-f. " ' l i V t r s- I & EVENING LEDGER-PEttLADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1917 Gimbel Brothers store Opens at 8:30 Gimbel Brothers Store Closes at 5:30 Gimbel Brothers Wednesday, February 7, 1917. rfJs vjx. . v" itcp JrVLV'-Jfe, GimbelB) -X. 1 ' -.--11 1 ) .W ... I I jsS&f' Ew fe i J!UWayiiatV: Mgg MgjgpwBBSSjHB ppp"" HI i ' jy WtW-&J$'aw' "sJd v8r' ' AASu M s H h i i I 111 Y M Har 11 M 1 Hi n ; I St 1 il SSH 1 1 1 Iff I 1 1 1 1 ' ' I I ' ! J I t f s r ' i ' 8 i J 1 I I ii i MMfflte?(N) ISIsfaMttiil! nmmm- . mwamse - widely conceded to be The World's Perfect' Player-Piano is offered for the first and only time at decided savings through the helpful co-operation of a Gimbel Piano Club W.e are representatives in this large section of Messrs. Hardman, Peck & Co., New York and recently made a Bulk offer for all their Hardman Autolones of two really beautiful styles. They will have to make new case styles to replace them. It is this purchase we are privileged to offer on the club plan and therefore The Genuine and Justly Famous U.HJLCLE1 tone Hardman Autotone is loved, endorsed and used by these song-birds of Grand Opera: Tetrazzini, Fremstad, Destinn, Pasquali, Cavalier i, Gay, A Ida, Labia, Melis, Reache,- Jomelli, De Cisneros, Zeppili, Noria, Alten, Weidt, Delna, Hidalgo, Mattfeld, Russ and Mme. Frieda Hempel This Club is Limited to One Hundred and Fifty Members The is the official piano of the Metropolitan Opera Company the most distinguished musical organization in the world. For three-quarters of a century the Hardman has emiched our national home life by reason of its rich sonority of tone, delicacy of touch and unsurpassed durability. The Hardman Autotone is famous as beine this regal piano plus a playing mechanism perfected by its builders, who I developed the Hardman Autotone as a musical unit, building up the piano and player attach i ment as a harmonious whole the resultant instrument having a purity of tone impossible I i.U DL..AH Dinnnn (nvmaAl V.v r f I o ! t ri rt ikix Hi r. mqp nr qoh Ti r l n rr-r M ri m rifY nr vtmnnnne Willi 1 mCI'l 1UI1U3 lUlllltU Ijy unit.liw5 ""' mv -v.jv. w uwi...w...b w..u...w.. u. w.v wu.v.wi.u mechanism that can only tend to rob the piano of its goodness. But listen! This Perfect Player-Piano has every particle of resonance and tonal purity of the fine old Hardman. The added quality of self-playing brings its utmost usefulness within the reach of those without musical training as well as of those who have made music the study of their lives. Hardman Autotone is endorsed by these stars of Grand Opera. Caruso and many others bought for tKeir personal use. Caruso, Renaud, Martin, Slezak, Amato, Jorn, Jadlowker, Bassi, Grassi, Constantino, Scotti, Bonci, Zenatello, Sammarco, Dalmores, Gilly, Rothier, McCormack, Campanini, Plancon, Clement, Segurola, Giiibert The Hardman Autotone is of stable value all over America a known cash price, and a partial-payment price which simply adds interest to the original price. Club members skip interest and more. Based on the total partial-payment prices, the Gimbel Club Offers Hardman Autotone, Style A, at $665 Saving $157.50 Payable without interest or extras at rate of $3.50 weekly. Hardman Autotone, Style B, at $775 Saving $210 Payable without interest or extras at rate of $4 weekly. The Gimbel Club Plan provides that the death of a club member, with payments kept up, cancels any remainder due. The family keeps the instrument and hasn't a cent to pay. This feature has been proved by a number of cases and the terms are written into the agreement. A bench and a selection of music rolb go with each instrument, free. Gimbel- Clubs have from time to time brought various standard instruments within general reach including highly artistic pianos but this is the first club to offer the widely-conceded best instrument on such easy terms and at large money saving. Messrs. Hardman, Peck & Co.'make two beautiful lines of pianos and players in two separate New York factories. Will you act with such promptness as to be of the select few to share in this matchless offer? s Don't lose time. If inconvenient to come in at once, sign and mail this coupon and all possible information will be given without putting you under the slightest obligation. This Club Offer is on the Hardman's most advanced line the most perfect Player-Piano made. Its makers, musical inventors for years, hold other basic patents and the sum total of their development and ownership is worked into an harmonious one-ness in The Hardman Autotone. Gimbel Brothers are Philadelphia representatives of the Hardman, Harring ton, Vose, Packard, Milton and Conreid Pianos and Players. And are generally con ceded to be( first in service-giving on Viclrolas and Records. Gimbes, Hardman Hall, Seventh floor; and some shown on First floor, The Thoroughfare. GIMBELS MARKET : CHESTNUT : EIGHTH and NINTH- Coupon Messrs. Gimbel Brothers, Philadelphia Please gic mc fuller information re Karding your club offer of the Hardman Autotone. N'atne City State E. L.-2-7 l V H
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