"EVERY MAN TO HIS TRADE"

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1944, Page 7

"EVERY MAN TO HIS TRADE"

TRUST TO EXPERTS. The average person can only judge ?h£i? n2 JVPPearances. You migm think _ a certain instrument a greai bargain and say blithely, "It just needs tuning,' but if it has a strained plank ?L1n CJ acke, d frar? e U will always neea tuning and no tuner will be able to make it really satisfactory for long a J^«« aTf *vasicl us other fau!ts that are di&cult to detect. A nice looking piano may have borer in hidden n,1 c«?:.» o? action may be worn or ouT-ot-date; or a sunken sound boarc may make it impossible to get good tone trom the instrument. Repairs will certainly be costly and may take months because with depleted staffs and shortage of materials, musir nouses have their piano technicians fuli y occupied and are often unable to undertake outside repairs. Piano buyers will be well advised to purchase through recognised piano dealers. Charles Begg and Co., Ltd are piano experts of 82 years' experience. They are known all over New Zealand and their reputation for fair dealing offers protection to both sellers and buyers of used pianos Begg s pay best cash prices for pianos of all makes and invite owners to make them an offer or to csk for Begg's valuation.—P.B.A,

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