"They have departed widely from the stereotyped style of store building, the structure having more the appearance of an old-world dwelling than of a modern place of business. W.R. Yelland, the architect, describes the building as rural European. It has all the appearance of northern Europe. A steep and pointed gable roof of imported English slate is capped with a little dove cote."
"A huge chimney 45 feet in height dominates the whole structure. On top of the chimney a life-size figure of a piper stands. The building is erected of selected brick(s) treated with paint and acid and plaster to make it look old. The music store itself was at street level and part of the second floor, while an exterior staircase led to a tea room on the second floor, which will be known as The Sign of the Piper.'"
On Sept. 1, 1925 Tupper & Reed opened a new music store at 2271 Shattuck Ave in Berkeley. The building featured rural-European styling by architect W.R. Yelland, with an imported English slate gable roof, a dove cote, and a dominant 45-foot chimney topped by a life-size piper. The exterior used selected brick treated with paint, acid and plaster to appear aged. The ground-floor and part of the second floor housed the music store with listening rooms and a small concert hall. An exterior staircase led to a second-floor tea room called The Sign of the Piper, leased to Mrs. Diana Henderson and Mrs. Marguerite Taylor.
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