The pianos for this Co-operative sale were personally selected at the factory by Mr. J. H. Troup and upon ' 1
arn are ° em ß tested and inspected by Prof. Llewellyn /. Evans, organist Ridge Avenue Methodist church I
A A new pianos worth *350 each
U" to be sold for W each
Copyright, 1912, by Stone & McCarrick, Inc.
With the opening of our store to-morrow morning a new plan The sale can be likened to a "Summer Excursion" in pianos,
of selling pianos in Harrisburg will be inaugurated. And a gigantic Those who take advantage of it will get greatly reduced prices; big
sale will have begun. The sale will consist of three hundred new inducements in the way of easy payments and a pile of liberal con
pianos. No more. No less. These instruments were contracted ditions and privileges which do not go with every day piano selling,
lor and this sale planned and arranged months ago: (This will be Three hundred persons will go on this excursion, and no one has
told of fully in another advertisement.) The pianos have been ar- ever had an opportunity to obtain a good, durable piano at a lower
riving now direct from the factory at the rate of a carload a day. price; upon easier terms; upon fairer or squarer conditions or upon
The store is packed. a more economical plan.
. In wood, ivory, felt, strings, tone and workmanship
these pianos are worthy of a place In the "White House"
JH The pianos that go into this sale would grace any home. For rials as you get in any four hundred and fifty dollar piano. They
downright durability, they are as good as any piano made. Take are made by the Bacon Piano Company in one of the largest piano
afe I ™ J"\ the physical piano itself; that is, the woods that go into the case; manufacturing plants in the world-It not the largest. Where
3S CJSb • . : u , n rlXxu x -XX, pianos are built well and economically, and where there is an
ie v f es into the keys, the German felt that goes into the abundance of capital to procure the best there is to be had, and to
J hammers and the steel wire that goes into the strings and so on and "back up" our guarantee—the strongest ever placed upon a musi
i||P|Witeaigfc/ so on, and you get as much, in fact, you get the same identical mate- cal instrument.
The Co-operative plan through which these pianos i ,
will be sold is the most economical selling plan A P
If it were possible for three hundred persons to walk into this store tomorrow morning, H
IKHP and each and every one of these persons buy one of these pianos, and each and every one of H .
these persons were to lay down the spot cash —we could cut a great, big slice off the H ~—
xra mL am J. WwSSS. regular selling price, couldn't we? Such a case, were it possible, would secure the lowest JHk_ W66k
price at which these three hundred pianos could be sold. For it would sell these three hun- o&t t ,
ttjxlgptafr a fired pianos— all at once—in the shortest length of time and without incurring any
J| selling expense, excepting the cost of this one advertisement.
JSL But such a thin # as this is impossible. The best that can be done, is to come as early m E E
to this condition as possible. And that is just what is being done through this co-operative #r
IgflFSfescv ' I iffiif /wjyA First of a 1 we have bou & ht from and are co-operating with the manufacturers themselves, to sell these
L thre j llund . red pianos—all of which are of one grade and of one quality.
cash, so that these on N II I j ' jl || rj j 1 I
jp M bur floors at as small cost as three ! J ft) I
t e^i j
Under this plan, all expenses are concentrated into a ( JrL *£> ~ m
brief period. They do not run on and on over an indefinite
time. Profits are less on a single sale. Very much less . Just as railroads find it \ JH
profitable to run excursions at half the regular fare. Even in the matter of freights and i' 3 .fflfifiEL i
cartage we are able to cut off some expense, and so it is all along the line—wherever un- Ng&g
der the usual plan it costs dollar for expenses—under this new co-operative plan it ||
Here arc the advantages In which you share Is/yAi '' « *1 L
as the result ot this Co-operative idea '''. 'V A
First. You get a piaao which is worth and sells regularly at three hundred and fifty dollars, for two hundred and forty- |( / i /jjTV
eight dollars and seventy-five cents, saving you at the outset cne hundred and one dollars and twenty-five cents. wfoMm „
Second. When you finish paying for your piano, if bought in the usual way, you still owe from twenty-five to thirty-five / /!* _f
dollars Interest. Through this co-operative plan, when you have paid your two hundred and forty-eight dollars and f ~,
seventy-five cents, you have finished paying. There are no further payments to be made, either on account of interest or for any
