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Established 1849 . 
 
 THE 
 
 EMERSON PIANO CO. 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF 
 
 GRAND, SQUARE and UPRIGHT 
 
 PIANOS. 
 
 WAREROOMS : 
 
 No. 174 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON. 
 
 No. 92 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK. 
 
 FACTORIES : 
 
 HARRISON AVENUE AND RANDOLPH STREET. 
 
 Boston, Mass., U.S.A. 
 
AVERY LIBRARY 
 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 
 
Th e Emerson Piano Company, 
 
 Established in 1849 by the late William P. Emerson, has grown and prospered until it 
 stands to-day 
 
 AMONG THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL 
 
 piano manufacturing establishments in the country, distributing its production not only 
 through all parts of the United States and the British Dominion, but shipping them to 
 Europe, Australia, South America, and the West Indies. 
 
 The originally fine qualities of the Emerson piano have been improved and per- 
 fected, its musical and artistic merits keeping pace with the material and financial 
 progress of the company, and in full accord with the rapid advance in the musical 
 culture of the age 
 
 By some stroke of good fortune, or through some ingenious mode of advertising, 
 an ordinary instrument may attain a temporary success, but in the sharp and continued 
 competition of forty years, the solid and staying properties of a piano are sure to tell, 
 and the Jinalc must inevitably be 
 
 ■'THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST." 
 
 That the Emerson Pianos are among the few makes that have stood the test, may 
 be justly attributed to the causes mentioned above as well as to judicious business 
 management, without which even great mechanical skill is powerless to maintain a high 
 standard of excellence. 
 
 The merits of the Emerson Square Grand Piano are so well known and its popu- 
 larity so widespread, that nothing further need be Said in its praise. 
 
 The Emerson Upright Pianos have attained a remarkable success during the past 
 few years, the new Style 14 scale having made a positive sensation in the trade and its 
 good points having been utilized in the manufacture of the other styles of uprights. 
 Manufactured of the best materials to be obtained, regardless of cost, with all the 
 facilities of a large and well-appointed factory filled with the most modern and improved 
 machinery, and the best of skilled labor under the immediate supervision of two mem- 
 bers of the company who have served almost a life apprenticeship in all the departments 
 of piano manufacturing, it is not surprising that a 
 
 MOST SUPERB INSTRUMENT 
 
 should have been produced, which has made its way into public favor solely on its 
 merits. 
 
Attention is called to the elegant and tasteful designs of the Upright cases in the 
 accompanying illustrations. The styles 8 '4 and 14 are being finished in beautiful and 
 costly woods, such as burl walnut, fancy mahogany, Spanish cedar, satin wood, 
 Hungarian ash, antique oak and maple, as well as in the ordinary ebony and rosewood 
 finish. 
 
 THE EMERSON PARLOR GRAND 
 
 is a new scale drawn by the same skillful hands that designed the now celebrated 
 Emerson Style 14." No pains or expense have been spared in its construction, and 
 the company now offer it to the trade and to the public with the confident belief and 
 assurance that it will be found in every way equal to any piano manufactured, a belief 
 that has been fully justified by experience during the past year. The same may, with 
 equai justice, be said of the EMERSON BABY GRAND, which possesses a remarkably 
 fuil and singing quality of tone. 
 
 That these instruments may stand entirely on their merits, the Emerson Company 
 would respectfully invite the public to visit any of their several warerooms or agencies, 
 and judge for themselves, as by personal examination alone can their many points of 
 excellence be fully understood and appreciated The Emerson Pianos will tell their 
 own story better than it can be told in print. 
 
 In ordering by mail, the pattern of the panels desired can be indicated by the 
 number of the page. 
 
 ALL EMERSON PIANOS FULLY WARRANTED FOR SEVEN YEARS. 
 
STYLE 2 , SQUARE. 
 
 7 l-j Octaves. Full Agraffe. 
 
 R.ch rosewood case, four round corners, back finished as front, serpentine plinth pearl 
 moulding' above plinth, carved legs and pedal, fret 
 desk and ivory keys. 
 
 Length, 6 feet 6 inches. 
 
 Width, 3 feet 2 inches. 
 
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 three unisons, seven octaves and ivory keys. 
 
 Height. 4 feet 1 % inches. Width 
 
 feet 1 inch. Depth. 2 feet 2 inches. 
 
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STYLE 8. 
 
 New improved fall, patent swing desk, carved trusses, patent mouse-guard pedal feet, new patent 
 full iron plate, patent repeating action, three unisons, 7'/$ octaves 
 and ivory keys. 
 
