The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 26, 1911, Page 6

He who is silent, is forgotten. He who does not advance, falls back. He who stops, is overwhelmed, distanced, crushed. He who ceases to grow greater, becomes smaller. Member in cash. 100 Player Pianos Included in This Club The Kohler & Chase Player Club of- fers you and 99 others: 1—A $650 Player for $487.50. 2—Payments of $12.50 when you join and $10 per month. 3—No interest or extras. 4—A player-piano which every mem- ber of your family can play, embodying the latest improvements in expression de- vices. 5—Your money back after 30 days if you want it. 6—A year's trial, with the privilege of exchanging the Kohler & Chase Club Player-piano within one year without one penny loss for a Weber, Steck or Wheel- ock Pianola Piano. 7—Full instruction in using the player- piano artistically. 8—Twelve rolls of music, your selec- tion, free. 9—The privilege of exchanging music rolls at 10c each. 10—Free care of instrument one year, including tuning 1318 Second Av. Seattle, Opposite Arcade Bldg. to pay for the piano, and still get it at the club price of $277.50. The Club Price of $277.50 Can Be Lessened We said above that $277.50 includes everything. So it does. As it includes everything—so can the price be reduced. The Club Member’s Agreement has 218 Coupons attached to it—much like a bond. A Coupon represents a week. Two Hundred and Eighteen Coupons represent 218 weeks, or the life of the agreement. Every time a payment is made one of these Coupons is stamped “Paid.” If payments are made in advance —that is, before they are due, a rebate of 15 cents for each and every week is handed over to the Club You can, therefore, see that the price ($277.50) can be reduced just as many times Fifteen Cents as you will pay weekly payments in advance, or before they are due. He who leaves off, gives up. The stationary condition is the beginning of the end. ; Kohler & Chase Anniversary Piano Club | To Celebrate the Sixty-First Anniversary of This Business A great co-operative club of 500 members to share in the enormous saving of $48,750 On Thursday, the 27th, we will inaugurate the biggest event that has ever taken place in the piano trade. The object of this club, with its 500 members, is to mark the 61st anniversary of the foundation of this business on the Pacific Coast in a manner befitting the event. The Deal and the Piano ) The deal is a straight-out purchase of 500 pianos. The instruments are of a most reliable and trustworthy character—a good, substantial piano, in which the real value is put on the inside, rather than in fancy cases with a whole lot of “Jim Cracks” on them. We have handled the piano for a dozen or more years. We know it to be as reliable a piano as was ever put in a home. It is made by good, sturdy German labor, in one of the best manufactories in the world; by men, many of whom have been working in the same shop for twenty to twenty-five years. The Value of Each of These Pianos is $375 Hundreds of these same instruments have been sold right here in Seattle at $375. Hundreds more are being sold every month all over the United States at $375. They are worth $375. Meas- ured by any standard of value you wish, they are worth $375. They are worth it on our floors, or on the floors of any reputable piano dealer in the country. The Kohler & Chase Club price is $277.50. The price includes every- Special Advantages of the Kohler & Chase Club Read every word of this. Every instrument is guaranteed, without re- serve—for five years. There are no “ifs” or “ands” in the guarantee—just a straight-out guarantee, as strong as we know how to make it in writing. If, after 30 days’ trial, the Piano is not satisfactory, we will give you your money back. Every Club Member has a full year in which to satisfy himself as to the character of the Piano. If it does not prove to be everything that he expects, he has the privilege of exchanging it without one penny’s loss for any other instrument of equal or greater value that we sell—(and we sell over thirty different representative makes). Ifa Club Member dies during the life of his contract, we will immediate- ly send a receipt in full to his family for the instrument. A beautiful Stool to match the Piano is included without extra cost. The Piano will be tuned twice without charge. Club Members have an opportunity to still further reduce the cost of their Piano by procuring other Club Members. thing. There are no extras of any kind. No interest to be added. Noth- ing to be added for drayage, freight, stool—absolutely no extras. Two hun- dred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents isthe price, and the price in- cludes everything. === The Kohler & Chase Club T === The Kohler & Chase Club Terms ice of the These 500 pianos will be sold,-$5.00 cash, then $1.25 a week. There is club Page positively no interest to pay. The $5.00 just about covers the cartage and no interest added delivering—yet the $5.00 payment made when you join the club is credited to your account. The piano is delivered immediately. You do not have to wait until the club is filled. You get your piano when you join. The remainder is payable every week. Club members do not have to pay more than $1.25 a week if they wish. This gives them 218 weeks in which $ Cash 2 5 Week No Interest to Pay T£e Actual Figures of the Club The retail valve of these 500 pianos is $187,500 They will sell for $138,750. The minimum saving to the Club is $48,750. it will take 33 solid car loads to deliver this order—or nearly two train loads —or more than 166 wagon loads. The freight will amount to about $8,500, or approximately $265.75 per car load. The 500 pianos, if placed end to end, would form a solid row almost over to West Seattle. The Club is given a grand total of 38,500 weeks, or 740 years, longer In which to pay for their instruments than If each member was to buy independently upon usual terms, ? The saving to each Club Member—$97.50—will pay for the musical education of one child for 2 years and 6 months at 75c a lesson. The saving of $97.50 to each Club Member would pay almost four months’ house rent, at the raté of $25 a month. It would pay the first Installment on the purchase of a home. The actual saving to each Club Member of $97.50, If placed at 8 per cent In- terest for 10 years, would earn about $80.00, The total saving to the Club would pay one annual dividend of about 5 per cent on $1,000,000, Membership Booksinthe Kohler & Chase Club Will OpenThursday The Club books open Thursday, In other words, Thursday will be the first day you can join the Club. The Pianos, however, are now on dis- play in our store, where you can see and hear them. You are cordially invited. The Pianos will be delivered immediately upon your becoming a member and making the initial payment of $5.00, During the first week of the Club’s Life we hope to give every one their choice of three style cases, and to show each style in three woods, Mahogany, Walnut and Quartered Oak. Mise ae ae fs 4 i aE et KOHLER & CHASE 2318 Second av. General Distributers Weber, Knabe, Kohler & Chase, Vpse, Fischer, Steck Pianos, Genuine Pianola Piano, Etc. 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