The herald., 1897-04-13
THAT AWFUL COLLAPSE
FURTHER EXPLANATIONS AND
FULL PARTICULARS
The Entire Stock Of Pianos Will Sure
ly Be Closed Out in the AL
lotted Time

Never before has Los Angeles witnessed
sale of musical instruments such as was
! inaugurated yesterday at the Bartlett
music house. Never before has such an
| opportunity been offered to secure strictly
| high-grade Instruments. at such un-hearo
| of low prices, as these pianos are onered
at. All of our regular lines of instruments
| are included in this sale, such as the
| "Steinway," ''Kimball" weber" whit
ney," ''Wheelock," "Bush & Gerts.
"Hinze," "Gibson," and other cheaper
| grades
All things have conspired to make TINS
| the most favorable time for you to invest
in a piano. First, the REORGANIZATION Oh
| the Weber Piano company, competing US
to turn this entire line of instruments into
sales at once; then, the depression IN traoe.
restricting retail sales so that, IN spite oi
| heavy reductions in prices, we graduahy
found a large stock of the more expensive
Instruments accommodating on our hanos'
then the disseminating of all our agencies,
diverting large number of pianos ordered
| for them to this, the main store. and nnaiiy
the urgent necessity for our making sew
eral radical changes in our wareroom "a
cilities. to accommodate the changed con-
dtion of business, compelling us to have
all of the goods out of the way while these
improvements are being made, to avoid
exposing them to the danger OF damage
and mars at the hands of the workmen
Think of moving fine stock of pianos, and
then having to move 1t back again; think
of exposing some $4,000 worth of delicate,
easily damaged goods to the other FISK
Is II a wonder that we prefer to offer our
entire present stock for sale regardless of
value. in order to have 1t out of the way at
once. rather than adding the expense OF
moving to the present cost of these goods.
and then still have them to sell?
1t is simply a straightforward, business
proposition-savng money is earning
money-and we are satisfied to close out
this stock even at a small loss.
Remember this is not sale of semi
obscure or unknown pianos. pianos that
you know nothing about. but includes only
strictly high-grade and thoroughly relia-
BILE goods. the products OF the strongest
factories in this country. the grade of
which is unquestioned the class and char
acter of which no honest man can dispute;
whose warranty you can strictly rely upon.
and nearly all of which are fresh and new
from the factories during the past month.
The "Stenway" 'Kimball" and weber"
pianos are strictly first-class and high
grade instruments. pianos that are used
and endorsed by all of the most eminent
authorities In the musical and artistic pro-
fession. pianos that have been selected by
us after a careful study of the piano mar
ket during the past % years, as being best
adapted to the requirements Of the climate
of the Pacific coast. You can now secure
here a very fancy. first-class piano-an
instrument retailing everywhere for no less
than s500-for s2sS. and from that price
down to sl95. In this stock you will also
find several extremely fancy instruments
going at sS2s. that are worth double the
money.
Our terms of payment have been made so
reasonable that no one need hesitate now
who is in position to anticipate the pur-
chase of piano within the next two
years. If you can spare $40 per month,
which is hardly twice the rental of piano,
put s25 in your pocket for a first payment.
and come to 23S South Spring street, next
door to Los Angeles theater, at once. and
we will fix you out with a high-grade piano.
for less than the price you would ordinarily
pay for a medium grade piano or you can
secure one of the latter class here for little
more than the price of an organ.
But today is the time to attend to the
matter, tomorrow the piano you would
have liked best may be gone. All of these
instruments will be sold here during the
next ten days This sale cannot fail to
engage the attention of thousands of fam
ilies who are yet unprovided with piano.
and somebody is going to save some money
in the purchase of an instrument, enough
money, we'll guarantee, on each and every
piano sold here to fairly educate the whole
family in music. You cannot afford to
miss this opportunity. Come at once and
take choice.
BARTLETT BROTHERS.