St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-17

really give the Courier credit for hay
| ing nagged Mr.. Kimbau into building
piano that has since met and defeated
the world. 1t was good thing and
I'm glad the Courier did it. Mr. Blu
| menberg, it's editor, has in my presence
since, publicly claimed that the "Cou-
rler. deserved credit for the success of
the New Scale Kinlball.
The Courier kept I'D. but in a less
vicious form, its picking at the Kimball
piano till the worlds fair; and at the
end of which it subsidized in the follow
ing graceful manner:
kimbaIDs Got TIA Wonderful Di-
pIoma.t
1--WE publish on a PAGE of this issue
a remarkable diploma extended by the
World's Columbian exposition to the W.
w. k1mball company, of Chicago. This
diploma is an Individual document ap-
plying to the Kimban Pianos only. No
firm OF Piano manufacturers could ask
for greater tribute to the various quail
1tles or an instrument than that which
has been accorded by the worlds fair
at Chicago to the w. W. Kimball Com
pany Pianos. A careful perusal Of 1t
and more carful study of it demon
strates that 1t gives to these instru-
nents such commentators as place
them Tar above the average Piano man
ufactured in the United States The di-
pioma represents the exact reScript of
the report Of the individual judge, as
agreed upon by the body of judges, con-
shutting the official document on rec
ORD. The prophetic vision of the Mu-
steal Courier has been substantiated
unto a living fact, and for the present
we have no more to say.''-Musical
Courier, Oct. 4, 1893.
The Courier has never, since the Kim
balls triumph at the worlds fair, ques-
leading and standard Pianos Of the
world, and many complimentary things
have since been said in the columns Of
the Courier" about the onward and
upward course Of the Kimball.
The following appeared in the Mu-
steal Courier. Sept. 25th, '95:
1.-THE w. W. Kimball company is
without question the largest producer
Of Pianos, with facilities unsurpassed
and constantly improving. The con-
Germ now makes its own iron frames,
its own keys and actions, it's own cases
and designs; in short, the company is
not compiler, but genuine maker
Of Pianos.
There is no doubt that when the
company began the manufacture of Pr
amos there was an intention Of produc-
ing at lower cost, but subsequently,
while the policy of economy in produc-
ton was not abandoned, the grade of
the instrument was raised, necessarily
increasing the cost, but not in proper
ton to its increased merits. 1t cannot
be denied that without these merits the
testimonials from the hosts Of must
clans which have been given to the
Kimbal Piano could never have been
obtained"
And again the following, speaking
of the high-grade artists pianos used
In public, appeared in the Musical
Courier, Nov. Goth, '95:
"It is perfectly natural that the
makers Of high-grade pianos and good
artists should form a business alliance
with profitable results to both. It is
utterly impossible TO obtain a reputa-
ton for the greatest piano ever made
without having it properly placed be-
fore the public, and this could not be
done without the skilled performer Of
which. unfortunately, there are few
The Steinway piano., the Weber, the
Chickering, the Steck, the Conover, the
Mason & Hamlin, the Decker, the Hal
let & Davis, the Kimball, must all be
heard in concert at 1.-The hands Of COM
petent performers to have their claims
substantiated, and not only once or in
one place, but again and again at all
the prominent points throughout the
land ~
'"This is no new suggestion, it is a
well understood fact with piano MAX
ers of the first grade.',s ,le 1
Now this above doesn't look much
as if the 'MusicaI Courier" considered
the present New Scale Eimball Piano
a cheap or low grade instrument, does
it?
This concern here, who has under
taken to libel the New Scale Kimball
Piano Of the present day, by sneaking
back to the nusty pages OF the Cour-
Ter Of six or seven years ago, when the
Kimball Piano was in it's infancy, and
at a time when the Courier, in it's pick
ing at the Kimball, overstepped the
mark, as will be seen from the testi-
monial Of Adelina Patti, which ap-
pears here today under her portrait,
and over her signature on this very
page of the I'D / / y G. b e,''showing
that the Courier misstated the facts.
But this concern here searches away
back to that time, and picks out a
scurrilous piece and leaves the date
off, from which to make hand bill to
hand to customers, and thereby both
deceive them and injure the Kim
ball by making it appear that it was
something from the Courier applying
to the present. This concern is a sub
scriber to the Courier. and reads it
every week, and is not ignorant of
the facts in the case, and knows that
the Courier has never said an unkind
word, or had anything but praise for
the New Scale Kimba1l."
1 desire here to state and impress
upon the reader this fact that I have
not, by inference or otherwise, pub
lished or written one word, or made
any reference whatever, throughout
this entire sale, regarding the grade,
character, class or standing of any
piano handled by this offensive local
concern, or any other dealer in this
city. 1t has never been my policy to
attack a competitor in trade, or that
in which he deals, in order to do bus
mess; and it is my experience that the
man who does songenerally gets the
worst Of it. ~ zT
I have been frequently called upon
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