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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1880 Vol. 3 N. 12

January 20th, 1881.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
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EXPORT TRADE.
NEW YOKK, JANUARY
VOL. III.
20TH,
1881.
No. 12.
Has the Empire State Organ Co. gone out of existence ?
Mr. Ingalls, the organ manufacturer of Rochester, Mass., is building an
addition to his factory. This ia made necessary by the rapid growth of the
AM glad to see that Mr. Joseph McTammany organette, which Mr. Ingalls also manufactures.
P. Hale has taken to heart the
Mr. J. McTammany, Jr., of Worcester, Mass., says that the sales of his
remarks made, not long ago, by mechanical
musical instruments are increasing wonderfully.
the Free Lance, that cheap pianos
The organ actions made by Mr. E. P. Carpenter, of Worcester, Mass.,
must in future find a market in
the far West and the South. Mr. are deservedly popular with the music trades. They are distinguished by
Hale has recently been through excellence of workmanship and their adaptability to the requirements of the
the Western States, and he now trade.
anticipates a journey through the
Mr. Joshua Briggs, the piano stool manufacturer of Peterboro', Maine,
Southern States, for the purpose has dissolved
partnership with his son-in-law, whose habits were such that
of working up his piano trade in they were detrimental
to Mr. Briggs' business.
that section.
Messrs. Vose & Sons, the piano manufacturers of Boston, Mass., expect
Another change is to be noted to move soon from their present warerooms to more centrally located quarters
in the condition of trade, and this in the piano centre on Washington street.
time in Boston. Piano makers in
Mr. S. It. Leland, the Worcester (Mass.) dealer, has been doing a fine
that city, who, for the past fifteen business,
and is consequently in clover.
or twenty years, have been able to
Several parties inform us confidently that there is such a concern in
sell off their weekly production to
retail purchasers, will be obliged Worcester, Mass., as the Faber Organ Company, but we can hardly
to go outside of their past limits, believe it.
and do a wholesale trade with
Messrs. Taylor & Farley, the celebrated organ manufacturers of Wor-
agents. Those who are not able cester, Mass., have done a highly satisfactory business during the past year,
to do this, will be lost.
and their prospects for the future are bright in the extreme.
I think the majority of Boston
Mr. Alfred Dolge, the felt manufacturer, whose work must be felt to be
piano makers recognize this fact, and are preparing to meet the emergency
in a business like, enterprising manner; one or two concerns, however, are appreciated, has been writing an interesting letter to that excellent paper the
determined to sit quietly in their offices and make all the rest of the world Zeitschrift fur Instrumenienbau of Leipzig.
come to them. They also believe that they can impose the same absurd
The Munroe Organ Reed Co., of Worcester, Mass., are turning out reeds
stories about the merits of their particular instruments upon the shrewd, and other varieties of work with the greatest rapidity, and yet are barely able
worldly-wise piano dealer, that they have done for some years upon the to keep up with their orders.
guileless inhabitants of Skowhegan, Swansea, etc., etc.
Young & Co. is now the name of the piano making firm formerly known
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as W. L. Young, at 393 East 4th street, W. L. Young having severed his
It is a strong characteristic of THE MUSICAL CKITIC AND TBADE REVIEW, connection with the firm and accepted a position in Mr. W. Schaeffer's fac-
that it makes either very warm friends or very determined enemies. This is tory. Young & Co. have all the piano making they can attend to.
as it should be. It is better to have a man hate you with an infernal
E. D. Blake, the dealer of Boston, Mass., has recently put two of Decker
malignancy, than to have him working lukewarmly in your behalf.
One of the funniest exhibitions of petty spite which I have ever seen is Bros, pianos into the La Salle Institute of that city. Mr. Blake claims that
that made in the last number of The London Musical Opinion and Music his success in this direction was largely due to the strenuous efforts made in
Trade Review. This paper goes rather out of its way to allude to some of behalf of Decker Bros, instruments with the officers of the La Salle Insti-
our contemporaries, which is all right of course, and is, indeed, none of my tute by Dr. E. Tourgee of the N. England Conservatory of Music, during
particular business ; but, when, in its desire to obtain actual news it copies the short time that the learned doctor was agent for these instruments.
about half a page from our columns, without even a word of credit, its effort
Among the visitors to Boston last week were Mr. De Zouche, of Mon-
to Bpite us becomes intensely amusing.
treal, Mr. Stimpson, the leg and lyre manufacturer of Westfield, Mass., and
Mr. J. P. Hale, of New York city.
