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Wm. Kuhnel & Co. Limited. 134 and 136 Rundle Street Adelaide. Importers of High Grade Pianofortes and Organs. Established 1866 cover title
1908145012Adelaide: Printed C.G. Röder G.m.b.H. Leipzig for the Company 1908. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Printed C.G. Röder G.m.b.H. Leipzig for the Company 1908. Oblong quarto 38 pages with 51 illustrations from photographs 31 of pianos pianofortes and organs 18 of small portraits of prominent European musicians and composers and one larger portrait of William Kuhnel. Loosely inserted is a price list a bifolium printed in blue and decorated in gold on two-tone paper dated 1 January 1911; an order form is also present. Flush-cut quarter cloth and red papered card covers with both sides extensively lettered and decorated in gilt; a large two-colour illustration on the front cover; a very fine copy it appears to be uncirculated in the original plain envelope a little marked and torn. 'Sole agents for Julius Feurich Leipzig; R. Lipp & Sohn Stuttgart; R. Görs & Kallmann Berlin; Carl Faust & Sohn pianos; the "Waldorf" pianos; also Estey-Organs over 400000 sold' subtitle. 'In 1898 Albert Conrad designer of Austral Buildings in Hindley Street was commissioned to create Kuhnel's emporium that expanded to house 400 pianos at 136 Rundle Street opposite Adelaide Arcade . By the 1920s Kuhnel's was the largest piano and organ store in Australia' AdelaideAZ website. The only copy of this lavish catalogue located in Trove is in the National Library of Australia: 'A finely printed trade catalogue intended for this Adelaide piano importer's wealthier clients . The catalogue was produced in Germany which at that time considered itself home to the most accomplished printers in Europe'. Printed C.G. Röder G.m.b.H., Leipzig (for the Company) paperback
