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BY USING MASON’S CHARTS, THE GREATEST MUSICAL INVENTION OF THE AGE, 
A PERSON WHO HAS NEVER PLAYED BEFORE AND HAS NOT TIIE SLIGHTEST KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC can in an hour’s time 
i 1 ° n th ® V an ° ST V 'J* 8 . 8 ^ tl ! f actoI 'y a manner as would be gained by three months of study. We number among our endorse, 
ments and testimonials some from the HIGHEST IMCTJSICiLli A.UTI1 Otitic'S” in the world. 
Iliese testimonials> arebut few'of£undredsw^ establish our reliability and the merit of the charts? this is all we wish. Buy one 
eitnei lor yoursell or a present; you will never regret it. The cost is not a hundredth part of their intrinsic value. 
From one of the largest music dealers In the U. S, 
For instance, 
DEXTER SMITH, 
The Edifor of tlio most popular musical 
paper in America, and author of some of our 
most beautiful songs, speaking of our charts, says: 
. ..“After examining Mason’s Pianoforte and 
Organ Charts, I feel sure their merits will be widely 
appreciated, and that they will find a place in every 
home where there is apiano or an organ. These 
charts are to ina-ic wliat the multiplica¬ 
tion ruble is to arithmetic. 
Boston, March 16 ,1877. DESTEP. SMITH. 
Boston. March 19, 1877. 
ive have sold many of Mason’s Charts, and have 
not heard of a 
SINGLE INSTANCE 
Where they have not given entire satisfaction. 
(Signed) WHITE, SMITH & CO., 
Music Publishers and Publishers of “ Folio.” 
From Rev. A. E. Dennison: 
Plainvtt lie. Conn., May 1,1877. 
I know the inventor of Mason’s Charts, and that 
the charts will do what is claimed for them. 
These Charts ere SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW both in design and principle 
hensible asprinted text. THEY FIT TIGHTLY OVER THE 
ten years old can understand them, so perfect are they in illustration and 
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P e ° p J e J 31 S ’ 1 ; 0 ha -ve no piano or organ in their house, should buy one while they can, as they can easily learn at the house of a friend, and gain thi 
^ very little trouble, and at a very slight expense. The price of these charts has been placed at a very l ow figure, consider 
mfjT fhe sreat merit and usefulness of the invention. T.o place them within thu pfinpii of ail a pomnistn opt Yiritv» fnii inofi>H/>Horm vrrtn .i_ 
ONE D OB LA postage prepaid. Address all orders to the 
Stat REMEMBER these Charts will fU Atf Y PIANO v ©R VmGANV 
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From the Publisher of the “ Cheistiais ITNI 02 ^'. ,, 
New York, March. 26,1S77. 
The charts are received. . . . They are very 
ingenious, and will do what you say, 
(Signed) II. (J. KING, Publisher. 
Dear Sir,— . . . Last Friday I bought my 
little Emma (IS years old) a sot of your charts ; 
she had never taken a lesson, and knew nothing of 
music. On Saturday eve she very prettily played 
accompaniments to several of our favorite songs. 
. . . They are simply wonderful; do more than 
you claim, and are worth a whole year’s lessons. 
Boston, Sept. 11. MRS. W. H. GILLESPIE. 
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