; TOE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TIITTRSD AY EVENING, DECEMBER 17t 1903. "Tirtua . hata lti reward." lD liJ liV W liii IVUIE? - i I i- -A, . ' . KNABE Y Tha headlight of artistic piano production; the loader of loaders; the' greatest piano In' all " this world; 88 years old. Estey Organs STECK The old reliable." This fa mous make was the especial la vorlte ,f the treat Warner. A piano of the highest grade; 47 years old.' 1 4 ',tii .. tsw". x m j ... ruir in ' v at a a. m..M . mivm m . t i t . i i : 1 ' 1 " - RAM'AViMJ ,,iiiMiiHi, y Lkuu-uuim niEiiiii! Mason & Hamlin Organs r ,w i .;:.: .... .. .' 1 ft v .v. . a t ..... PACKARD . One of America's taost beautifully-built pianos, noted for Its exceptional, tonal qualities and delightful ( action. Its. case de signs are unsurpassed In artistic elegance. Packard Organs Just twenty-seven years ago we were born into the business world, In what at that time was the very heart of Portland's business activity First Street, Today we find ourselves on Portland's finest corner a spot that was no more than a cattle pasture on the day we sold our first organ out of the little First Street shop. Well, we grew; grew In strength and grew In wisdom; grew to know the people of Oregon and their needs. Today finds us the largest and financially strongest music house In the Pacific Northwest, Not'only do we carry every dollar's worth of our own contracts In our own vault, but we bear the distinction of being the ONLY Oregon music house of sufficient strength to do It, thus assuring our customers protection In times of adversity which protection firms who are obliged to send their contracts East cannot truthfully guaranteed Our financial strength Is shown In the unquestionable standing of our line of Instruments, our leaders being those whose names have ever been untainted and whose makers have never been alienated from the original founders,. It will ever be our aim, as It has been In the past, to cater to the conservative class, with a distinctive and elegant line of goods, rather than to those affected by the sensational exploitation of cheap goods at unreliable prices. SMITH & BARNES An excellent piano of medium price, possessing a pure, area tons and delicate action. Chicago Cottage Organs HAMILTON One of our most popular makes; eacellent in tone and perfect In action. A piano worthy of grac ing any home. ; We : Invite you to visit the most beau- tlfuJIy appointed music house In the Northwest, where you will find the greatest line of Pianos and Organs ever gathered under a Western roof i THE ONLY house In Oregon having no consigned goods on Its floors. We buy out right every Piano we handle. This enables us to sell as cheaply as any house In the U.S. 0 QUALITY TALK This Is the quality stort; ours. Is the quality business. We would rather not sell you a piano than sell you an unreliable one and we are not afraid to tell you so. The unrc liable culls from the Eastern factories are neither kept nor advertised by us. We never place upon a piano a stronger guarantee than It deserves, neither.. do we make a statement on our wareroom floors that we cannot substantiate, Thus do we enter a new era in our history, an era which finds us thoroughly equipped to give to Portland a dependable music house dependable both financially and morally dependable In Its line of goods dependable In Its treatment of Its customers dependable In Its statements and with a genuine regard for the rights of others, ' : ALLEN " G1LSERT-!IA:M"AKER . COMPANY, ; , ' . OLDEST LARGEST STRONGEST Corner Sixth arid Morrison Sts., Portland, Ore. 1406 Second Avenue, Seattle, Wash. HARDMAN A piano . of unquestionable rank among the highest grades. The piano noted, for its pure, sympathetic quality of tone; (S years old. " . Estey Organs FISCHER One of America's oldest pianos, being IS years old; an Instrument of unquestioned standing la the musical world. Mason & Hamlin Organs LUDWIG The popular high-grade; award ed the only medal at the Pan American exhibition at Buffalo, and several other foreign ffiedals of distinction. Packard Organs CABLE The old original one. Beware of other pianos trading on this old and honored name. A thor oughly good piano at a modest price. " Chicago Cottage Organs KINGSBURY Our big tseller. The best and most . popular '"little-money" pi ano in the United States. Hun dreds in use in Oregon and Washington. : Y - ) a fee 7 V e