Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-29
l Discover a Soul
In the Realm of Music.

Some women can not withstand Ii,
lure of the shop windows. l was clad
was an exception when, remembering
musical Ellen, I entered the Gambler
building and let the large noiseless
elevator carry me to the twelfth floor
| turned a corner and walked into a
coy, well arranged room that was
beautiful setting for the display d
beautiful musical instruments.
There was where l found Mr.. Carl
der, of the Hallet & Davis Piand
Company, and there was where
spent a delightful hour with the VrI
tuolo and Hallet & Davis pianos.
discovered, through courteous MD
Carder, who is himself a fine musil
clan and able to interpret music ID
even such a novice as /. real mira
Giles in piano playing.
had been thinking of Ellen and
her long tedious musical educatibd
which had given her the ability ID
please others but had deprived her d
SO much time and pleasure. 1t had
never occurred to me that the sameI
and even greater, pleasure could b
given to lovers without th{
years of constant practice and persel
Yerance she had shown.
The Hallet & Davis Piano Cohl
pany, l learned, is the second oldest
piano house in the United States, Sd
did not wonder that they had prod
duced this machine with a soul-rh4
Virtuolo. 1t takes master minds and
master hands to produce a masteEl
piece, and the Virtuolo is a masterf
piece. 1t has. too, the additional forcd
OF having a firm capitalized at So,
100000 to make it the best playert
piano in the world. | wanted I'd
know all these things for my rouguisll
brain was planning a lovely SURPRISE
Then | heard the VirtuoloI | can
not attempt to tell you my pleasureI
1t seemed as if l had suddenly found
Paradise and had left all earthly trouI
bles behind. Imagine BeethoyenA
Moonlight Sonata played as the mas
ter himself would commend. Firsd
the soft. low tones expressing inf l
mite yearning, then the clear. sweei
melody expressive of the moonightd
beam. The grief resignation. grt
giVeness, calm and despair-all va
there so technically perfect yet 81
beautifully expressive that ] could
almost feel that Beethoven himself
was telling me his love story.
! could not but wonder how thi
expressive playing was rendered ~
machine. Then, | heard about tht
Acsolo buttons that guide the expires
sion by simple pressure of the fingerl
Ihls wonderful device is what makT
the Nlrtuolo an instictiVe plaRrf
piano. 1t meets every mood and eyt
cry caprice of the operator until on1
Is deluded into believing that he Il
an artlst Chaminade's Scarf Dancd
can De played with all the tantalizin4
uencacy mat the artist put into he1
notes. but so few can interpret.
- ibSo rev Ellen was nluSiS1T
Ellen was to be married, Ellen wa4
no longer to have hours for careful
practice. Ellen must have a Virtuold
Tor a wedding present! Her pianol
/ remembered, was shared by thd
family OF growing girls, and unselfist
Ellen would not care to take it froA
her girihood home. My plan waf
glorious,
As | sat in the pleasant. cool oficeI
overlooking the prosperous city n
Atlanta, formulated my plan aud
was ready for action. Just as soo1
as ] got home | would telephone al
the club girls and earn a double sat
lsfaction. for they were all puzzled
as TO Ellen's wedding gift. We Wols4
club together and give Ellen soniet
thing that would be a life long pleas I
ure and delight.
Thereupon. 1 carefully began II
come down to earth and talk prceI
with no middlemen to deal with "a
high rent to vicariously pay. one
able to purchase a Virtuolo a an
astonishingly low price / decide
That J would ten the girls that
must divide the price between
H Of our old Twenty Three elub a NJ
Ieel that We had spent the none
wisely and well.