[LB058375], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Abram Brougham De Frece, November 21st, 1893
https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/LB058375
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Nov. 21st, 1893. A. B. de Frece, Esq., Temporary Receiver, Automaton Piano Co., 31 Tenth Ave., New York. Dear Sir:-- Mr. Edison has received your letter of 11th inst., asking his opinion of the Automaton Piano. In reply, he directs me to inform you that the instrument in his house has never worked satisfactorily for three hours, and he wishes to know if you can’t send some one to fix it. Yours very truly, A.O. Tate Private Secretary. M.