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Chas. B. Dickinson & Co.
| Name | Chas. B. Dickinson & Co. |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | University Place 48 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Klavierfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Bezeichnet als "Manufacturers of the 'American Piano'". |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 302] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1859 |
Gründung |
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bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Klaviere |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | The impetus given to musical taste throughout Europe and America is unquestionably due to the pianoforte, the manufacture of which has been happily facilitated in a wonderful degree by the application of steam power. For the present generation the piano has become an absolute necessity, a constant source of pleasure, a powerful means for the development and acquisition of the musical art. Our children are now taught their letters and notes simultaneously, and for a young man or girl of the present day to be found deficient in the rudiments of music is thought to be almost as reprehensible as an ignorance of the common rules of arithmetic. A prominent house engaged in the manufacture of grand, square and upright pianos is that of Messrs. Dickinson & Co., No. 48 University Place, which was originally established in 1859. After several changes, on the death of Mr. S. T. Dickinson the present proprietor, Mr. Chas. B. Dickinson, succeeded to the business, and has associated with him a special partner. Ever since the foundation of the house the firm of Dickinson & Co. have derived the greatest satisfaction from the reputation voluntarily accorded them by the professional and amateur world, of manufacturing all their pianofortes of equal merit and excellence, and maintaining the highest standard in the production of these famous instruments. The specialty of this house is the "American Piano", which for quality of tone, lightness of touch and beauty of finish is unsurpassed by any similar instrument of any contemporary concern, and by careful attention to details and the employment of skilful artisans, combined with properly seasoned materials, Dickinson & Co. are enabled confidently to warrant every instrument leaving the factory for a term of six years. The firm is unable to compete with the cheap trash with which the market is flooded, and which are dear at half the price they sell at. Many a purchaser of these "cheap John" pianos has found when keys begin to rattle, key-board to give, and asthmatic tones to proceed from his instrument, that it would have been much better and cheaper to have paid a little more and obtained a substantial and lifetime pianoforte. Music is the universal language of the human race, the one tongue that was not confused in the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel, and is nature's own vocabulary of passion, joy, sorrow, hope and love. There is no economy in placing in the parlor for the education of the family an instrument that is false in its interpretation of music, and which in the end must subvert and destroy the taste for harmony which it was intended to elevate and establish. The pianos of Dickinson & Co. are known and admired in musical circles all over this vast country, from Canada to Texas, and from Maine to California, and also in some of the fashionable and brilliant saloons of Paris and London. We can conscientiously commend Dickinson & Co.'s pianos to those interested, being assured that they are equal if not superior to any in the market. In power and quality of tone, delicacy of touch, perfection of mechanism, durability and general excellence, these instruments are not excelled, if rarely equalled, and they combine all these rare and grand qualities which constitute a really fine piano. The firm offer specially liberal terms to purchasers, and those having dealings with this house will derive both satisfaction and profit. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 302] |
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