The Harrison times., 1914-05-30
HARR|SON'S BIC
MUSIC STORE
Prepares to Handle the Piano
Business of All North
Arkansas.
IS A CREDIT TO THE TOWN

Prof, Darby has recently returned
from Searcy, Ark, where he has
been in the interest of Darby & Par
kerr Proprietors of the Harmony
Music Store, TO make arrangements
for their ure.shipments of Player
Pianos and pianos for their rapidly
increasing piano trade. While there
he made a deal with J. D. Pope, fac
tory representative, who has a very
large store in Memphis, Tennessee,
and also branch stores at Helena
and Conway, to handle the same
line of pianos handled at Memphis,
which virtually gives the Harrison
store control of a line of some Of the
most celebrated pianos manufactur-
ed.
A contract was entered into by
Mr.. Pope with the Story & Clark
Co. for 800 pianos to be delivered
during the next year, making deal
for about 100000 for Story &
Clark pianos and players alone
Also the Harmony Music Store
will handle the Decker & Sons and
the Francis Bacon Piano.
The Eastern musical world is well
aware of the intrinsic value Of these
high grade pianos, and while new
in this region, yet no one will make
a mistake in buying for they are
strictly high grade and standard
pianos,
Also Prof Darby made a deal
with Mr.. Pope whereby the famous
Auto Piano Co. has agreed to make
a specially fine player piano for Oar.
by & Parker exclusively with their
firm name on it,
Darby & Parker now represent
the following line Of pianos and
players-Chickering & Sons, Decker
& Sons, Becker Bros, Story &
Clark, Francis Bacon, Kuhler &
Campbell Packard Bond, Rudolph,
and others; also Washburn, Leland,
Kensington, Sheriton, Chippendale
and a line Of cheaper pianos, which
they will only order upon request, as
it will be their policy to carry only
players and pianos that will give
the best of satisfaction
The Harmony Music Store is max.
ing preparation for a large fall busi'
ness.
Harrison should feel proud of its
local music store as it has complete
territory control Of the pianos emu
merated for not only Harrison bat
all the contiguous territory in
North Arkansas, as far over 100
miles in all directions, and buying
in conjunction with Mr. Pope gives
them a leverage for special prices
and the ability TO carry long term
contracts without working a hard.
ship on themselves or on their Gus.
toners and enable them TO give ex.
tension in time OF sickness and hard
luck to their customers when they
Duy on the installment plan,
Any purchasers who will 60 out
of Harrison to buy their musical
instruments when they have such a
large variety and so many distin'
guished names 70 select from, will
need no sympathy if they buy an
inferior instrument, ProI Darby
has sold pianos in North Arkansas
for twelve years, and it is his boast
that he has hardly made n dissatis.
fed customer in that time and al.
ways tries TO do little more than
agreed upon, and Darby & Parker
intend 70 pursue the same policy,
If the people Of Harrison will
stand by this firm we predict for
them in the future one Of the finest
musical establishments in the South,
as strangers coming to Harrison
have already made remarks that
they were surprised to see such u
large stock of musical goods ut
Harrison,