted musicians
~ !n.ea or concert programmes? Every
b<Sy knows that such people rs Lisz',
Kahins.ein. Won Bulow. and presuma-
Ey little josef Hoffman,, and other
grea, pianists of the day. have been
eve, Hhelmed with gifts Of splendid in-
arguments from manufacturers all over
II. sorld. A testimonial in acknowl-
eagment Of the honor is q natural and
courteous thing. and many of those
printed on programmes were obtained
iE this way. | talked with the man
ascr # one of The most noted piano
h<nses in the country the other day,
ard Tor III benefit of suffering pub
j,s viIi trarscribe what he said.
Pew pianiss," he said, get their
ar ga< monts to play direct from the
usana-ers OF entertainments. 1t is a
tar, 4 our business TO secure artists a
keaT.rg and. consequently, the pian-
isss make their applications to rs.
We keep track of all the symphony
soG classical concerts in the
country. and, early in the season and
=. other times. offer to the managers
tfsn services of weli-known pisuist- as
soioists. The understanding is that
The artist shalt use our piano. We will
zst act s, agents for any pianist who
WI not agree to use our instrument
ard one e.her. The artists. as rule,
arc very faithful to The contract, and
ztcoa Of one (mentioning the name
oj famou, aud popular player who
mi. not play, even in private house
10 private and friendly audiences, un.
,sss our instrument is furnished for
f-E That may be carrying the scheme
.e,o Far. GOT il is well for US and we do
70, object. L. this way we keep our
Instrumenis constantly before the pub
1T 10 a favprs bile light II is good
advertisement for Us. that an expert
payer prefers our piano and will use
70 other. TIE fac. IL. that few play
sss hays such decided personal
.neie4 Datwfnr the four or five leading
sns;yum4nfs. Ii Is all matter of bus
iIss-
cAGd about prices. No man who
krr@- auy thing ever expects to pay
shs asking price for i piano There
sFs one er Two houses in hi. city
w.orn the price is Kept steady at
.te asking figure, bat that is
s.,i7 10 prevent too great trade
q, the headquarters. Oar bulk
es; business. Vt course, is with the mid
dlemen, and it is our policy to favor
then. The result is that you can do
q great deal better than 10 buy yonr
yss,Eument of the main house. A
great many people do that because
trey ;hen feel sure that They are get
ting an article that is all that is repre-
seE,sd "a be. But as a matter Of fact
s1e difference in price is so great be-
tween The figure named here and that
oy the niddlemrn. thar it will pay any
ksJ,;y 10 20 out Of town tn make the
purchase. For instance, you could
60 Gown tp Richmond, Va, or any
1ty in the interior of New York or
Pennsylvania. buy one OF our inslru-
ee.nts there, aud save enough money
80 pay for the trip. including all ex-
y.Dses and the frcigbtagc on the piano
asck 10 the city. You could even 60
a. far =. Atlanta aud save enough to
enver the expenses of the "Trip and -
eav or - in the city. There is another
seasnn why we keep the price steep and
n'if in n" MAIN house. Not only will
tstra be enough trade to justify il, but
ljse expenses uf the main house are
err" nous. and greater returns are
Baccs ,ary 70 meet them. ~ T. Tor
81 Louis iioGc- Democrat
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