MUSIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3806, 9 May 1891, Page 2

MUSIC.

A distinct impetusbas undoubtedly been Riven to the sale of musical

instruments since the Dresden Pianoforte Company opened, in Wellington, and their pianos and organs, which are to be acquired on wonderfully easy terms, at prices distinctly low for such undeniably good instruments, are an attraction which has proved of magnetic influence with the public. The Wellington branch (the Lead office is in Dunedin) was a success from the first, and the demand upon the pianos has been such as o require repeated cablegraphic requisitions being sent Home in order to keep the stock of even fair proportions. At the present time, indeed, no less than 175 instruments are being landed, consigned to the Dresden Company, the majority direct from their own factory, and others from makers of the best repute, so that purchasers are not restricted to any one manufacturer. The prices of the pianos range from about .£BS to £l5O, and even the most moderate priced piauo in the warehouse has an equal guarantee with the best as far as proportionate faithfulness of workmanship, quality, and purity of tone are concerned. The unusually easy terms upou which these fine instruments are to bo bought under the hire system, are set forth, in detail iu the Dresden Company's business notice in another column, Their pianos, we may mention, are used at the leading concerts in Wellington, both by the Harmonic Society and by Qsher entertainers, amateur and professional. At the present moment Mr Theomin, Managing Director of the Dresden Piano Company, is on his way to Europe, his intention being to visit all the

Continental factories of repute, but principally to inspect the Company's factories in Dresden and Saxony, where be will secure the services of a competent staff of workmen for bis Wellington warehouse. On his return it will be arranged to considerably extend the accommodation of those "**"'- premises. Since they opened on Lambton Quay, Mr M. J. Brookes, the manager, lias found that his rapidly extending business absolutely necessitates this stop. It should be added that there is a large number of instruments to select from, and that in all respects as regards price and choice, country customers are plac6d od the same footing as those in town.