Mr. Schwankovsky, the agent for Sohmer & Co., in Detroit, is doing a
Messrs. Woodward & Brown, of Boston, are eminent piano makers in
very successful business.
that city, and do a first-class business in a reliable and solid manner. We
It ia officially stated that the trade in pianos of Messrs. J. Bauer & Co., believe that this firm will push its business harder than ever before, and
of Chicago, has increased during the past year 400 per cent, over that of will make its influence widely felt. The new upright action brought out by
Woodward & Brown is one of the best of the kind we have seen.
1879, which was an exceptionally prosperous year.
Messrs. John H. Perry & Co., of Boston, are still having large orders for
Mr. Gustav Satter, the renowned pianist, who will shortly give recitals
popular songs, "In the Bright Light," "Golden Slippers." The
in Boston, will play an Emerson grand piano. The Emerson Piano Co., those
author of these compositions is Jas. A. Bland, who is a colored boy, with
which includes Messrs. Patrick Powers, Geo. Carter, Orrin Kimball, and some
ministrel troupe; he has just written a new song called the "Golden
Jos. Gramer, is bound to make a stir. They constitute a splendid working
Wedding."
force for a piano firm.
Owing to increase of business the Mass. Organ Company, of Boston, is
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Loring & Blake Organ
Company last week, the following officers were re-elected : President, Wil- looking for better accommodation for its offices, and will probably move
lard W. Whitney ; Vice President, Wm. H. Currier ; Secretary and Trea- soon to the piano centre of that city.
One of Messrs. A. M. McPhail & Co. 's fine Imperial Upright Pianos was
surer, Jas. B. Woodford ; Directors, W. W. Whitney; W. H. Currier, Jas.
B. Woodford, J. W. Loring. The treasurer reported a surplus of about 38 used by Mme. Gerster, during her recent stay in Boston. This Imperial
per cent, of the amount of the capital stock at the disposal of the board of Upright is an honest instrument, whose fine qualities recommend it to the
directors. The management of the business for the ensuing year was left purchaser, even without the aid of artists' recommendations.
with the secretary and treasurer, Mr. Woodford, as heretofore.
As Mr. Albert Weber has reduced his workmens' wages ten per cent., on
Flames were discovered about midnight, on the 18th inst., in the piano the score of economy, would it not be well for him to cut off his other extra-
factory of Charles Dietz, a three-story brick building in the rear of No. 219 vagance, the mild little pianist, Sternberg, who has been a dead failure all
East Twenty-third street, this city. The firemen, who were summoned by over the country, and has cost the Gordon-Mayer-Weber concern a con-
two alarms, had to make their way through a narrow alley and through siderable sum of money.
Mr. George M. Guild, the piano manufacturer, of Boston, is bringing
dwellings to the factory in order to get at the flames. The factory was
entirely gutted by the fire. The proprietor said the building contained about out new styles of instruments, and is in every way preparing for a solid
$4,000 in stock, including ten new completed pianos. His entire loss was esti- prosperous business. Mr. Guild is eminently satisfied with the results of
his business during the past year.
mated at about $5,000.
Among the members of the trade who called upon us during the last few
In consequence of Mr. Albert Weber's announcement last week that the
wages of the workmen in his factory would be reduced ten per cent., a strike days, were Mr. Geo. Lyon, of Chicago, Mr. L. C. Clark, of Worcester,
was ordered by the union. The strikers met in Teutonia Hall last Tuesday Mass., Mr. D. Wislow Bailey, of the Bay State Organ Co., Boston, and Mr.
night and listened to the report of the committee that saw Mr. Weber about H. S. Benham, of Cincinnati.
wages. The committee said Mr. Weber had explained why the reduction was
Mr. Archer, from London, where he held the position of organist and
necessary. A member of the Executive Committee of the Piano Makers'
Union said the treasury of the union was full, and it would support the conductor at the Alexandra Palace, will give an organ and piano matinee at
Chickering Hall on Saturday next.
strikers. Only a few men worked the first of this week.
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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
NEW MUSICAL INVENTIONS.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOB THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW, BY PARK
BENJAMIN & BROS., EXPERTS IN PATENTS.
January 20th, 1881.
Liverpool, 34 cabinettos, . . 1,000 Bristol, 4 organs,
42 organs, . . . 2,782
Total,
Imports.
Musical instruments, etc., 113,
' . . . . .
No. 235,382. TAIL-PIECE FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Charles Rohlfs, Brook-
lyn, N. Y., Dec. 14,1880.
