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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
TRADE CHAT.
COPYRIGHT.—Two suits were begun in the United States District Court,
in May last, by Frank A. Brown against William A. Pond & Co., to recover
penalties for violation of the copyright laws. In one action the sum of
$80,000, and in the other $2,500 was claimed. Kecently Judge Choate ren-
dered decisions dismissing and setting aside the summonses in both cases
for informality, in that the indorsements did not sufficiently or properly in-
form the defendants as to the statute by which the right of action was given.
PROPOSED NATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW.—Now is the proper time for every
business man in the United States to examine the draft of the law which will
be presented before Congress at the approaching session. In view of the
fact that the proposed law is designed for thirty-eight States and three Ter-
ritories, it was eminently proper to seek for suggestions; and that the form
of the bill should be revised accordingly. This has been done by Judge
Lowell, and the amended sketch thereof is now in the hands of members of
Congress, and has been distributed extensively over the country. All who
desire it can obtain a copy by addressing the Boston Board of Trade. It
should command the immediate attention of all business men, and their
active co-operation in securing its passage with, perhaps, some additional
provisions—most likely such as will render it still more repressive of fraud.
F. H. CLUETT'S FAILURE.—We are informed that Messrs. Steinway &
Sons do not lose a dollar by the failure of F. H. Cluett, the liabilities hav-
ing been assumed by Messrs. Cluett & Sons when the Steinway agency was
transferred.
SOHMER & Co.—The agency for the Sohmer piano has been taken by S.
Morrison for Bradford, Penn. M. F J. Binder, the agent for the Sohmer piano
in Rochester, was in town Dec. 15th.
December 20th, 1880.
STAR PARLOR ORGAN Co.—The factory of the Star Parlor Organ Co. in
Washington, N.J., has had its exterior beautified by a new coat of paint, its
offices remodeled, and it is now the handsomest factory in the town.
MATANZAS INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.—The following communication
has been made to the press:
SIR : The President of the Executive Committee of the Matanzas Inter-
national Exposition notifies me that its opening has been definitely fixed for
February 10, 1881, and not, as previously stated, January 1. All goods from
this country will be received until the date of the opening. Freights are
free through Messrs. Jas. E. Ward & Co. 's line, 113 Wall street, New York,
and no duties are collected on the goods unless sold in the country. I shall
be happy to give any written information to any one applying to me through
Post Office box 3,131, or verbal daily from 12 to 1 at No. 50 Broadway, office
of J. N. Cestero. Trusting you will favor me with your help in this matter,
connecting the progress of Cuba with the increase of American trade with
that country, I am, dear sir, yours faithfully,
BENJAMIN GIBERGA.
General Agent for the United States of America of the Matanzas International
Exposition of 1881.
MEYNE.—M. Joseph Meyne died, on October 2d, at Brussels, at the age
of sixty-seven. The gentleman was a well-known music publisher at Brus-
sels, and he had for many years acted as the intermediary between several
Paris publishing houses and the Belgian public.
HOOK & HASTINGS.—Messrs. Hook & Hastings, of Boston, Mass., have
just completed, for St. Paul's Church, Troy, N. Y., a new organ containing
about 1,000 pipes, which they will this week connect with the older and
larger organ in the same church. These organs are 100 feet apart. We hope
to give a complete description of them and the manner of their connection
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1883.—The International commissioners in our next issue.
GERMAN PUBLICATIONS.—Among the new works published during the
have selected Inwood on the Hudson river as the site for the proposed
past month in Germany may be noted the text of the choruses in the Ober-
Exhibition of 1883.
ammergau Passion Play (Schwarz, of Munich, 7d.) ; a biography of Cheru-
LOOK OUT.—Look out for our issue of January 5th. It will be the bini (Pfeil, of Leipsic, 3d.); a guide to the study of harmony, by Franz
handsomest, brightest, best number of a musical and trade paper ever pub- Bohme (Schott, of Mayence, 2s. 6d.); "Theory of Music," by F. Zelle
lished in any country.
