Chapter 34

MadameMelba’sPrettyComplimentBeforeMadame Melba went abroad last June, her concert tour being over, she stepped into the factory warerooms to select aMason & Hamlinpiano for her own personal use.She tested them herself, for she plays as well as sings. Rising from before a beautiful parlor grand, she said with all of an artist’s enthusiasm: “This is the piano for me—it’s just like my voice!” Then and there she bought one of those beautifully tonedMason & Hamlin Pianosordering it sent to her home in Melbourne, Australia.What a pretty compliment: “It’s just like my voice”—and you can easily forgive the little conceit in it, for singing tone was exactly what she was looking for, and it is exactly whatMason & Hamlinmakers continually strive for—and get. If you feel that the best is none too good for you, then by all means call and hear theMason & Hamlin, the Stradivarius of pianos.Cable Piano CompanyWabash and JacksonCHICAGO

MadameMelba’sPrettyCompliment

BeforeMadame Melba went abroad last June, her concert tour being over, she stepped into the factory warerooms to select aMason & Hamlinpiano for her own personal use.

She tested them herself, for she plays as well as sings. Rising from before a beautiful parlor grand, she said with all of an artist’s enthusiasm: “This is the piano for me—it’s just like my voice!” Then and there she bought one of those beautifully toned

Mason & Hamlin Pianos

ordering it sent to her home in Melbourne, Australia.

What a pretty compliment: “It’s just like my voice”—and you can easily forgive the little conceit in it, for singing tone was exactly what she was looking for, and it is exactly whatMason & Hamlinmakers continually strive for—and get. If you feel that the best is none too good for you, then by all means call and hear theMason & Hamlin, the Stradivarius of pianos.

Cable Piano Company

Wabash and JacksonCHICAGO


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