This invention is designed to facilitate the attachment of strings to cer-
tain musical instruments. The inventor discards the holes in the tail-piece
and uses in their place slits made in a projecting ridge on the body of the tail- England, organs,
piece.
240
$6,388
$16,856
PORT OF BOSTON.
Week ending Jan. 7, 1881.
Exports.
No. 235,381. DEVICE FOR STRETCHING SHEEP SKIN ON MUSICAL INSTRU- England, musical instruments
MENTS. Chas. Rohlfs, Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 14th, 1880.
$5,860
Imports.
$533
15
instruments, one of which is adjustable by means of screws. The skin to be
$548
Total,
stretched is first applied to the lower ring and a wooden hoop put over it,
Week ending Jan. 14, 1881.
the upper ring is then depressed engaging the hoop and holding the skin
Exports.
firmly in position, preventing any slips. The apparatus is well designed
England, organs, . . . . $?,216 Brit. Pos. in Australasia, . . $218
and very efficient for the purposes used.
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No. 235,556. FREE REED BLOCK. Moses A. Nicholls, Clyde, Ohio. Dec. Scotland, organs, . . . .
Brit. Pos. in Africa, . . . 1,675
$9,198
Total,
14, 1880.
PORT OF BALTIMORE.
The object of this invention is to so form an organ reed that a deeper and
more rounded tone will result. This is said to be accomplished by a peculiar
Imports.
method of cupping the reed-block, which consists in having the edges of the Musical instruments entered for consumption, January 1 to 8 inclusive, $3,079
reed-aperture beveled out to form two tapering beveled cavities in reverse
"
"
for transportation,
329
positions on opposite sides of the block, the cupping being the greatest at
the end of the tongue, and gradually diminishing to its insertion in the reed
Total,
$3,408
block.
No. 235,420. EXPRESSION INDICATOR FOR REED ORGANS. John Fea, Amster-
THE GAZETTE.
dam, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1880.
John
E.
G-oold,
of
Goold
&
Schaff,
manufacturers of pianos, of Chicago, HI.,
In pipe organs the shading of tone is done by means of qualifying shade
has mortgaged his real estate for $1,700.
or swell doors. Heretofore persons who have learned to play had to rely
solely on the ear to discriminate between the power or force of tones pro- Geo. M. Guild, pianos, Boston, Mass.; renewal of chattel mortgage for $1.
duced. The object of the invention is to automatically indicate the power George Towle, piano key manufacturer, Northboro', Mass.; chattel mort-
of tones produced, and also guide the performer to graduate the pressure,
gage, $644.
so that the tones will be rendered or delivered with proper expression.
This the inventor claims to have accomplished by locating centrally upon Isidor H. Rastor, music, Denver, Colorado; realty mortgage, $3,008.
the face of the name board a dial case having represented upon its face George H. Ryder, organs, Boston, Mass.; chattel mortgage, $7,145.
dynamical signs used in expressing the degree of power of musical sounds.
Two index hands upon the dial are adapted by an arrangement of levers and Louis C. Guetual, pianos, New York city; judgment, $121.
toothed wheels to be operated by the contracting and expansion of the bel- Isidor H. Kastor (el al.J, music, Denver, Colorado ; realty mortgage, $3,008.
lows, or a receiver and closing movement of qualifying shade or swell doors,
thus indicating upon the dial the degrees of power and expression. The Knight Bros. & Waterbury, music, Denver, Colorado ; realty mortgage,
$3,000.
performer is thus enabled to produce better effects, and with greater ease
and certainty.
George H. Ryder, organs, Boston, Mass. ; chattel mortgage, $7,145.
No. 235,357. PIANOFORTE ACTION FRAME. John Hardman, N. Y., Dec. S. C. Symonds & Co., organ pipe manufacturers, Salem, Mass. J. A.
14, 1880.
Spencer, retired—Stephen Symonds, admitted.
This invention relates to a method of forming and attaching a movable
Morse & Emerson, piano strings, etc., New York city ; chattel mortgage,
action frame to upright pianofortes.
The device consists first in the peculiarly constructed oscillating stand-
ards which constitute a part of the frame. The standards proper consist oi!
Mr. Miller, of Rochester, was in Worcester, Mass., during the week end-
single bars slightly wavering from a direct line, and bent inward at the
ing Jan. 15th, visiting Messrs. Taylor & Farley, whose agent in Rochester
board, and provided with a slot to receive the lock-bolt.
