Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-26
PIANOS GIVEN AWAY.
Square" Models Are Not Wanted Any
More

More.
A sign in the window said: Square
pianos given away. Come In and gel
one"
A man who read this didn't really
want a plano. but giving away pianos
was something new to him and 1t in
terasted him: so he went in to ash
about 1t. And 1t seems that they dc
actually give away square pianos, that
Is, some square pianos, and first and
last they give away a good many OF
them.
| The dealer took his inquiring visitor
into the elevator and up to the first
loft, in which there were many Sec
ond hand pianos Of various sorts, and
there they stopped at the first instru-
ment they came to, an old-fashioned
square plano which bore name long
familiar to the trade. The visitor
touched the keys Of this piano and the
sounds 1t gave forth were still musical.
"For that piano." said the dealer,
I'VE shall get s35. Now" he added.
try this one;" and as he spoke he
turned to one directly across the
aisle.
This was square piano, smaller than
the other and bearing name that
at least to the visitor. was wholly un-
familiar. The visitor touched the key
of the instrument and smiled involun-
tarily at the answer; 1t was decidedly
and distinctly tinpanny. Certainly you
could play tune on IL but still nobody
would buy II,
"rhis piano." said the dealer, I'VE
will give away"
Second hand pianos are taken In ex-
change In part payment for new ones.
There was q time when even second
hand square pianos, II they were Of
highly accredited make sand in evcel-
lent condition, would bring good prices;
but now the styles have changed and
few people want a square piano at any
price. A good second hand square may
bring s35, or perhaps more, but many
are sold for less and many are given
away. They can't be sent out into the
country and disposed of there for the
modern styles the uprights and the
grands with their various notifications
and the various mechanically eperated
pianos are now sod everywhere. The
old time square piano has had It's day.
Then who takes these old square
pianos, the ones that are given aways
People Of moderate or Of limited
means. who want a piano for child
to practice upon, perhaps to see II
the child really has taste for music,
permanent and worth developing. for
which purpose the old square piano
may serve.
The sign in the window says, Come
in and get one; and they will actually
give you one; but piano IL net exactly
a thing that anybody can pick up and
carry home with him as one would q
small parcel. II has to be carted. The
plano they give you IL not delivered
free: they charge you for carriage, but
this at precisely the same price that
would be charged fer any similar SER
vice; the piano remains free giSt.
Fhis gift may later prove Of bonefit
to the giver; for the person to whom
II is given may some time want to buy
a piano and then he Is likely to go TO
the dealer from whom he received q
plano as a gift; but the dealer gives
away pianos just the same. whether he
eyer expects to hear from them again
or not,
After all the old squares that can be
have been sold or given away there
remain some that can't be disposed of
in any way. and those finally are brok-
on up, There Is no salvage, except for
the wood In them, which goes to feed
the fires under the boilers Of the piano
factory.-New York Sun.
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