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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
May 1, 1908 
STOTT & HOARE, 
Solie Alents 
Pi Pei aT eh, 
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Cart Notes at ONE writing. 
SECOND-HAND TYPEWRI1ERS of all makes for sale from £5. Cash or Easy Terms, 
Copying.—We undertake copying of all descriptions. 
Lists, and Circular Letters. 
Specifications, Contracty, Price 
100 copies Circular, 5s. ; 50 copies, 3s, 
Alexandra Chambers, 27 Grenfell Street, Adelaide. 
The Themodist Pianola. 
Ever since the Pianola Company placed 
its first model upon the market the in- 
‘struments have been justly regarded as 
in the front rank of piano players. With 
all his inventions, however, ‘ Uncle Sam ’” 
is never satisfied until they are as perfect 
as human ingenuity and skill can make 
them, consequently improvements have 
been effected every year in the pianola 
until at the present time the company 
has registered over 320 patents in con- 
nection with the instrument. Improve- 
ments have been made in the blowing 
until it is now so light as to never fatigue 
the moat delicate performer; the motor 
action controlling the touch has been 
developed until an almost human sensi- 
tiveness has been obtained, and when 
manipulated by skilful fingers and feet, 
the pianola frequently deceives the most 
critical listener. With all this reduction 
of labor and improved action there has 
been no loss in the power and general 
effectiveness of the instrument; on the 
other hand it has steadily improved. The 
most exacting critics have, however, been 
aware that the pianola, together with all 
other mechanical players, has lacked one 
important feature—the power to bring 
out a theme when other notes are sounded 
with the melody notes. This was espe- 
cially noticeable when the melody lay in 
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the middle or bass register. By skilful 
manipulation, when the accompaniment 
came just after the melody, former instru- 
ments produced admirable results. A new 
attachment, which is by far the most 
remarkable piece of mechanism in the 
instrument, has overcome this last diffi- 
culty. This is called the themodist, which 
may now be inspected at the Pianola 
Company’s showrooms in King William 
street. With this every snbject, whether 
in single notes, double notes, or chords, 
comes out prominently without any effort 
on the part of the performer, who may, as 
formerly, concentrate his attention upon 
the expression and finish of the piece. 
Such compositions as Mendelssohn’s 
Duetto, Rubinstein’s Melody in F, and 
some of the Lizst transcriptions may be 
played with as perfect a balance of the 
parts as any concert artist would give. 
Another improvement in the new themo- 
dist pianola, which is fitted with the new 
metrostyle attachment, is a divided tracker 
board, by means of which either the treble 
or bass may be subdued, while the remain- 
ing portion of the compass is at the normal 
power. The high estimation in which the 
pianola is held by musicians is shown by 
the large number of famous artists who 
sing or play to its accompaniment, At 
the recital given at Aeolian Hall, London, 
on December 7, 1906, Miss Ada Crossley 
sang Strauss’s Allerseelen, three of Edgar’s 
Sea Pictures, and Nevin’s Maying to its 
accompaniment; and on March 22 of this 
year Miss Amy Castles gave four items, 
includin; Songs My Mother Taught Me 
(Dvorak), and Solveig’s Song (Grieg(, in 
the same hall, accompauied by the metro- 
style pianola. 
INTERESTING TO LADIES AND 
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is an expert in the construction of +‘ The 
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belts, ladies’, gents’. and maids’ shoulder 
braces, gives absolute value in material 
and artistic design. Mrs. Hutton controls 
the depot for the manufacture and fitting 
of the above articles, as well as the 
“Champion” shoulder brace. We sin- 
cerely recommend our roaders in need 
of such to call on Mrs. L. Hutton, 13 
Selborne Chambers, Pirie street, City. 
OMMERCIAL AND ORNAMEN- 
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