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Otago Witness, Issue 2293, 10 February 1898, Page 12

M U wl wJaJj £i«U U wii i J.UJM FOR A CROWN. SHOULD BE IN ALL HOMES WHERE THERE IS A PIANO OR ORGAN.. FinHE above heading wiil, of couree, appear to _§L moft people as the height of absurdity,yet the absurdity is more apparent than real. It goes without saying that a fimthed musical ecucatiou in tho regular course cannot bo had for a crown, or even with peveral hundred additional crowns, bat cmi it be truthfully said that the p*rson with a sufficient knowledge of music to play accompaniments readily oa the piano or organ to all tbe popular and standard songs of the day has no musical edue^iou ? Assuredly nob. A musical education sufficient to enable one to play correctly ac^ompauiioenlb t*j the songs sung in the homo ftequeutly gets and gives more pleasuie from tho modesb sceoinplishment than does the acquirements of m&ny on whose education large sums hava been expended. i To Iho more modest musical education the | above ht>ft<ling applies. Such an education the ! Otago Wiinfss is .now enabled to effer its [ music-loving readers for a crown, believing that it is the greatest benefib it can give to its subscribers, | This ready-made musical education consists of Prafct's Charh of ChorJs for the Piano and Organ, which is We nearest approach to a ready-made knowledge of music yet attained by science. It is a abort cub to harmony, and 5s to ratisie what the multiplication table is to arithmetic — » quick method et learning to play the Piaco or Organ without a teacher. With IJjis charb anyone cm with bub a small amount of practice become an expert accompanist. It ih complete stlf-ir.sbruetor, enabling anyone to v>la> without difficulty i-ccompam-ments to ar.y sopg ever written. L. is valuable to the advanced musician as well as the beginner, embracing n^i-rly overy major aad minor chord ured in nu&io, tnd i* endorsed by teachers and rausiciacs everywhere. Tin-* chart is tbe practlcAl r*s=ult of years of study by CharJes E. Pratt, the noted Atnesiaan composer and musiciau, vsrht&a eonapoc-itions have world-wide pepularit.y and a larger Gf.le than those of any other AmeriuAn or European composer. BclieviDg that tho educational va'ua of fch's Charb is very gre^t, the Otago Witnfss baa arranged with the publishers to supply Pratt's Chtr4 of Chords to its readers at 5s e»cb, and ia addition to the Ci^rfc of CJcorda the pubiiehers h*ve kindly agreed to bphij without extra charge a copy of tbe Book of Sougrs, couttiniog lS^r songs, -with words and music. Many of these &ocg» are o!d-tima f Avoucitee long out of print tbut, can bo cb'aiijed in no other ws.y. Every home that has a piano or organ, especially where there arc children, should hava Pratt's Charfe of Chords. Thi* iffec is raadd for a shorb time only, and readers should av*il thcmselvea of it vrilhoul delay. Address, with postal notes to value of 5s Publishers Otago Witness, Dunedin. Patents. Tiudt; 'vJaiiks HEHRY HUGHES, C.E., M.S., F> EOISTEERI) Patent Agent by Oovornment ]L\> Examinatiou, corner of JLanse and High .streets, Dunedin ; and at Wellington and Auck land. Patents and Trade Marias obtained in all Countries. Specifications and Drawings Accurately Prepared Established 1882.