Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-01-25
Big FALL IN PIANOS
Fifty will be Sold at Factory
Cost to Introduce Them.

From Maker to Buyer at One Profit
Sale Began January Is and Lasts 30
Days, No LOngcr-Aro You Interested
In Purchasing Piano l-If so, Lend
Me Your Ear, and You May Have
Sweet Sounds at Home A Plain
Business Proposition that will Save
You Many Dollars in the Purchase
of a High Grade Piano.
I" those whc may be interested in the 1nlr-
chase of 4 Piano have AN unusual prorosition
I" place before you--"nr that has never been
made L" the general public in Columbia before,
and may never hr made again. IL is a plain
business proposition, and we are quite Sllrc il
will meet with the approval of all c"mtrmplat ing
buying Il piano. II is this: We desire our pianos
I" hr well known in this and surrounding cities
We propose they shall he. We know they are ;,s
good IL money and brains can prntlucc and are
the very highest possible grade We want you
I" Know il; I" see thcm To test their tnnr to,lc Ii
omr piannS, the Pianos we will t!lrr you with
pride, and ask anyone to criliriSr them and find
one weak point. We are here for Il short time
only, t" thoroughly introduce our instruments
III "rarr |" h" this, We will place 90 where they
VIII Il" the most Eood-in homes in this city and
FiclhitE. W" are aware THAI il will take heroic
measures |" accomplish this in $" short time,
hnt aS an ndmcrmcnt will mark them at lust
factory wholesale cost. merely adding Gssi;;h:
and dlaNagr 10 this point.
W" are convinced by past experience that
where "nr Flames are once used i demand for
them is created, and aS We are the mnuuroclu-
rcrS, having II" agent here can ulirr yo,I a Piano
from maker |" buyer: ai one profit. The stock
selected Tor thiS introductory sale was shinur,I
here in carload lots. No S;lrSnlrl, are rnInlnvc.
M commissions are paid music trarhrrs ron-
'aSSciS, ,lt In lart, every item OF expense,
usually a'ldrd I" the cost "I Il Piano, which the
purchaser pays when sold in the usual way, is
STINT OIL al This sale.
Quoting from Il w"ll-known musical journal
punished in New York city, ait does not need a
industry tn" great item nt expense j. not so
Hrh lhr cost "i production as it is the cost OF
h,mE hhrmE'nE the E""nS t" ma!krt and then t." the
statement that II costs as much To sell Il Piano
as to make it,
in huying riann at this introductory sale va,
simply step in on the ground floor and shut of,
AL profit and expense usually added to me cost
nl the instrument, You buy direct Of the mann
Iirtnlc1 Whrn u" Is willing to sell you a fartory
wholesale cost IN order Ia int roillcr his goods
The sale began M"nday, January II, at i725 Main
tli'lS hni name prices. We are plraSrd il yn,,
are particular, and it SO cannot save ynu from
500 I" 500 in the purchase "i High Grade
Iian", will not ask ynn t" hny. We cannot ui,ntc
prices on all Pianos, hut aN an example of how
'h,y lI are n'Irhrd win quote th" follow ing:
Sihir gra'lr, that rciailS in any market for $500
I" $500. The case * double vrnrrrcu ON hard
w""'l. rirrassiam, Italian anh French I,urI VIII
music drSk, Boston fall hoard, elegant hand
carved raised panels; IN fact, finest IInn" in the
city Of Columbia. Thry art. marked S2aS and
%3iI. ''-''' ''''''
$500 Pianos, same description rs above, in
Walnut and Mahogany, elegant hand carved
80 Planes, with all the latest improvements,