AUCKLAND v LEADING PIANO AND POPULAR MUSIC WAREHOUSE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17347, 19 December 1919, Page 6

AUCKLAND v LEADING PIANO AND POPULAR MUSIC WAREHOUSE.

t RICHARDSON'S, 110, QUEEN STKE^ There is nothing like music in the home. J What a fine influence it has. Have you j ever thought for one m<"aent what sort 5 of a world this would be> without music. . A real dreary old world, listless and [ monotonous .without, that little spark of } brightness which music'alone can give. Is is a well known fact that during times " of depression people who are affected [. eagerly look round for some place to go j where they can hear t" osic. f Music has |.. that power of upHfin;r tee gloomy and j sad soul, .and helps ; » brighten many j livea that would othe i '\,<se be sad and , uninteresting. 5 _To many folk a piano at the present j time would be a matter of utter impossibility were it not .that a firm like L Richardson's, " Ltd., can sell pianos at such reasonable prices, taking into con- [ sideration the question of quality and , sterling value respecting the instruments , sold by them. Many satisfied customers . have expressed surprise at the excellent { pianos sold by Richardson's at such low , prices. We can recommend any one who , is contemplating the purchase of a piano [ at this time to look over the fine array '. of instruments in the showrooms at 110, . Queen Street. There they will find pianos by John Spencer, Collard and Collard, ' Broadwood, Green and Co., and all the leading makers of the best in British pianos, . as well as other makers. It just amounts to this, when all is said and done, that ' you simply cannot afford to go past Richardson's, Ltd., if you are buying a piano. i There is an old saying that "The proof of the pudding is m the eating," but Richardson's tell us that science has : proved this to be all wrong. They hold that the proof of th'a pudding is not so much in ihe sating, as fe 'the way y«u feel 'after' eating it," i*nd so jßich&V'ison's, Ltd., hold that after p;rxhasing one of their pianos the purchaser feels that deep &»nse o* satisfaction and pleasure which always goes with a Richardson piano. This progressive i has also an up- ; to-date sheet-music and here one may hertr the latest songs, balladsj or ragtimes played over before purchasing, for the management recognises that it is essential that purchasers should have an opportunity of hearing what they are buying, and so there are placed ;it the disposal of music customers four thoroughly efficient pianists, who will bA glad at all times to try over the latest song or waltz, etc. It might interest a few to know of j some of the latest items in music, and for those who are mixed up in concert work we would call attention" to a series of five books > of "Opening- Chorußns" for pierrots, minstrel troupes and gleesingers, each book 2s; plantation songs (four books), fos solo and harmonised choruses, 2s 6d each. In pianoforte albums, eminently suitable for Christmas gifts, there is a wonderful variety of composers to choose from, apart from the classical school. Albums like the following, for instance, "Lotusland," being four impressions by Jean Morel "A Dream Garden," a lyric suite.of fonr delightful pieces;' "In Fancy's Realm," «, chasming set; of four woodland scenes. These are all by the same composer, end we migit add .hat this composer's, name should no*, be confused with that of Gabriel MoreL a. prolific writer of a much lighter class lof music. Then there are albums by such well-known writers as Woodforde-Finden, woose pianoforte settings of he? own songs, "Cycles,""On Jhelumßiver," "Indian Love Lyrics/' and "Lover in Damascus," have such well-deserved popularity. Another album worthy of attention is "Yankiana," as its name implies, an American, suite of a characteristic nature. Albums of songs for children form a I special line in the music department at Richardson's, and here is a line of "gift" that is very much overlooked by parents at Christmas time. Why not a song for the kiddies? The writer knows from experience how the kiddies love to gather round the piano at home and sing their bright little songs over and over again. Can you think of anything better? We .hardly thmk so. « The latest monologues, humorous scrags. the latest Jalls-ds anti Te;gbijv*& ru*- '■»- > always w-* and k-iii ■■'£& n c!?<\. . I-V\ Ltd., AaJ. •-?& wov\q call r. P „tteii ... '' I jpfTfer-(«8 to an excsUe-.i : ■:■ , ~e • I | books «: humorous v&citations, a .-.,■> J ->g>-?3, ivermonettes which ar> e itij-eiy nww I to Auckland, as -we"' as bei' levee is-id 1 thoroughly Th?« . ,- ; sen at I Is per cop:-. We could. >. .-,, go $-, j enumeratin >img 4 lib,. .. rut ,j>auc i limits us, arid nffice it is *■• ?*■..■ n&t, : t ' you desire the Vest wej'..-., &*£ r "laijr Jf j or ragtime, you cmi get it {?Ha '> ; ■■*■ ,:.w I it played over it w m . x :s, a Richardson's, Ltd., and bo assured of receiving every courtesy and attention. * To friends from . the country the management extends a very cordial invitation to call and inspect the many attractions now on view. SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. BOOK DEPOT, DARBY STREET. The "Season of Giving," while a time of happiness and goodwill for all, is apt to be marred as the days before Christmas rapidly pass, by that haunting thought of the generous-minded : "What shall I buy my iriend for Christmas?" To those who are anxiously trying to make up their minds a hint as to the splendid assortment of books and other gifts at the Sunday School Union's premises in Darby Street will therefore be most timely and helpful. Busy as life is nowadays, poor indeed is the life that can give no thought nor time to books, those companions of every hour and mood i-hose silent influences extend far beyond tha passing moment, and leave lasting memories of happy leisure or of solace in time of trial sr»d sorrow. What better gift, then, for yoni friend, for those dear ones of the family circle, for the little children to whom the whole world is ayet an unopened book, than some fragment from the treasure -house of literature,' some dainty, merry, little fancy captured and put into words by gifted men and women for the express joy of all boys and girls i Books of this kind fill a multitude of shelves at the Sunday School, Union's depot. It is not a place where only religious lit<!rature may be found, although there is plenty of this, too, but its buyers i have traversed every corner of the wide field of literature, and the most up-to-date : novels, ancient classics, books of arts and . crafts, of nature-lore, of all the world's : wonders, the best fruits of the imagina- < tion of the writers of every land, all find : place on those capacious shelves. As Christmas is essentially the children's fes- i tival, however, a word as to the special thought which has been taken to their ' need will not be out of place. First ' should be mentioned books of rare delight < and charm written for them by writers of ' their own country, the fascinating stories < of hoys and girls by Maude Peacocke, the ' dainty sketches by Edith Howes, and par- i ticulariy that exquisite latest pro- 1 ducfion of May Gibbs, "Snuggle- ' pot and Cuddlepie," with its lovely illustrations, which any young New ' Zealander may well shriek with de- ' light to find in his or her Christmas stock- i ing next Thursday morning! Then there ' are the beautiful fairy stories which their ' mothers and grandmothers loved when ! they_ were young, and which every little " girl in the: world should read. There are ' rag books for the baby and picture puzzles T books of adventure and of deeds of hero- i ism which should be read by every bov. ' The famous children's volumes. "The Bovs' ' and Girls' Own Annuals," are there, too { and many other old favourites which { never go out of fashion. ' For the older people there are daintily- I bound booklets in the "Exquisite" and '; "Great Ideal" series, "Masterpieces in i Colour," lasting records of the world's most wonderful pictures, a full range of > the English poets, and a very beautiful series of books of water-colour sketches of l England's incomparable beauty-spots. £ The supply of church calendars, of , Christmas cards, and autograph stationery 1 is specially worthy of mention, represent- t uig the very highest attainments of the v praters art. There are manv other c specialties worthy of mention, "but full I justice can only be done this excellent T Uhristmas display by a personal visit. e