(Mrose, of Berlin, Is. 6d.); full score of Bargiel's Intermezzo in F (Breitkopf
ORGANINA,—The Massachusetts Organ Company, of 57 Washington, St., & Hartel, 3s. 9d.); full scores of Mozart's Symphonies. Nos. 27-34 of this
Boston, in addition to handling many valuable varieties of musical goods, as edition (Breitkopf & Hartel Is. 6d. to 3s. each); Gotz's Rondo in G, for
may be seen from advertisements in other parts of this paper, control the pianoforte and violin (ditto, Is. 9d.); Raff's Suite in A, Op. 210, for piano
New England States for the Organina, the new instrument manufactured by and violin (Seigel, of Leipsic, 8s.); Berlioz's " Beatrice and Benedick " Over-
the American Automatic Company. Parties desiring sub-agencies should ture, arranged for piano, four hands, by C. A. Barry (Bote & Bock, of Berlin,
3s.); Bargiel's piano pieces, Op. 32 and Op. 41 ; the seventh series of Schu-
apply to the Massachusetts Organ Company.
mann's piano pieces, edited by Clara Schumann ; full score of Mozart's " H
MOORE.—"William Moore, Esq., formerly of the Emerson Piano Co., of Sogno di Scipione," 9s. 8d.; and " Lucia Silla. 18s. 8d. (Breitkopf& Hartel).
this city, has been elected Mayor of Idaho Springs, Col. Mayor Moore has The full list of music published in Germany during the past month occupies
been a resident of Idaho for a year or two, and in that brief time his fellow- 25 octavo pages.
citizens have discovered the great energy and many excellent business quali-
BIOGRAPHIES.—The first batch of a series of half-crown biographies of
ties of Mr. Moore."—So says a Boston paper.
eminent musicians are about to be issued by Messrs. Sampson Low & Mars-
BERNHARDT LIBRETTOS.—The Bullmann and Weber Bernhardt librettos ton, of London. They will consist of the lives of Wagner, by Dr. Franz
are a fizzle, made so by the fact that Chickering & Sons got up a much better Hueffer, musical critic of the Times, and editor of the series ; Rossini,
libretto, which they sell outside the theatre at less than half the price of the collated from his larger book by Mr. H. Sutherland Edwards; and Schubert,
other affair.
by Mr. Henry F. Frost. The lives of Weber, by Sir Julius Benedict; Verdi,
FALK.—The portrait of George Henschel, which we publish in another by Signor Boito ; and of Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and others will
part of this paper, is taken from a photograph by Falk, of 347 East 14th follow. Each book will contain about 120 pages, and will be furnished with
Street, this city. Mr. Falk's portraits of musical celebrities are noted for an index, the series forming, it is hoped, a set of valuable books of reference.
their fidelity and softness of finish.
W. REEVES.—Mr. W. Reeves of London, will this month publish
FIRE.—A fire occurred week before last in the premises of Otto & Co., "Musical Acoustics; or, the Student's Helmholtz," by Mr. John Broad-
organ manufacturers at Pratt and Albermarle streets, Philadelphia, causing house.
damage to their office fixtures to the extent of $50.
INVENTION.—Mr. James Watt, of 1 Marquis Road, Camden Square,
F. H. NICHOLS.—Mr. F. H. Nichols, of No. 9 Randolph Street, Boston. London, has invented a new pianoforte check action, which he claims can
Mass., is a manufacturer of punchings for piano fortes : he has a growing be applied to an ordinary action without increasing the cost of manufacture.
Mr. Watts desires to dispose of his invention.
business, and his patented machinery is very ingenious and effective.
HANOVER EDITION.—Messrs. Duff & Stewart, of London, are issuing the
SABIN MANUFACTURING CO.—The Sabin Manufacturing Company of
Montpelier, Vt., make a specialty of the manufacture of organ and piano " Hanover Edition " of popular and standard works for the pianoforte. The
edition is revised, refingered, and re-engraved.
springs, besides making springs for various other purposes.
