Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 307, 7 December 1915 — Page 9

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAMTtIESDAY, 'DEC- 7, 1915

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The First Conception of Music Is Often the Final Conception

What kind of musical instrument have you provided for your child? Is she forced to devote hours to the dreary monotony of practice on the piano in hopes that some day she may be able to play the simple pieces of popular favor or is she broadening her knowledge of real music by practicing the personal interpretation of good music on the play erpiano? , Many a child takes up the study of music and after practicing the finger exercise for some time without result, loses interest in her work and finally gives it up entirely ; few continue the anything . but pleasant practice by which they may be able to play SOME of the classical pieces. Quite the reverse is the case, however, if you place a Starr Playerpiano at your child's command. With but a little practice she will learn to know and appreciate all that is best in music: By means of this instrument she will be able to play with absolute control of tempo, touch and expression the masterpieces of Wagner, the beautiful symphonies of Beethoven, or any of the popular music in which she chances to delight. Within a very short time she will become the equal of the artist whose technique and correct interpretation represents a lifetime of labor. We extend you an invitation to come in and hear this player in order that you may see how simple and effective it is. In Every Home This Christmas There Should Be

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STARR

PHONOGRAPH

And this is the Starr Phonograph's first Christmas—its first time to compete with other makes of similar musical instruments, and everywhere in the land it has met with the approval of the best musical critics known. Following we mention the four great features of the Starr Phonograph:

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STYLE II PRICE $125 Other Styles from $100 up. The , Phonograph Designed tp Play AU Disc Records.

The Universal Phonograph There is but one right way to play each, type of disc record. You can not satisfactorily play a "hill and dale" record with a laterally arranged point nor "lateral" grooves record with a "hill and dale" point. The Starr Phonograph is the onlyone primarily designed to play all disc records with the styles in the proper position for which each was intended. You might as well be able to play every record on the machine you buy, and the Starr Tone is distinctly superior regardless of what type of record you choose. We can demonstrate to you that the Starr Phonograph will play any record better than the machine for which it was originally intended. Does that interest you?

The Heart of the Phonograph The heart is the center of all action. The one most Important, most vital organ in nature. That is why we term the sound box the heart of the Phonograph. To the casual observer, the Starr Sound Box is just a sound box. To the scientfic investigator it presents a new solution of the basic problem of Phonographic reproduction. But to -you as a prospective owner, neither its form nor principle are Important. Does it improve the tone quality? We ask for an opportunity to demonstrate that it does; that now, for the first time, every tone vibration may be heard unmarred. No question as to what instrument recorded the disc enters your mind because it is reproduced absolutely true. The Starr Sound . Box IS distincly different in results.' Come in , and prove this to yourself. f .: .,'

, The Sounding Board ' Horn It would be impossible to estimate the time devoted in determining the comparative accustic properties of tubstances. It would even be unwise to guess how many years Adirondak Silver Grain Spruce has been accepted peer of all. It is fundamentally right, therefore, that.it should be used in the tone producing parts of the Phonograph where the vibration MUST be greatly magnified. The Sounding Board Horn of' the Starr Phonograph hangs free with an unrestricted vibration from the smallest end of the graduated neck to the widest flare o the horn. There is not a joint or metal connection which will retard the magnificent tone. Yet this is not wholly responsible fdr the unequalled Starr Tone, it is this in connection with the other features which we would like to demonstrate" to. you.

The Artistic " Phonograph The incomparable tone of the Starr Phonograph would be just as true, just as natural if the case were of the roughest unfinished boards, but cultured folk demand art in both design and finish. The Starr is obviously the only Phonograph given a piano finish throughout. Craftsmen long skilled in the standard demanded in the Starr product have created an instrument distinct in design and of unusual finish among smaller musical instruments. If for no other reason you should select the Starr, knowing that no other Phonograph retailng at approximately the same price is its equal in design and finish.

Salesrooms 10th & Main'Sts.

THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THE TONE . Tone has been the foundation of all things musical since the beginning of time all except the Phonograph. - It remained a mechanical device until the development f the Starr. The science, the art, the theory and the practice of tone production were known to the Starr Piano Company, while the Phonooraph'was yet unthought of, Mechanical ability may be rapidly acquired, but the modern piano was two hundred year in the making. There art two hundred years of tone building back of the mechanical superiority of the 8tarr Phonograph. This is npt a mystery to conjor over nor an exaggeration to scoff at simply a fact we ask to demonstrate to you. The better you are acquainted with other phonographs the more you will appreciate the Starr. , '

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STYLE H PRICE $125 Other Styles from 9100 up. -The Phonograph Designed to Play All Disc Records.

Richmond, Indiana

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