You can obtain a player„plano Third. Instead of paying twenty to twenty-five dollars 1I " I I
o|cn niuin fhi>c!imoi>AnHit!Ana as a-first payment and ten, twelve or fifteen dollars a month as \3
npon mc samc conditions you will in F ; regular wayj during this co . operative sa i e you pay
One Hundred player-pianos will be sold on this co-operative b "t fi ye dollars to join in this co-operative movement and then 1,1 1
plan ' but one dollar and twenty-five cents a week. IlAiir f/k | O |. A o4i*r«mf«w«A A |
The usual price of theße player-pianos Is five hundred and fifty Fourth. You get the Strongest guarantee ever put on a EIUW (|| O-Cl W flal»ttO€ OI
dollars each. piano; a joint guarantee signed by the manufacturer—Bacon . **«.* ma ■ L
The an( ' nlnety "" ve ol " Piano Company—and ourselves, giving you protection for five IHIS IvO""ODCF3tIVC Didll I
years that is as s?fe as a government bond. r » T
The player-piano will also be delivered Immediately upon the ~ ° . .. . . . . .. .. ... I
payment of five dollars. . Fifth. You get the privilege of returning your piano at To take advantage of this unusual sale, all you have to do is to send or bring in five dollars, for which I
The payments win be two dollars a week —giving you one hun- the end of a thirty days' trial and gettingyotfr moneybaok. we will at once give you a receipt. X
ment^— Sixth. Within one year from the day you get your piano, This five dollars is credited ft) your account on the co-operative books—leaving two hundred and T
guarantee that is given on the piano is given on the player- through this co-operative plan, you may exchange it for any forty-three dollars and seventy-five cents to be paid.
piano - reason whatsoever, without so much as a penny's loss. The co-operative plan then allows one hundred and ninty-five weeks' time in which to pay this / I
You can also get your money back at any time within thirty days. Seventh. All payments remaining unpaid are volun- amount—at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents a week. There are no further pay- I
You get the same privilege of exchanging within a year, Lhat tarily cancelled in event of your death—thus leaving the piano ments of any kind to be met. J*
given on the piano. ' ' or v t • a
All Of the unpaid balances will be voluntarily cancelled in event free of incumbrance to your family. . You can select your piano at once—tomorrow—next day—next week or any other
1 of death. Eighth. ■ You get through this co-operative plan an op- time convenient to you. It will be delivered immediately—next week 'or next month.
Also, a player-piano bench and nine rolls of music (your own portunity to earn cash dividends for each and every week's time The time you select your piano and the date of delivery is whollyvoptional A* X*
An ar e ra e ngemen a t r win C be made with each purser whereby new life ° f the co-operative agreement of one hundred and ninety- with you. * A
player roils can be procured at a cost of only FIVE CENTS five weeks is shortened. Through his privilege it is possible for If not convenient for you to personally select your piano, we will make the xy
A ROLL. you to earn cash dividends, amounting in all to twenty.nine selection for you under your instructions, with the understanding that, if at r. XT
they T p h i e ay X The S dollarsand twenty-five cents. . the end of a thirty days' trial the piano is not satisfactory, we will refuad j? .
motion. These player-pianos have an automatic shifter, which Ninth. You are given opportunity to secure others to your money. '*o vH?" v «•'
compels the music to play perfectly. Most player-pianos sold at co-operate in this plan. This still further reduces tbc cost of %
from two hundred to two hundred and fifty dollars more than K . r A v . .♦
these WILL NOT PIiAY PERFECTLY. These player-pianos have your instrument. ———— A .•* /
LIFE t, OI ,^^UBBER P ls y^>NE lI most? r LEAI> LASTC 7"ent/|. Under this plan, two tunings, a piano stool to thi al the ill • •*'* /
FOREVER. It cannot wear out and the tubing in these player- match tf 1 piano, a late Style scarf and delivery within one this sale, the store will remi'.n open until
pianos is so placed It cannot be broken. hundred und fifty miles of Harrisburg are included without ■ 9:30 o'clock. Informal player-piano recitals will b© X'^
i_ adding .„y furth.r e xp.n„ .0 .h« ,w. hundred and fortnight Til " 'X. / .-
All of the features of the co-operative plan are carried out dollars and Sevanty-five cents. , J 4 .■' .** »•*
fl II in offering the player-pianos, with the single exception that 4. J/$r y *•' ,• .•
J|j e J # JJ # JrOUP MllSfc HOUSe, Market'sq. / SS*<//
ALSO 38 AOilTii 11AXOVUI STHEIKT, CAIILISLE, l'A»
WEDNESDAY EVENING
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
MAY 6, 1914.
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