Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-18
90 YOU 1lRr I 81.

"The business Of rent,nc y
the most profitable one I IAano,
said Washington deale, ksoF u
4 very frankly. - wy IL
In the first place, no real,.. d
sire. piano is ever rented. Z exp>
would be too great for ora N m
could not afford 10 ,nsu e.
stranger All instrument 49,, ii
$500 TO 81, 500, which is aho,,s & IA
for the finest makes. Tho n;as IA
out are OF a lower grade 1910 rsa.s ~
$500 to $500. = sof'1 IN (
But what is the charger
Usually about SIS a nso,,t,.as IA
That is nearly 800 . yea
good interest. should say 4 Il. ]. ~
Decidedly SO. That j. S..
point OF my remark, NV.
any other investment thst =. PA
70 to 80 per cent. per annn,a
have twenty pianos let ali e. 1. 4
and you can perceive that H. ~
bring about ~, 600 a wear !
What is the life Of d piancs,,
Fifteen years, with fair 10.
the end of that time the inss,..ssss
not apt TO be capable a. f'ss4i
vice, but IN the meantime a. 4
are satisfied. u ~ =
Some people. though. n..,.s.
give piano very unfair usacess
OFTEN that occurs. Il Is
OF loss to us unavoidablv. I'M ..
afford to endure it. You D., u r. i
who rent pianos are not likely E 4.
careful OF them as if they -, ~ Il
own property. They let thsis .,s
dren bang upon them. and H.. : i
ways very injurious. The kevs =
carefully pivoted that il IN, u Il.
struck sideways instead of nerrs,a:.1
lar they are apt to be throw ~ /.
gear; An active infant in tbn ~
and by pounding can do Goa M
OF hurt to piano in a comDarsi;,'Is
short time. And maybe the "
month won't pay for It. a. &.
ton. which includes the KEYS III n
those complicated inside wos[s ~ I'M
make the communication betwess' Il.
keys and hammers, may be loossn,3
and then there is nothing to ID III I
send the piano back to the factor y
have new action put in. which nc.;s.
from $40 to $50. People have n
ways besides this of injuring an ind,s
ment.
Such as what, prayan
why, they will subject a piano /.
extremes of heat and cold. Tbat HI
ways destructive. For example a
cold winter day the servant wiIltbrs
open the windows of the oyerhesbl
parlor and let the freezing air CONAN
and no member of the family III
probably know any better than "a 4
such thing. As consequence N
sounding board is warped and cracksd
and the wires are rusted and an
damage done. 1t would be 4 ~
deal less injurious if the domestic M
poured several pailfuls Of cold wsIu
into the instrument. There is q rism
over in that corner which was n
house that caught fire, and afterwad
we pumped fourteen gallons Of wss
out of it. Yet it has served very we'll
ever since and has retained relnarks
bly, good tone. Sometimes the case
the instrument is married and scratch
ed, but that does not amount to
much.
DO people ever steal the piano
they rent from you and run away viii
them2"
1T has never happened to u
though such things are some6mu
done. We have been very lucky !,
that way. The people we have mon
trouble with than those to whom VI
rent pianos are the buyers on install
ments. Profit is ordinarily foundin
selling pianos that way, because neca
sarily greater price is charged ID
such cases than if cash were paid Bit
often it happens that pianos 50 pur
chased come back on our hands
after three or four months with
a loosened action and other damage
done that costs more to repair than No
have received for the piano, the uaa
method being to pay something lM
$25 down and to give notes Of hand
for $40 each, falling due monthly 10y
the balance. 1t goes without saying
that installment customers often DE-
fault in their payments, and then Es
simply grab the pianos. People wle
purchase in that way never seem TOY
aware that in law an article SO bouglI
remains the property of the seller uf
til the last cent due has been paid. 80
in order to have that little fact thor
oughly comprehended, we INTRODUCES
as part of the contract which thecus
toner is obliged to sign before he gea
the instrument. w ashington Star