“MADE IN GERMANY”
behind the scenes in hie piano TRADE . MAKERS' MTTLS WAYS By T«!ojti:ash- i .Proßs Asssclaticn-OoprrigM •„ . , l . Sydney, Jhy :JO. Bdioio do Tariff Cosmmss.jon, a wit!C:,s sta'.Mi that- !;o had music pianos- lit ••' iO - v < l ,! i-d to. Sett them r.s German ij:stri!nieni.s. lie d,i lt co at tho iMiest °f Gus&(ii6i6 and in rrcior to moot, «;nipatition. ][~ used tho namo-platcs of bC-PHian. firms wlw had no local «Rents, jpu. B(inifl : tii.n:oai thd nitrite <ir address .of '; 10 , IWiiioiis irnnufneturor \va6 spoU KiiUiUv incorrectly. If tlio- buyers v,Tented an AuarnlianpiSno (t was sold. lis' E-uelij if ..a. ■ Wii.riq- was \vnn.t-oclj witiioiii ; ''ailed it Genuav.. Ho added 1-haf. ono '2T °'.' !or retailers 1 did similarly, . Kvon English pianos were imported bearing. the Ram.erptaios of Gorman firms, Tho .of a- loading. lii'.itsict lioUso Euajd that if tho prrvctico osiste.d; ifc.xvaS to an infinitesimal o\t.ent, because . |I)<? maker's agent wenlil. fake. inrmo-*Jitvt-o ■logo:! aciiioit .to prevent :jt. "Aii:ot-iior witness quoted n enso where thoname-phte of a tvell-liiioKh Australian niaW h.ad heon replaced h.v that of /mother \ylueli lia<i been sold at a bigger price in consequence. :
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2162, 30 May 1914, Page 5
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185“MADE IN GERMANY” Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2162, 30 May 1914, Page 5
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