The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11
TRIUMPH
OF the Chase Bros.
Pianos
At the Columbian Exposition.
They Receive Honors Not Given
to Any Other Makers, Both from
Exhibitors and Visitors to the
Great Fair.

Great Fair.
From Chicago Musical Times. November, 1893
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essFor many years the Chase Bros.
pianos have been celebrated for their
fine tone and numerous points OF ex-
excellene, but the opinion of all who
heard them at the greatest exhibition
in the history of the world, places up
on them the most unqualified mark of
approval ever to a piano at any ex-
From the dedication of the fair until
its close they had the honor of being
used in more musical performances,
both in public m usic halls of the fair
and in different state buildings, than
all other pianos together.
They have been used by the greatest
artists who attended the fair, they
have been used by many of the great
est local pianists and their grand and
beautiful tones have been heard from
one end of the greatest exposition to
| the other.
A partial list of the entertainments
which have been graced by the use of
these fine instruments will prove the
claim made for them beyond the sha-
dow of doubt.
In the Michigan building they have
been in constant use from the first
day to the last. The principal events
in the fine music hall of this building
which was the only state building
provided with a music hall-were:
A grand concert on the opening day.
A fine musical entertainment on
Michigan Day, by artists from Detroit,
Grand Rapids and other large cities of
the state.
A concert by the Gottschalk Lyric
school on Michigan editors day, at
which the magnificent playing of
August Hyllested showed the beauties
of the instrument in all their perfec-
tion.
An entertainment on Grand Rapids
day, in which some of the best known
artists of that musical city partici-
pated.
A series of daily concerts was given
by j. Pizzarello, one Of the finest
pianists in the country on Chase
Bros. piano.
A series of concerts was given by
| Mrs. Adeline Louise Nellis and mem
bers of the faculty of the Gottschalk
Lyric school it is safe to say that
not day passed that the music hall of
the Michigan building, which was
fitted up especially for the purpose,
was not the scene of fine concert,
made possible by the public spirit and
generosity of the Chase Bros. Piano
Co.
In the music hall of the exposition
the Chase Bros. piano was used in the
series of eight song recitals, given by
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas. These recitals
| were the most successful, in point of
attendance, as we'll as artistic merit,
that were given in the music hall
The grand. concert given in the
music hall on Mexican day brought a
request for the Chase Bros. pianos from
many distinguished foreign artists.
In the assembly hall of the woman &
building, the beautiful and powerful
tones of the Chase Bros. piano have
delighted and aroused the admiration
of thousands Among the many must
cal entertainments in which the Chase
Bros. pianos were used in this build
| ing, were series of eight concerts by
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomson a concert by
August HyllesJed and Miss Strasburg,
and a recital by Miss Strasburg.
i The browning honor which the
Chase Bros. piano received was sonfer-
red upon it by the great Brazilian
composer, Carlos Comes. This great
master, whose fame is world wide,
and whose ability, both as an execu-
tive artist as we'll as director and
composer, is of the most brilliant or
der, chose the Chase Bros. piano for
use in all concerts given under his di-
rection.
These concerts included that given
on the opening day of the Brazilian
building, all the many entertainments
given in that artistic edifce, and the
grand concerts given in the festival
hall on Italian day.
The latter concert was the finest
and most largely attended musical pert
Torrance given during the season. l.
occurred after the departure of Theo-
dore Thomas and the orchestra, and
Senior Comes had to find something to
take the place of the great body of
musicians with whose work he was so
familiar and who entertained for him
the greatest respect.
Senior Comes was equal to the &C.
casion. He asked the Chase Bros Piano
company to send five of their magni-
fcent grand pianos to the festival hall,
for that concert, and engaged ten of
the leading pianists of the city to
| play them.
The great hall, which held 5, 500
people, was crowded to the doors, and
the enthusiasm created by the playing
of orchestral nambers upon the fine in
struments was unbounded. They were
encored again and again. 1t is safe
to say that no pianos of any other
maker could have answered so well the
unusual demand made upon them by
such use. The volume of tone pro-
duced was telling and when the fact
that the instruments used were parlo1
grands and not full sized concert
| grands is taken into consideration, the
result is truly wonderful
This concert demonstrated the fact
that the Chase Bros. pianos excel in
sorority and carrying power those of
any other factory, and the different
tone colors and effects produced by the
players of the orchestral selections
showed that these pianos possess not
alone power and sorority but also deli
cacy and pliability in the greatest de-
gree, and that they answered adequately
every demand made upon them.
Senior Comes not only used them in
| all public concerts which he directed,
but also in private. and upon his de-
parture, at the close of the fair.
bought one for his own personal use in
his home in Milan, Italy. His praise
of the piano is unlimited and entirely
disinterested.
The Chase Bros. pianos were also
used in many other concerts and en-
tertainments given in various state
and auxiliary buildings during the