 Height. 4 feet Sy£ inches. Width, 5 feet A}4 inches. Depth, 2 feet 2 inches. 
 
STYLE 8, UPRIGHT. Perforated Bronze Panels. 
 
 New improved fall, patent swing desk, carved trusses, patent mouse-guard pedal feet, new patent 
 full iron plate, patent repeating action, three unisons, 1'/$ octaves 
 and ivory keys. 
 
 Height, 4 feet S '/ 2 inches. Width, 5 feet 4 y 2 inches Depth, 2 feet 2 inches. 
 
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STYLE 8G, UPRIGHT. 
 
 7}i octaves and ivory keys. 
 
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STYLE 8 'A, UPRIGHT. 
 
 Perforated Bronze Panels. 
 
 Rolling 
 
 “™ i! **• “ rVtd ,r " S!M ' pedal fee,, paneled ends 
 
 patem repeating action. n.-«r patent full iron pU, e- , hree „ nl50nSi 
 
 ~'/i octaves and ivory keys. 
 
 Height, 4 feet S '/ 2 inches. 
 
 Width, 5 feet 2 inches. 
 
 Depth, 2 feet 2 y 2 inches. 
 
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 STYLE 14, ENGRAVED PANELS. 
 
 New scale, three strings or unisons, 7'/i octaves, ivory keys, patent repeating action, new patent 
 full iron plate, rolling fall, patent swing desk, carving on front and ends 
 extra carved trusses and mouse-guard pedal feet. 
 
 Height, 4 feet 9'/ 2 inches. Width, 5 feet 5 inches. Depth, 2 feet 3 inches. 
 
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STYLE 14, CABINET GRAND UPRIGHT. 
 
 Perforated Bronze Panels. 
 
 New scale, three strings or unisons, 7y £ octaves, ivory keys, patent repeating action, new patent 
 full iron plate, rolling fall, patent swing desk, carving on front and ends, 
 extra carved trusses and patent mouse-guard pedal feet. 
 
 Height, 4 feet 9'A inches. Width, 5 feet 5 inches. Depth, 2 feet 3 inches. 
 
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STYLE 14, CABINET GRAND UPRIGHT. 
 
 Heavy Carved Panels. 
 
 New scale, three strings or unisons, 7'/i octaves, ivory keys, patent repeating action, new patent 
 full iron plate, rolling fall, patent swing desk, carving on front and ends, 
 extra carved trusses and patent mouse-guard pedal feet. 
 
 Height, 4 feet 9)4 inches. Width, 5 feet 5 inches. Depth, 2 feet 3 inches. 
 
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BABY GRAND. 
 
 Rosewood or Mahogany case double veneered with sawed veneers, rich moulding and handsomely 
 carved legs and lyre, repeating action, 7 octaves, three unisons, nickel plated 
 agraffes, sustaining (3d) pedal and ivory keys. 
 
 Length. 6 feet. Width. 4 feet 9)4 inches. 
 
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PARLOR GRAND. 
 
 Rosewood or Mahogany case double veneered with sawed veneers, rich moulding and handsomely 
 carved legs and lyre, repeating action, 7 '/$ octaves, three unisons, nickel plated 
 agraffes, sustaining (3d) pedal and ivory keys. 
 
 Length, 6 feet 9)4 inches. 
 
 Width, 4 feet 9)4 inches. 
 
Showing Construction of Interior of Style 14. 
 
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Showing Style 14 Plate When Strung. 
 
Showing- Construction 
 
 of Back of Uprights. 
 
CARE OF A PIANO. 
 
 Pianos should not be subjected to extremes of heat or cold, to dampness or to 
 extreme dryness. Neither should they be subjected to sudden changes of temper- 
 ature. Nearly all the troubles of a piano, such as the swelling or shrinking of parts 
 of the keys or action, the rust on the strings and the checking of the varnish, result 
 from the non-observance of these requirements. 
 
 TO UNPACK AN UPRIGHT PIANO. 
 
 Take out the screws holding the lid of the box, remove the lid, then take out the 
 screws on the back and sides of the box, being careful to hold the side cleats with the 
 the hand, in order that they may not fall and scratch the sides of the piano ; then, one 
 man at each end, pull the piano squarely out of the box. 
 
 Remove the strips screwed on the back of the piano, untie the tapes and take off 
 the papers. To remove the dust, use a soft silk handkerchief. The key will be found 
 tied to the consol. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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