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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVIV, Issue 3223, 13 September 1892, Page 3

KEATING'S COTJGH L6ZE«G^S cure Ootighs, Asthmß, Bronchitiw M dical testimony states that do ottaerfcedioioe iB fllfi^fcttißlflil the cure of the » dangerous maladies. One Lozengo alqiy gives ease, one or, two, at bedtime enßUof? rest. For difficulty of breaking they are " r ih>aluable. They containwo oi)ium nor -'/*My ; vidfeHt^drujr. Sold by all chemists, in tins 1b lid and 2s 9d each.

rpHERE is no section of the public so JL extensively galled and taken in as that portion comprising the musical classes. We refer particularly to pianopurchasers, although it occurs to some degree in tbe case of other musical instruments. Tbe advance of music during the last ten years amongst tbe middle c'aßFeß of English people has been r a grand opportunity for palming off woTtdlesß pianos to persona who, in tbe majority of caßes, never bad a piano before, bnt would like their children to " learn music." In Germany, there is a very low class of piano manufactured especially for export to England and Australasia— a so-called piano which any fairly-educated German" would not attempt to get mußic out of. This "machine" is made by inferior workmen in their 1 own private boußes ; wood bought anywhere, irres pecti /c of 4 seasoning, and, if it will hold together | «ix.aaojltt»B> it is considered* quite satisfactory ;by the merchants, who buy them- up an.d ship them to England and tbe Colonies to supply the demand for a cheap piano. A "^ Anyone would imagine wat it would »W a^bazaf doiiß proceeding v> retail these instruments, bnt they afelusually sold by persons tricing undeiEsome name whereby the actuaLprop/ittors cannot b\ reached withoaf^itJot &fttroubleand expense wbicbVtfie pbr^haswS anrnaJm uslally in a pjiition \[ go Jfe,tbejl arefcpalmed off/on IjO MrnjturVdefaleraf sewTOg'tDaohiire deaie«fel'<Jr anctHp^ys, wboiretail them with /Bv*y confidence. O|e oantiot take tip lan English or Oolo\ial Mlp^f. :witb[ou£ seeing pianos advertise drundeV the WBt extraordinary* eonndljg/foreigp nameß, which even the most elaprienceja man in the trade never heard lora/* j\A ' In tfle^cWe 6'f Brme trading as the Timbuctoo Piano Manufacturing Company, bead office Dreßburg, or any other nice-Bounding name, which keepß the actual proprietors of the concern dark ; and also leads tbe public to. believe tbey are purchasing from tbe actual maker, when, as a matler o2 fact, they are retailers of a' very ,low class piano. These fictitious firms,' we understand, even go tbe length of guaranteeing the instruments for an? length of time, their security laying in the fact that they cannot be easily found. Another favourite mode of Rolling them is in country tow,ns, through innocent but ignorant agedts. Snob trading aa thw, we ma£ mention, is not allowed by law in Germany. , It would seem that the best security tbe piano-purcbasev baß is to bay from established dealers, whose guarantee is of valne, and whoße interest it is to sell genuine instruments. There is also a large amount of ipjury done to tbe trade by men calling.themselveA tuners, who travel, the country and prey on tbe unwary people who possess pianos. These men usually offer tofput the piano in order for a few shillings. I£ the public were only • aware "of the fact, it would pay them better to give the man £5 to leave the inßtrnment alone. , In some cases lr remediable damage w done, the piano completely unsettled, the delicate mechanism disarranged, and the tone almost spoilt. The miarj done by these men to valuable instruments is n» weafc that some of the largest English|«d Colonial houses have greatly inoreased their tnning staffs, and are undertaking the tuning of their own nianos throughout the country. If SSal people were more conversant . SSh the complicated construction of tbe Modern pianofortetbey would hesitatebefore allowing a valuable instrument to be tampered wfch by itinerant tuners .and would employ only legitimate grades, men; whose- efficiency is guaranteed by ■the^lano-monufecturer or a local m-strmrant-dealerrpf landing, " Extract f ram the^^o a C ° I<miai Pianoforte Gazette/Jak. 1892.