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I A Wonderful Tribute tow.tiE Musical Perfection I
of the Duo Art Pianola Piano
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Through This Instrument,
Harold Bauer,World-Famous Pianist, Though a Thousand Miles
Away, Played With the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Tuesday Evening at Orchestra Hall
This event was one of the most notable and interesting . in Detroit's musical history.
Following a splendid rendering of Bizet's "L'Arlesienne," by the orchestra, Saint-Saens
"Concerto in G Minor" for Piano and Orchestra was played, the piano part being rendered
as recorded on Duo-Art rolls by I.Iarr)ld X. Bauer.
And, the playing was no less that of Bauer himself than if he had sat at the instru-
ment ill person.
"It duplicates my performance with re-
markable fidelity. • • • it is a great
instrument — a wonderful innovation.
Its value is almost incalculable.
Press Comments
DETROIT NEWS.
" • • • Supposedly the time will come when
even this new marvel will be old; but certainly
there was a thrill last night when the invisible
hands fled up and down that keyboard, and the
spirit of Harold Bauer interpreted with subtle
inflection and brooding mood, the Saint-Sams
Concerto In C Minor."
It was a perfect rendering of a 5'.1.1: prisinglv beautiful concerto, and the use Of this in-
strument as soloist with the DetroV:symphonv, under the masterful baton of Gabrilowitsch,
surely attests the perfection supremacy ofthe Duo-Art Pianola Piano among all instru-
ments of the pianoforte tynr: .
The Duo-Ar
s also appeared as soloist with great orchestras in New York, Philadel-
phia, San Fra,pci i.sco an d w ashington, I). C.
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But The Duo-Art
• DETROIT TIMES.
" • • •
Every note of the master-pianist, every
whim, the delicate shadings, the beautiful trills
and runs were revealed as faithfully as it ' 411 '
Bauer himself were seated at the plan' . In-
stinctively one's gaze wandered to the' a o to
catch a glimpse of the pleasing feats! reps
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of the
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ician. • • • It—was a Wonderful exhibition
usician.
by a wonderful instrument."
Comments of other Papers
on Previous Concerts
NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
"It was really a remarkable performance, the
co-ordination between orchestra and instrument
being perfect.
EVENING WORLD.
"Mr. Bauer was represented by the Duo-Art
Piano, a remarkable instrument which reflected
his playing to the minutest detail."
NEW YORK SUN.
"The Duo-Art record, made by Mr. Batter
himself, played the work with the orchestra
and with remarkable technical clarity, good
rhythmic accent and tine shading."
SUNDAY TELEGRAM.
"At the conclusion there could be no doubt of
the success. The reproduction of Mr. Batter's
work was as full of delightful nuance as if the
virtuoso himself was seated there."
YOUR OWN interpretation, as is possible through
other instrument. It provides the means to
widest choice of musical expression, placing in-
stantly at one's command all that subtle shading of
tone and infinite variation; of tempo that mark the
performance of the skilled pianist.
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But, this is not all. The Duo-Art is also a match-
less player-piano, giving you access to the vast
Piano roll library with its many thousands of selec-
tions—and enabling you to give to each of these
While each model of the Duo-Art Pianola Piano
affords exactly the same possibilities for hand-
playing as do the conventional types of the sante
makes.
It is actually three instruments in one—the latest
and greatest musical instrument invention of the
age—it is internationally famous—universally ac-
corded unquestioned supremacy. Standing highest
among musical instruments, and providing such
limitless possibilities for keenest musical enjoyment,
the 1)150-ART 1'1ANOLA PIANO is ttnrivalled
for the home!
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CAN BE PURCHASED AT NO OTHER HOUSE IN THE STATE.
EVENING GLOBE.
"The record provided a remarkable facsimile
of the playing of Mr. Bauer and richly merited
the recognition paid it by such a musical per-
sonage as Walter Damrosch."
WASHINGTON STAR.
" • • •
The Duo-Art delivered its portion of
the Concerto with beautiful resonance and ex-
quisite delicacy of instrument control beneath
the hands of a master. • • • Stokowski a bow
to the imaginary figure at the piano was in
strict accord with the outburst of applause that
followed."
WASHINGTON HERALD.
" • • • All the fire, power and impulse that
the artist is capable of feeling was reproduced
through the medium of this mechanically per
feet instrument, and one leaves the concert
wondering whether be prefers to hear Harold
Bauer in person or Harold Bauer a la Duo-Art
Plano."
CHICAGO HERALD AND
EXAMINER.
• • • Aside from the pleasurable qualities
DUO-ART Pianola
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Press Comments
DETROIT JOURNAL
" • • • The speculations one might indulge In
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as to the importance of this perfect reproduc-
tion of the playing of the masters Is limitless.
What would we not give, for Instance, in this
generation to hear Liszt as though he were
with us today—or Chopin? And what will it
not mean to future generations to press a but-
ton and hear the artists who today are charm-
ing us?"
