"GERMAN" PIANOS
"MADE IN SYDNEY." INTERESTING REVELATIONS. (Press Association.—Copyright. ) (Received 9.15 a.m.) SYDNEY. This Day. Before ine Tariff Commission a witness stated that he had made pianos in Sydney but had to sell them as German instruments. He did so at- the request of customers and in order to meet- competition. He used the name plates of German; firms who had no local agents. Sometimes the name or address of a fictitious manufacturer was spelt- slightly incorrectly. If a buyer wanted an Aus-tralian-made piano it was sold as such, and if the buyer wanted a German instrument he called it German. The witness added that one or two other Tetailers did similarly. Even English pianos were imported bearing German firms' name plates. The representative of a leading music house said that if the practice existed, it was to an infinitesimal extent, because the maker's agent would take immediate legal action, to prevent it. Another witness quoted a case where the name plate of a well-known Australian maker had been replaced bv that of another instrument sold at a bigger price.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 29 May 1914, Page 5
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