Evening star., 1897-05-17
BIC FALL IN PIANOS
Over One Hundredand I wenty-
Five Must Be Sold.
The Large and Elegant Stock of the Metserott
Music Company to Be Dumped
on the Market
AT LESS THAN FACTORY COST
alterations to BE Made In Metxerott
building the Reason, and Con-
tractors Must Have the
Room by June 4.
SALE BEGINS MONDAY.

To those who may be Interested in the purchase
of either plano orgsn we have an extra
ordinary proposition to make; proposition that
we hats never been made TO the people Of
this community heretofore, and may never be made
again
1t Is absolutely necessary for us to remodel the
entire front Of our building. that may have
ample room to show a large and well-selected stock
We are cramped and crowded at present. our ware
Is small. aud the street entrance TO our
theater IL too large and we shall remodel the
whole front.
1t Is we'll known fact that the gritty dust aris
Ing from brick and mortar is the worst enemy to
highly polished pianos furniture and 1t Is quite
Necessary for to either hire another room and
remove this stock, which would be very expensive
or close it all out by June 1. We have decided on
the latter. We concluded to inaugurate a SALE
offering every piano and organ In the house ut
actual factory cost. and very many at about one
half TIE to produce item at the factory-and
easy payments. II desired
This stock consists of the very hest pianos and
organs that money and brains produce, such as
New Scale Kimball' pianos. which are standard
the world over; Hartman pianos, high grade
and first class; ''Gildemcester and Kroeser''
pianos, ''Erain.ch and BLch, '-Blasius. Iiar-
Iington,'' Everett, whitney,, "Hinze' and
other high-grade pianos.
Beginning Monday the 1Tth and continuing Hntn
May ~. and longer. will offer every irstru-
ment i'll the house at actual factory cost and
many for less, and the prices and terms will
tonish you for when the cost of selling and the
retail prefit is deducted from articles of this char
acter it almost cuts the regular retail price in
two. Every piano and organ in the house will
be marked in plain factory cost figures. No more
will be asked, no less accepted, that child
can purchase just YELL the shrewdest-
We cannot quote prices many Of the instru-
ments here. but example offer brand
new pianos, with all modern improvements. for
Sis, S13I, Sl4S. S163 to SITS. These pianos
sold everywhere at $g75 $3.50 in the regular
tail way. We offer the highest grade of cabinet
grand planes full size and scale. for S2D7 S223
$2is, ard all the rest at correspondlngly low fig
uIes- Little used upright pianos for S65, SS5 to
S125. Ten dollars cash, s. per month. buys them
Square pianos. in good condition. at almost your
Own price and term5; s75 to 500 organs for So
S36 TO sf-3 The terms of this sale will be IS fol-
lows:
New pianos, SIS cash down. and 81 to SO per
month the balance; will ship anywhere to re-
sponsible parties these terms.
New organs. $6 cash. So to s. per month on the
balance A five-year factory guarantee will be
given with every new piano organ, and every
Instrument must be satisfactory to the purchaser
Remember the place. No. 111O F street. Eext
door 10 Columbia Theater. Time Monday the
17th. to May the 2sth and longer.
Come early Monday to secure good choiIa. Store
open evenings during sale Metzerott Music Com
pany. 1t