The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

reduced in size only, and the Princess l model, a four-foot four-inch case, both
 upright and player. The tone of the
 Starr has elcited words of highest praise
 from musicians. The bass is true, the
 middle registers deep and resonant and the treble clear and free from all over toneh. The many prominent musical in- stitutions using the Starr exclusively for tis most severe use is the strongest pos
 sible testimonial to the exceptional dur
 ability of the Starr More than 500 of the largest schools throughout the country
 have purchased this piano for their equip- ment The workmen are intelligent men, | whose every interest is centered in the Starr, and who are devoting every energy 1 toward maintaining the high standard de-
 handed in this piano.
 Judging from the present status | of the piano industry, it is sig nificant that one of the first | to engage in the piano business west of the New England states | is now among the largest and most com 1 p'ete among similar institutions today. | The organization of the Starr Piano com | psny in 1872 represented the cooperative | effort of men who individually had long
 been associated with the piano industry l both in this country and abroad. Thus | they stood as pioneers in this great sec | tion of the central west which today pro- duces by wide margin the greater per cent of the worlds supply of pianos and player pianos. To James M. Starr, a ran of exceptional foresight and business acumen, credit must be given for first realizing on the great benefits of cen 1 tralized supply and distribution. MT Starr and his brother Benjamin Starr, were not only sincere students of tone production, but successful business men of high character. Their untiring effort and zeal in the upbuilding and mainte- of the foundation upon which the super structure of the Starr organization has been built. Among their earliest business affiliations was a firm of piano mer- chants of which Henry Bennett was at the head, who were destined to exert great influence upon the future of this company. This eliminated by Mr Gen. nett affiliating himself with the company
 which today stands as one of the most reliable and prominent of all piano houses in the country.
 The highest awards have been received at the Cincinnati Industrial exposition
 1880; the Worlds Columbia exposition, Chicago, 1893; Tennessee Centennial ex- position, 1897; St. Louis exposition, 1904; Alaska Yukon-Pa exposition, Seattle,
 1909; the National Conservation exposition, Knoxville, 1913, and the Panama-Cali- fornia exposition, 19l5-1916, which granted both the gold medal and grand prize on pianos and player pianos The Starr player mechanism is built by the Starr Piano company, under patents held by them, and offers unity in quality and ef- feet. Both the piano and player mechan- ism are designed and executed in one plant. There are two general types of player action, the pneumatic and the di- vided hammer control, but only one stand ard of construction, which is the highest Each piano and piano player is an achievement of mechanical excellence and in ease of execution and accessibility of regulation Starr piano instruments offer many obvious advantages.
 And word in conclusion about the Starr photographs and "Gennett'' records made by this company:
 Since Stradivarius created his first mas ter violin from silver grain spruce, this straight-grained, vibrant singing wood has maintained it's supremacy for tone- building purposes. No other material has since been found to equal it.
 Now for 200 years the worlds master piece violins, it's greatest pianos and other instruments have all had fashioned their tone- producing parts of spruce, "the music wood of centuries
 Starr pianos have attained world wide pre-eminence because of their splendid tcne their beautiful design and finish and their stability of value. Starr creators have become musical eXperts-artisans in their field-and the quality of Starr in struments stands monument to their half century's unceasing efforts to pro- duce the best. From the same musical workshops and artisans come the sweet toned. beautiful Starr phonographs.
 Thus endowed with heritage of rich, ]