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Show A Well-Managed Business I There is not a better managed business in the state than that of Thatcher Brothers Music Company of Logan. y. This company was -incorporated in 1903, since which time its ramifications have been extended so as to embrace all parts of the western and inter-mountain country. Its spccialty is pianos, although smaller musical instruments of all kinds are carried. In pianos this firm is agent for the great Henry F. Miller, Julius Bauer, Schiller, Poole, Nccdham, Bachman and other pianos, the territory embraced in the exclusive agency of this firm being Utah, Idaho and western Wyoming. Starting with the determination to sell only the finest pianos that money could buy, this policy they have strictly adhered to and the consequence is that to-day the firm enjoys a vast trade and patronage in all the territory embraced in their agency. They have placed a large number of pianos in Salt Lake, which includes one sold to Arthur Shepherd and to many others. They have placed hundreds of the ' ' pianos and arc now selling about four hundred a year. The Agricultural Agricul-tural College and Brigham Young College, both of Logan, and the Brigham Young Academy of Provo, have purchased pianos from this firm. In fact, they have placed all the pianos used by the two Logan colleges. A large number of district schools and some public halls throughout the state have been supplied with pianos by Thatcher Brothers. In addition to their musical instruments the firm is also agent for the Edison phonograph, and has sold hundreds of the machines. They keep an extensive stock of machines and records on hand at all times and are always prepared to fill orders from the Edison catalogue. Reverting to the question of pianos, and as stated before, this firm has made it a policy to sell only the best. By this it must not be inferred they sell only high priced pianos. On the contrary, if a person seeks a cheap piano he may get what is wanted, but even in this case the firm handles only the best obtainable pianos compatible witli the price paid. But the Miller piano is the great card of the firm. This piano which is made in Boston, is considered by the finest artistes and performers per-formers the best piano made. But owing to an arrangement with the manufacturers of the Miller piano, Thatcher Brothers are selling the piano as cheap as it is being sold in Boston. This is not an assertion, but an absolute fact. When it is considered that this great piano, the finest on the market, is sold at prices that range only around the five hundred dollar mark, the advisability of buying the best at a price that is generally considered a fair valuation for a mediocre instrument is easily apparent. They can sell this piano at from fifty to one hundred hun-dred dollars less than the same grade of piano is sold by other firms. And they do, too. The great sales of the firm is evidence of the appreciation appre-ciation of the public of the fact that good instruments can be bought cheap. A brief description of the Miller piano at this time is quite pertinent. perti-nent. There is a refinement in the quality of tone of the Henry F. Miller upright pianos, it being clear and brilliant but at the same time sweet and singing; it is flexible, deep and round, making the instrument instru-ment sympathetically responsive to every expression known to the emotional side of music, and tit. cone is the ideal standard of the musical world. The scale of each jiano is perfectly balanced throughout, through-out, and with one of these superb instruments the skilful performer is able to produce veritable tone paintings. The action clearly shows the careful manner in which it is regulated, producing as it docs a mechanism which enables the performer to give expression to every shade of musical sentiment. The present styles of cases arc chaste architectural examples of what is best in form, proportion, and outline. The company manufactures manu-factures the colonial styles in two sizes, medium size, which is four feet six inches in height: and small upright, which is four feet three inches in height. In the Renaissance (a revival of the classic) is manufactured another medium size piano, four feet six inches in height. The largest size upright, which is four feet ten inches in height, is after the style of Francis T. The medium size upright is the most popular of all, and in fullness of tone surpasses the largest size uprights of almost all other makes. 