The keys raised and fell as the rhythmical
beauties of the number were unfolded, all the
beauty of nuances for which Bauer Is noted be-
ing displayed as effectively as though lie sat
bodily before the instrument. In the noble
passages wills orchestra, the work of the piano
stood out above the finished setting afforded by
Mr. Gabrilowitsch and his men with exactly
the clarity and refinement as would have been
had Mr. Bauer been present in person."
Comments of other Papers
on Previous Concerts
PHILADELPHIA NORTH
AMERICAN.
"The triumph of this new recording instru-
meta is hard to overestimate. Once the spec-
tacle of a vacant piano pealing forth the bril-
liant strains of the Concerto had passed, the
audience settled into rapt attention."
PHILADELPHIA EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER.
"'The touch of a vanished hand' is less elu-
sive than the poet Tennyson believed. It was
preserved last evening in the Academy of Mu-
sic in a remarkable performance by the Duo
Art plans."
PHILADELPHIA TELEGRAPH.
" • • • With so much fidelity are the delicate
passages evidenced, so evenly and concisely are
scales performed, and what is emphatically most
important, so humanly is the score interpreted
that wonderment Is aroused."
ing, just as it would have been impossible with
a living interpreter, to say just where mechan-
ism ended and where inspiration began,"
PHILADELPHIA LEDGER.
" • • • For it was his own edited and perfected
music-roll that gave every nuance of his indi-
vidual interpretation, that was the soloist at
one of the most curiously Interesting concerts
ever given by the Philadelphia Orchestra."
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE.
."Most important, I should say, was the prey
ence of the subtle qualities of touch wherein the
essence of Bauer's style are disclosed. This to
my ears, was the triumphant vindication. • • •
The performance was a Bauer performancit."
OAKLAND (CAL) TRIBUNE.
" • • • Indeed, I do not know what all, within
the superb instrument that encompassed it,
conspired yesterday afternoon with that roll of
paper, but I do know that essentially it was a
Bauer performance."
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER.
" • • • The performance was one of superla-
tively brilliant technique, if one may be al-
lowed to compliment the Duo-Art as one would
an artist, and was remarkable both for its rec-
ord of achievement and its rich promise of what
may be accomplished In the way of storing per-
manent records of artistry."
Grinnell Bros
CHICAGO DAILY JOURNAL
" • • • It was in fact a symphony concert, but
with the Duo-Art Piano instead of a human
soloist. • • • The effect was very much as
though the cap of invisibility had been bor•
rowed from the Arabian Nights."
" • • • We heard Mr. Batter's rendition of
the Concerto, movement after movement, the
orchestra accompanying. Tone shading, con-
trasts of tempo and characteristic phrasing
were faithfully reproduced."
"I dare found the Duo-Art Piano
flexible and adequate in its powers. I
have been able to secure in my recorded
interpretations very complete represen-
tations of my intentions. f4
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER.
" • • • It was impossible at last night's hear-
of this accomplishment, not enough can be said
• By this
as to its educational values. • •
means, musical analysis and appreciation may
be carried to the nth power of efficiency and
concrete examples of the best placed before the
pupils."
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS.
Ossip Gabrilowitsch says:
DETROIT FREE PRESS.
Pianola Piano is Primarily an Instrument for the Home
For it brings to you not only the playing of I larold
Batter, but of scores of other celebrated pianists—
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velous instrument just as you would were yours the
wonderful privilege of having them play for you in
person. What an exhaustless wealth of pleasure is
thus presented—consider its valtte in the develop-
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may he studying,' music—think of the enjoyment of
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of musical composition!
Ossip
Gabrilowitch
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Headquarters
" • • • The piano played the rich concerto
perfectly and the orchestra accompaniment
could have been no better had Mr. Bauer been
seated at the Instrument with his fingers on the
keyboard. A spontaneous crash of applause
went up from the curiously elated audience.
• • • Most remarkable of the remarkable feat-
ures of the performance was the masterly man-
ner in which Mr. Herta conducted the orchestra
in accompaniment."
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•Harold Bauer says:
All the wonderful artistry that stamps Bluer as one of the master pianists of the world
—all those characteristics that give such distinct individuality to his playing, were pre-
sented through the magnificent Grand Duo-Art Piano used on this occasion. Thunderinlr
chords; rippling- trills; softest shadings; sparkling rims; all were realistic—Batter hin";";lf::-
combined with the superb support of this exceptional musical organization clircTt ed b y ossip
Gabrilowitsch, noted pianist, composer and orchestral conductor, the r,m tliti( At was one that
_e_11:, sat spellbound while the
will live long in the memory of everyone present. The vast au_,,,di
first movement was being played; few having any previcYLis conception that such perfection
was possible in a reproducing piano, but as the final tines died away, enthusiastic applause
burst forth.
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