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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9386, 12 March 1898, Page 1 (Supplement)

There is no section of the public bo extensively gulled and taken in as tbat portion comprising the musical classes; we refer particularly to piano buyerß,r,oUhoufth it occurs to -some^degree in the case ,of other mv fie'a 1 inatrutneuU. The^advance of Music during the lnst ten years - amongst the middle classes of English - people bsVbeen-a grand opportunity for'palmiDg. , off cheap pionoe to persona who'in the majority of cases knew little or nothing of the value ofa.piitao.' In Germany there is a" very 1 low class of piano manufactured especially for export to England and Australasia. This machine is made by inferior workmen in' their own private houses ; wood bought anywhere irrespective of seasoning, and if it will hold together \% montbß it is, considered quite satisfactory by the merchants who buy them up and ship them to the colonies to supply the demand for a cheap piano. Any* one would imagiqe that it would be a hazardous proceeding to retail these instruments, but they are usually cold by persons trading under' some- name • whereby the actual proprietors cannot be reached without~a~-]ot*oi: trouble - and - ex* . pense,.wbich tt\e purchasers ore .not usually.in a .position to go to ; or ' they" -are remitted to- furniture dealers, sewing machine dealers, or auctioneers retail, theni with every confidence." ' Another favourite mode of selljng them is in , Country to^M^tbroii^-pi^p/rtupera and innoc.enX>bu.t,-Jgpcrari.t ! .ap'ent»« , The beßt.securitj-tbe.pianojpurchaserbas is to bqv from^it^bliahed ,Piano and J^us v ic^arfh^u\emep.wh()seguareht|ejS;Pf saJu^aridiwhotft interestit is "to^ sell ; genuine instruments.-— Ffdm T » l: Trie'Mbsicai,TjadeB*ReVicv."