WATERS.—Horace Waters & Co. have just issued an attractive new cata-
MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.—A telegram was published in the London Times logue. They have enlarged their stock of pianos and organs, and have a
on Nov. 2d, to the effect that Messrs. Brinsmead had been awarded the gold variety of styles suitable for the holiday trade, which is rapidly increasing.
medal at the Melbourne Exhibition. Messrs. Challen & Son at once tele-
BILLINGS & Co.—The attempt made to defraud Messrs. Billings & Co. of
graphed to Melbourne, and received the following telegram from Sir Her-
bert Sandford, British Commissioner at the Melbourne Exhibition: "Mis- a piano by one of the parties connected with the notorious " Mudgett gang,"
take; jury met this week."
The assertion is therefore a fiction. How it through a fraudulent transfer to Mudgett's wife, came to an untimely end
found its way into the r J imes does not appear. Was there any Weber Cen- on the 15th inst. by a decision of the court in favor of Messrs. Billings &
Co. They get their piano back again, and have rendered the trade a service
tennial award business about it?
by fighting this, and thereby deterring others from attempting similar
IRON PIANO BACK.—Amongst the articles exhibited at a recent London frauds.
Industrial exhibition was a model of a pianoforte back in iron, sent by Mr.
STOREY & CAMP.—Messrs. Storey & Camp, of Chicago, have removed
A. Harvey, pianoforte manufacturer.
their St. Louis store to No. 203 North Fifth street.
GEO. W. HERBERT.—We cordially recommend to the public generally
BABY GRAND.—C. D. Blake, of Boston, has a Behning Baby Grand in
Mr. Geo. W. Herbert, the piano dealer, of No. 54 East Tenth street, this his window,
where it makes a handsome show.
city.
DAVIS.—Mr. Geo. H. Davis, of Boston, has, with his brother, entered
WILLIAM M. DANIELS.—Mr. William M. Daniels, of Milwaukee, Wis.,
informs us that the judgment against him for $144, which we published in the service of the new Hallet & Davis Piano Co. Mr. Geo. H. Davis is
our issue of Nov. 20th, was obtained in the following manner: A piano was learning to regulate pianos, and has taken hold of the work in an out-and-out
placed on storage in his store by some one in debt, and it was replevined, manly way.
NEW FLUTE.—An English musician has invented a new flute. He asserts
and suit was brought against Mr. Daniels as bailee, or custodian. Judg-
ment, with costs, was rendered against the party who claimed to own the that by doubling the last four holes he has improved the tones of the lower
notes, while giving increased power, ease and brilliancy to the instrument
piano, and the amount has been paid.
and there is nothing more to pay for these improvements. The
J. FISCHER & BRO.—Messrs. J. Fischer & Bro., No. 226 East 4th street, generally,
material
chiefly
used by the patentee for the head and body is ebonite, a
are publishers of music, and dealers in all kinds of musical merchandise.
of india-rubber, which possesses extraordinary sound-producing
Mr, J. Fischer is organist of the Church of the Holy Redeemer in 3d street. preparation
properties. One of the great difficulties of the flute has always been the
H. BEHNING. Mr. Joseph Harris, of Columbia, O., has lately become third octave, the fingering for which differs entirely from that of the first or
the agent for the Behning piano.
second octaves; and the new flutes are constructed in such a manner that the
H. W. ALLEGER.—Mr. H. W. Alleger, of Washington, N.J., is so pressed third octave can be easily played with the same fingering as that employed
with orders that he is unable to keep a finished organ in his place over for the two other octaves.
night.
NEW PIANO COMPANY.—We have received several denials of the truth of
DAN. F. BEATTY.—It is contemplated to increase the size of Daniel F. the rumor that Messrs. S. D. Smith and G. H. Davis, of Boston, contem-
Beatty's factory in Washington, N.J., in the spring, and it is rumored he is plated forming a new piano company, from parties who ought to know. How
about to advertise an organ with unlimited stops to suit customers.
did that report start, and was there any trouble about the use of a name?