The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-18
MUSICAL PEOPLE
Appreciate the Advantages OF the
Leland Store.
An Old E established House Which Is Most
Fav0rably Known.

ror nearly sixty years the musical
people Of Worcester and vicinity have
turned to the long established house of
3 r. Leland & Son with each re-
curing holiday season, to supply their
wants in the musical line 1t is one of
the Oldest musical houses in America,
antedating most of the other houses in
that line in this section by something
like half century. The business was
established by S. r. Leland in 1889. and
F. A. Leland, the present proprietor.
was admitted to partnership in 1868
ana succeeded to full control in 1885
Mr. Leland owns his own building, and
consequently has no rent to pay. OW-
ing to the extensive business conduct
ed' which not only covers the local, but
includes the sale of many instruments
for shipment to distant points in this
ana foreign countries, Mr.. Leland can
BUY closely and 10 excellent advantage
Taking advantage of all discounts. and
being content with a small profit he is
abb. to quote very low prices to Gus
toners, they being at all times at least
10 per cent below those Of Boston mu-
steal houses.
Mr. Lelands line of pianos is headed
by the famous Chickering, an instru-
ment which has been before the Ameri-
can people for rs years, and to-day
stands where it always has, in the very
forefront of artistic merit. His other
pianos include the favorite Mehlin.
Kranich & Bach and Haines Brothers
instruments, the ingenious Crown, with
It's device for producing limitations of
banjo, guitar, mandolin and other in
struments, and the popular Sterling
and Huntington pianos Mr.. leland
also has a large line of the famous
Estey organs, and during the past week
he has sold one of them to be shipped
to Jamaica in the West Indies.
The celebrated Eclipse band instru-
ments are manufactured by this house,
and the demand for them is by no
means confined to America, their fame
having long since extended to Austria
liza, England, Scotland and other Euro
pean countries where numbers of them
are shipped every year.
Just now Mr.. leland is Offering many
things suitable for holiday gifts. His
house is headquarters for music boxes,
being the sole agency for the celebrated
Stella make, while the Olympia, Regina
and other favOrite makes are kept con-
stantly in stock. The large stock of
Swiss music boxes is being closed out
at cost, and some genuine bargains are
being offered. A large line of German
and American flutes are being closed
out at less than cost Then there are
all sorts of small instruments, such as
banjos, guitars, mandolins, zithers, au-
toharps, harmonious and ocarinas
scarfs in silk velvet and damask and
scarfs in silk, velvet and damsk and
music rolls all make appropriate and
desirable holiday gifts.
Mr. Leland also has a sort of bargain
counter. In the way of trade, he gets
many secondhand instruments in ex-
change for new in the course of a year.
Some of these are worthless, and those
are promptly destroyed. Others are
really excellent instruments, and after
being tuned and put in the best condi-
ton they are placed on the bargain
counter, where it is often possible to
secure high grade pianos and organs for
very little money. They can be bought
for cash or upon an easy payment plan,
by which a years rent can be applied
toward the payment Of an instrument.
Mr.. Leland also offers a large selec-
ton of holiday music, including many
bound books containing collections es-
pecially adapted to this season.