UNDER A GERMAN ALIAS.
AUSTRALIAN-MADE PIANOS. OJTLY WAY TO SELL THEM. ■ ■ Received 0..-)0 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. ! l>foro iho Tariff fonnubwion a witness stated that, lie made piano.- in Sydney but had to soil them as German "in-! strmnent.-. Ho did so at the req-.lort of , the customers and in order to meet competition. Ho u?pil the namrplatr> of' livjman firniH who liaj do local apent*. ! wliiJo sometimes th<> mime nr address of. the lirtitiou? inannfaHiirer to spelt slidiUy incorrn-;. If a buvnr trantnl an 1 Austnilian-macJc piano it svil.i as sii'li: if ho wanted a fionnan instrument witncsH called it CJerman. Ili> added tliat one or two otlwr rftai!ers did similarly, and even pianos wrre imported the names of ("Jer- ; A representative of a leading music' house said if tlie praeticv existed, it was] to an infinitesimal extent, because the I maker?' npents would take immediate legal action to prevent it. j Another witness quoted a ease where j the name plate of a well-known Aus- j tralian maker was replaced by that of' another, and the instrument was sold at i a liijrger prior. ':
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 127, 29 May 1914, Page 5
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