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Lyon & Healy Violins 1924, 1924
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1TERMS
3Prices of goods listed in this catalog are f. o. b. Chicago.
5By addressing Lyon & Healy, "Dept. G," your orders will go at once to the proper section, and quick service will be greatly facilitated.
7Any instrument to the value of $25.00 or more may be purchased on monthly installments. Information on this point will be gladly furnished.
9Our patrons are cordially invited to open monthly accounts. There is an advantage in being on our books. It is by far the most convenient way of purchasing.
11For Prices, see Insert at Page 1
13LYON & HEALY CREMONATONE VIOLINS
14NAME REGISTERED
16OUR Cremonatone Violins have been on the market for years and their reputation is so firmly established that need of an introduction is hardly apparent. At the same time it is, perhaps, well to recall the fact that when they were first introduced by us our object was to supply a violin, at a popular price, in which flexibility, sweetness, and smoothness of tone predominated over quantity, for it does not follow that, because a tone is loud, shrill, and piercing, it is strong and far carrying, and it is much less beautiful.
18The success of these instruments is well attested by the numerous testimonials which are on file. It therefore must appear evident to any one contemplating the purchase of a good violin that his investment is well made and that he takes no chances if he buys a Cremonatone.
20We have never claimed that they are better than good old violins, as anyone who knows the peculiar qualities of the old masters' violins knows that the same cannot be found in a new instrument; it is a physical impossibility. We do, however, claim that they have greater flexibility, are more easily played, and that a truer pianissimo and better fortissimo can be obtained than from other makes of violins similarly priced. The differences of light and shade in tone are much more varied in the Cremonatone Violins than in many other new instruments selling at higher prices.
22Their flexibility of tone and responsive qualities make them easier to play than the usual stiff toned violin. Three hours' practice on a Cremonatone violin is less fatiguing than an hour's work on many other makes. Another thing with which flexibility has everything to do is that the tone carries under all conditions; therefore, besides being especially well adapted for the home they are also good concert violins, and being properly constructed their tone improves with use from year to year.
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