Judge, 1923-09-08 · page 2 of 36
Judge — September 8, 1923 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily an advertisement**, not satire or political commentary. It promotes the Quinn Conservatory Studio's piano lessons offered by mail. The ad claims revolutionary teaching methods allow students to play piano pieces "in quarter the usual time" through patented inventions like the "Colortone" (a visual learning aid) and "Quinn-dex" (a device showing finger positioning). The images on the right show hands on piano keys, presumably demonstrating proper technique. The advertisement plays on early 20th-century enthusiasm for new technologies and "scientific" self-improvement methods. The repeated emphasis on being "FREE" and learning faster than competitors suggests this was a competitive market for correspondence-based music instruction. There is **no political satire present** on this page.
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Stop Wondering How | Teach Piano; I'll Show You, FREE! Year after year you’ve seen my advertisement in all the leading publications, offering to teach you piano in quarter the usual time. Year after year my school has grown and grown until now I have far more students than were ever before taught by one man. In 1922 over two thousand students graduated from my Piano or Organ course and received their diplomas. Yet when I first started giving piano and organ lessons by mail in 1891 my method was laughed at. Could my conservatory have grown as it has, obtained students in every State of the Union, and in y sivilized country of the world, unless it produced very unusual and satisfying RESU for its students? See for yourself what it is that has brought my method so rapidly to the front. Write for free booklet and sample lessons. Now, for the first time, you can obtain sample lessons without charge. In the past, I have always been opposed to sending out free lessons, even to persons who P were seriously interested in my course. But my friends have insisted that I give 4 ever: y a chance to see for themselves just how simple, interesting and DII- FERENT my lessons are, and I have consented to try the experiment for a short time. Simply mail the coupon below or write a postcard, and the 64- page booklet and sample lessons will go to you at once absolutely free and without obligation. Within four lessons you will play an interesting piece on the piano or organ, not only in the original key, but in all other s as well. Most students practise months before they acquire this abili It is made possible by my patented invention, the Colorotone. Another invention, obtainable only from me, is my hand-operated moving picture de- vice, Quinn-dex. By means of Quinn-dex you actually see my fingers in motion on the piano, and can learn just how to train your own fingers. When I say that I can teach you piano in quarter the usual time, do not think that this is too good to be true. Modern inventions and improved methods have accom- %, plished just as great wonders in other branches of % education. You at least owe it to yourself to “”v investigate. Send coupon or postcard at once, before the offer of free sample lessons is withdrawn. QUINN CONSERVATORY STUDIO, JW69, 598 Columbia Road, Boston, 25, Mass. M1 hi count comn whok nuthi mine shoul for s long migh rain | So and He y hack you" and overt ove time abou comicbooks.com