1 I his medium size is best adapted for the ordinary size rooms in homes throughout the country. The small size upright represents one of the most costly pianos, and is intended for use in rooms where a small piano is indispensable. The tone of the small upright is large, I voluminous and of exceptionally fine musical quality, and although a smaller instrument, is far superior to the largest upright pianos of many other makers. The large upright is a noble instrument, intended for the largest rooms, halls, churches, Sunday schools, etc. All sizes ! an(l styles have the same quality of workmanship. Regardless of the V ; question of price, as well as of size, all of the upright pianos represent I the use of the best materials, are put together by expert workmen, and I all show an exceptionally fine finish throughout, all combined assur- I ing a durability which in the Henry F. Miller pianos is unquestioned. I In addition to the uprights, the Miller Company also manu- I facturcs all kinds of grand pianos. I Prominent among the orchestras with which the Miller piano has I been used are the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Thomas Or- I chestra, Van der Stuckcn Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, I Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Grand Orchestra, Danz' I Minneapolis Grand Orchestra, St. Louis Musical Union Orchestra, San I Francisco Orchestral LTnion Orchestra, Philadelphia' Academy of I Music Orchestra, Philharmonic Society of Boston Orchestra, Orchcs- I tra of the Music Teachers' National Association Concerts in Boston, i I New York, Chicago, Indianapolis, Philadelphia; also with Boston I Philharmonic Club, Louis Maas Chamber Concerts, Boston; Knciscl I Quartette, Boston; The Mendelssohn Club, Philadelphia; Baltimore I Pcabody Institute Concerts, Buffalo Philharmonic Club, Cleveland I Quintette Club, Beck's String Quartette, Clevcl and ; Detroit Philhar- H monic Club, Mozart Society, Chicago, and with orchestras in the music I hall series at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. I Here is what the great artists have said about the Miller piano, I being just a few selections from thousands of testimonials : I 'Your piano stands uncqualcd." Louis Maas. I "You have no rival to fear, cither here or in Europe ; your piano I is in many respects superior to any other." Carl Stasny. I "I much prefer the Henry F. Miller." Antoinc dc Kontski. I "Positively superior to any make I have ever played." Win. II. I Sherwood. I "I have not found an instrument in America which allows of such I orchestral effects, as well as the finest pianissimo shadings, combined I with a beautiful singing quality of tone, as the Henry F. Miller Artists I Grand." Emil Zoch. "Have never before found so manv desirable artistic qualities com- I bincd in one piano." Charles Dcnncc. I "Has given perfect satisfaction in tone and endurance." W. W. I Gilchrist. H "I never enjoyed singing with any piano as 1 do with this." I Emma Thursby. H "Their pure, sweet, and musical tones afford me the greatest satis- I faction and delight." Annie Louise Cary. I "Very superiorTd" 'any I have had an opportunity of using." I Guiseppe del Puentc. I "They have no superior in America, and my long musical cxperi- I ence abroad justifies me in placing them ahead of any foreign instru- I mcnt." Charles R. Adams. I Extended comment -lias been made on the Miller piano in the I foregoing, but this was done only for the purpose of illustrating the I line of pianos carried by Thatcher Brothers. The Julius Bauer piano is another instrument fully in keeping with the Miller. Extended criti- I cism in the one practically conveys an idea of the quality of the other. I Details in construction are different, of course, each maker carrying I out his own ideas. But the essentials required in good pianos arc I carried out in both. In the pin block there is some difference of con- I struction, the Miller favoring the full iron plate with open pin block. ' I In their arrangement on the pin block, a tapering pin is used. The M purpose of this is, as demonstrated by years of experience, that after a I number of years, when the pin gets loose, by simply striking it, it ' I drives in further on its tapering end, thus automatically tightening the I socket, insuring a number of years of life more. H The Schiller and other pianos mentioned arc all of medium price, I but they are the best instruments obtainable Tor the prices asked. I In having the agency for such pianos in that city, Logan is more . than fortunate, for it is an evidence of good business judgment and I clear headed acumen on the part of the Thatcher Brothers Company. The Zenoli Silver-Copper Company's properties, located near I Barth, Nevada, arc certainly making a remarkable showing. To date I they have shipped to the American Smelting and Refining Company's plant $50,000.00 worth of ore, net, after paying $9.00 treatment I charge and $6.00 freight rate. The settlement of 1,000 tons of ore I showed a net return of better than $45.00 a ton, which everybody i considers a very remarkable showing, considering the infancy of the I property. Another high grade car is being loaded, and it is confi- j I dently expected it will keep up to the high standard of the balance ! fl of the shipments. 1 The company owns 27 claims, all of which arc surveyed for I I patent, and their ore runs from 100 to 200 ounces in silver and 2 1-2 II to 4 per cent, in ropper and 3 to 7 per cent, in lead. I I |