The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-07-17
TRAYSER PIANOS.

So many talents are wasted and 80
much enthusiasm has but a transitory
result for want OF little patience and
endurance, but the spirit that prompt
ed George L. Trayser to build his first
piano in indianapolis was not charact-
erized by such qualities. His deter
mined will. his energy and patience
won success, and the Trayser piano
which he placed upon the market in
1849 has been improved upon as ex-
perience and expert knowledge dictate
until today it is an instrument with a
distinctive and established demand.
Combining rare inventive skill with
the experience gained through his APP
premiership in the factories. of Ger
many, he succeeded in perfecting an
instrument to degree appreciated for
its quality of tone and improved ac-
ton by contemporary musicians.
Eventually the plant was moved from
indianapolis to Ripley, o., and later to
Maysville, Kentucky, but because Of
limited facilities and lack of adequate
Accommodations, his further progress
demanded affiliation with men of wild
er experience and capital Mr.. James
M. Starr, of Richmond, Indiana, pur-
chased an interest in the concern, NOV
ing the plant to that place in 1872.
Although the Trayser piano carried
off honors at frequent expositions,
there were SO many difficulties en-
countered from the very beginning
that no rapid progress was made until
the year 1872, when a permanent basis
for future growth was established. The
Starr Piano Co., the manufacturers and
distributors of this product, have SPAR
ed neither energy nor expense in per-
fecting this instrument and placing 1t
in the front rank of public esteem.
Their plant at Richmond, Indiana,
besides being one of the largest piano
factories is the most complete in the
world. Every possible device which
might lead to greater efficiency is
placed at the command Of the builders.
worwmen skilled in the use of tools
and understanding the theory of piano
construction exercise the greater care
in putting their knowledge into actual
practice. The use Of carefully select
ed and prepared materials and the most
up tot date machinery, are other i'm
| portant factors in the manufacture of
this instrument.
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and responsive action, the Trayser
piano has won for itself a reputation
as an instrument for school and con-
cert work. The fact that it has for
years withstood the severe test of ten
hours practice day in hundreds of
musical colleges, the hardest use to
which a piano may be placed, is in
strumental in proving no piano in the
world is constructed more scientific
ally or with greater durability and
musical effectiveness.
A musical instrument that meets the
requirements OF the modern American
home, however, is the Trayser Player
piano. This is not an ordinary player
piano but the combination of an instru-
ment. embodying every feature of the
Trayser piano and the Starr type OF
player mechanism. In every respect
this is first-class player mechanism
thoroughly protected by patents. All
of the expression which makes play
ing artistic is produced by means OF
the controlling devices. That mech
anical exactness SO Objectionable on
many players has been entirely elm
mated in the Trayser player-piano IS