The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-06
THE SMITH MUSIC CO.
A Description of its Quarters
and Fine Line of Goods.

The magnificent music store of the
Smith Music Company in tho Fidelity
Building at the corner Of Roanoke street
and Salem ave, is now open to the pub
lie. 1t is located on tho second floor
and is under the Immediate manage
ment Of Mr.. M. l.. Smith himself, who
for seventeen years has been in the
business of handling pianos and organs.
For nine years he has been in business
in Roanoke, land has seen it grow from an
insignificant village to thriving city.
The room devoted to pianos and Or
gans is a most magnificent hall so by 60
feet in size, and occupying the entire
floor. At the front is a platform, and
the hall is admirably adapted to it's
purposes. The room is filled with
pianos and organs of the finest makes.
The stock of organs is particularly
noticeable, and is composed of the we'll
known makes of Moller, Needham,
Packard, and Clough & Warren.
The Moller is widely known as SUI
perior church organ. The First Pres
byterian Church has Moller pipe or
gan of splendid quality.
The same company has recently placed
a $4,000 organ in ono of Washington's
1Cdo'HS CuuICuGS. IL Is HOW recognized
as one of the leading instruments for
churches in America. They also mako
one of the finest cabinet parlor organs
in the country. These instruments are
of medium prices, though of superior
quality.
The Needham is of New York make
and is noted as an organ for beauty Of
finish and sweetness of tone. 1t is
essentially fine parlor organ.
Tho Packard is strictly first. class
high grade instrument. All the organs
handled by the Smith Music Company
arc standard instruments from old esta-
blished houses of long tried regulations.
The Clough Il Warren should not be
forgotten among the number.
From organs to pianos is merely 4
few steps across the hall. The George
Steck, Weber, A. b. Chase, Jacob Bros,
Everett and Cornet are well-known
names in the musical world.
The Steck is perhaps the best known
piano in the South. 1t is the only in
strument that has taken gold medals
all over Europe. Out of thirty-six
pianos at Hollins Institute, twenty-five
are Stocks, which has maintained it's
extraordinary lead under tho severcst
toSts. In the Music room at Hollins a
Steck baby grand holds its own beside
Steinway grand. A big Western
music house ordered fourteen Stocks in
one lot.
The Weber piano is a strictly first
class instrument. 1t has achieved a
formidable reputation all over the
country as concert instrument of I'M
rivaled power and quality.
The A. b. Chase is one of tho best
instruments produced and need not
fear comparison with the Steinway
Droop, the Washington dealer. prefers
it of the two. Jacob Bros Everett and
Cornet are good makes, and though
medium priced, of high quality, and
thoroughly durable and reliable.
The Smith Music Company furnish
pianos of any of the makes in great
variety of styles, finish and wood. The
woods mbrace ebony, mahogany, Cir
cassian walnut, which resembles burrcl
in color, rosewood and English and
American oak. In styles, the baby
grand, cabinet grand, square and cabinet
are offered. Organs present narrower
range in walnut and oak.
The company does a wholesale as
we'll as retail business, and is pre-
pared to receive orders from any part of
Virginia or North Carolina. Travelling
agents will be kept on the road all the
time. The company is prepared for an
extensive business, and has a strong eve
out for the future. 1t will sell for cash,
or on easiest terms of instalment pur-
chase.
The Smith Music Company has in it's
employment Mr.. A. Gebhart, the Oldest
piano tuner in the State, and thorough
ly competent to attend the needs of it's
patrons.