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I say! I am astonished at the goings on, atop the family piano. See photo #3 & #4. Enlarge the photos. Seems there is some "playing" going on alright, but not on the piano keys. My eyes are not that good--but it looks like some fiddling around is happening concerning bosoms. In card 2, is he unlacing her dress? And in card two the girl isn't saying "Watch that hand buddy!" She may be saying "Music Has Charms" the message on the card.
Vintage cards, unsent , in my collection
No player piano. Just play on piano. ;)
Ha ha! Looks like it!!
On the back of a lot of sheet music covers in bygone days they printed excerpts of other sheet music , samples, so folks would buy,
and at the bottom of the maybe 5 or 6 tunes printed on the back, there was a big printed message "TRY THESE OVER ON YOUR PIANO" These postcards changed the message a bit--but they took the idea from the back of old sheet music covers.
That started about 1890s and continued into the 1920s
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It was a good way to advertise--by giving the sheet music buyer snippets of other recently published songs which they could buy at the music dept of most stores having one.
Usually there was a set up with stacked up piles of the new songs by many different old-time publishers--and in the center, a piano was set up, with a "music demonstrator" who sat there and gave you a listen to the song you may want to purchase. She had to be an excellent "sight reader"--to be able to play your chosen tune without any practise. I imagine a lot of folks clustered there for entertainment that was free in the day!
SEE PHOTO# 3 for that common saying .
"TRY THESE OVER ON YOUR PIANO"---on the back cover of sheet music title RED MOON, photo # 4.
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On the back of a lot of sheet music covers in bygone days they printed excerpts of other sheet music , samples, so folks would buy,
and at the bottom of the maybe 5 or 6 tunes printed on the back, there was a big printed message "TRY THESE OVER ON YOUR PIANO" These postcards changed the message a bit--but they took the idea from the back of old sheet music covers.
That started about 1890s and continued into the 1920s
.
It was a good way to advertise--by giving the sheet music buyer snippets of other recently published songs which they could buy at the music dept of most stores having one.
Usually there was a set up with stacked up piles of the new songs by many different old-time publishers--and in the center, a piano was set up, with a "music demonstrator" who sat there and gave you a listen to the song you may want to purchase. She had to be an excellent "sight reader"--to be able to play your chosen tune without any practise. I imagine a lot of folks clustered there for entertainment that was free in the day!
SEE PHOTO# 3 for that common saying .
"TRY THESE OVER ON YOUR PIANO"---on the back cover of sheet music title RED MOON, photo # 4.
Example given, See RED MOON, on the mentioned above topic message. Back cover