Evening star., 1901-12-21
BIC CHRISTMAS
SALE Of PIANOS,
The Famous Sweet Toned Brad
bury Pianos at Special Prices.
Square Pianos Taken in Exchange
Without Cash Outlay.
Slightly Used Upright Pianos
at S165, S175, sos
worth $500 to S4OO.
So Square Pianos at Less Than
Auction Prices on ST Weekly
Payments.
The Bradbury Factory Warerooms
Seem to Be Doing the Business
of Washington i'm Pianos.

No one who is not intimately acquainted with
the piano trade have any conception Of the
enormous demand for pianos at Christmas time.
This most useful. durable and acceptable of all
Christmas gifts has grown in favor year by year.
The tendency to esChew the cheap, worthless,
fancy articles which used TO be the favorite gifts
for Christmas and substitute therefor sensible
and durable offerings, such pianos, has become
more marked every season. About busy a store
the writer visited in Washington was the
Bradbury Factory Warerooms 1225 Pa ave. where
the teams are running night and day to deliver
pianos selected by Santa Claus Mr. Van Wickle
the local manager Of the Bradbury Factory, says
the Christmas business is unprecedented-and the
demand is for better grades of pianOs-the Brad
tury leading all ether makes. 1t is quite natural
to suppose that the Bradbury Piano. which is sold
direct by the manufacturers to the consumer,
would outdistanee all competitors in public favor.
1t is at the very top of the list of high-grade
makes and for sweetness Of tone and elasticity
of action has no peer in the piano world. The
person who buys Bradbury pays middle profits
he buys the finest piano built at wholesale prices
having the advantage in this respect that
dealer in pianos would have. AS the Bradbury
Factory represents millions of captal-they would
Just as leave have easy payments cash from
their customers and they and do give the
lowest and most liberal terms to piano buyers of
any concern in the United states Another fca ture
Of their business policy which proved so popu-
old square pianos taken in exchange for new
Bradburys. They accepting square pianos
for New Bradbury Uprlghts of the latest 1892
models They deliver the Bradbury to the
customer before Christmas and he is informed that
he need not bother about the cash payments until
after the holidays. As everybody's expenses are
tenfOld at Christmas times it is safe to assume
that this is the most popular Offering they could
make.
When upright piano IS slightly used although
1t may be practically good as new, the Brad
burys policy Is 10 mark 1t down to the lowest
possible price and give their customers the full
benefit Of the bargains They have several
splendid upright pianos which looked to the writer
good that being offered at S165
$40 and Sl9J, which originally cost $500 to SiOO
The demand for these special bargains is always
more than the supply, may be supposed, and
they'll all probably be sold before Christmas.
Owing 10 the liberal exchange policy Of the
Bradbury Company mentioned above, their ware
rooms are filed with unusually large number
them. all good makes. like Bradburys, Steinways,
stodarts, Hallet & Davis, Groyesteen & Fuller.
&c. To close these out in the shortest possible
time they are being offered at less than auction
prices on 81 weekly payments. A piano may be
secured from this stock low as S25, S4j. $50.
SIS, $10O-prices that do not represent fourth Of
the intrinsic value of the Instruments.
The Bradbury Factory Warerooms are obliged TO
keep open evenings to meet the Christmas demand
for pianos they putting on extra teams
with the determination Of delivering all pianos
before Christmas eve. 1t