Near the middle of the standard is attached a bracket which carries on he is.
its end a plate and daniper-pad to support the combined soft pedal and
The demand for first-class pianos and organs the past months has been
hammer rail. The standards are alike with the exception of their lower immense—-greater
before in many years. The spacious warerooms of
ends or feet.which are so arranged that one is movable and the other fixed. S. Brainard's Sons than
been constantly thronged with purchasers, and for
Another improvement consist in the method for securing the action- several weeks before have
their retail sales of pianos averaged five per
frame to the main work of the instrument. It is usual to employ an iron or day. Their wholesale Christmas
trade has been equally satisfactory.
steel lock-bolt, one end of which is made fast in and at right angles with
the wood frame work of the piano, As wood in time is liable to shrink, the
S. Brainard's Sons have found it necessary to run all their presses until
inventor secures the lock-bolts directly into the metal frame of the instru- 11 p. m., the past month, in order to supply the immense demand for their
ment. When the action is lifted from the instrument, it is sustained in an popular music books. In future they hope to be able to fill orders promptly
upright position by setting the feet of the standards into holes bored in for their " Dollar Library," and other books—something that has been im-
short wooden blocks, placed transversly with the frame.
possible the past few weeks.
The device as described above is well conceived and is a valuable addi-
There was a pleasant surprise at the Loring & Blake Organ Company's
tion to the mechanics of the pianoforte.
factory one day last week. It being the 50th birthday of Mr. Loring, the
superintendent of the factory, the employes took advantage of the occasion
EXPOETS AND IMPORTS.
and presented him with a diamond pin. Mr. Loring is one of the first offi-
cers of this company, having been connected with it since its formation,
PORT OF NEW YORK.
some 12 years, and its superintendent for the last seven years. Mr. Loring
Week ending Jan. 4th, 1881.
responded in a very feeling manner. The presentation was made by Mr.
Exports.
Toomy, one of the employes.
Value.
Value.
Mr. C. A. Edward's book on "Organ and Organ Building," has lately
Brazil, 1 piano,
$415 Liverpool, 57 organs, . . . S3,155 been published in London, and is a really valuable and useful work to be
B r e m e n , 9 o r g a n s , . . . . 1,200 London, 50 organs, . . . . 12,275 recommended to all interested in organs.
30 Bristol, 4 organs,
Havre, 1 cabinetto, . . . .
250
The English College of Organists is about to hold a congress of organ
H a m b u r g , 1 organ materials,.
75
"
2 organ materials,
150
players and organ builders to discuss possible improvements in that instru-
"
1 oi-gan
110
U. S. Columbia, 1 organette,.
40
Total, . . . $19,260 ment.
Liverpool, 3 pianos, . . . . 1,560
A fire occurred on the evening of the 15th inst., in the building, No. 4
Imports.
Cortlandt street, occupied in part by Messrs. Charles Bruno & Son, dealers
Musical instruments, 234,
826,231 in musical instruments, whose loss is said to be fully covered by insurance.
Week ending Jan. 11th, 1881.
Mr. Henry R. Daniels, formerly connected with the firm of Woodward
Exports.
& Brown, pianomakers, Boston, Mass., has resumed his old occupation as
$500 stockbroker.
Bremen, 27 organs, . .
$1,355 Brit. Poss. Africa, 6 organs,
Bristol, 6 organs
400 Liverpool, 27 organs, . . . 1,125
We extract from a leading Chicago commercial paper, the important
Glasgow, 1 organ,
. . .
63
"
1 piano, . . .
560 intelligence that there are fifteen manufacturers of musical instruments in
Australia, 18 organs, . . .
913 Havre, 1 piano, . . . .
400 the city of Chicago, which have in all a capital of $101,950, or an average of
$6,796. That they employ altogether 229 work people, pay $122,209 yearly,
85,316 in wages, and that their products were valued at $415,125 for the year 1880.
Total
Imports.
Judging from the list of names of purchasers of pianos during the holi-
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$12,242 days, lately published in a leading Chicago paper, Messrs. Pelton, Pomeroy
& Cross, of 152 State street, seem to have had their full share of the local
Week ending Jan. 18th, 1881.
trade, the list containing the names of ninety-six purchasers.
Exports.
The Sohmer Grand piano was played in concert at Detroit recently, and
Danish West Indies, 1 piano, . $250 U. S. Columbia, 1 piano, . . $500
Hamburg, 7 piano materials, . 750 Mexico, 4 organs, . . . . . 195 recei ved the highest praise from the local press as well as from the musicians
««
7 organs, . . . . 431 Brazil, 1 piano, . . . . . 240 present.
This device consists in having two concentric metal rings attached to the Scotland, musical instruments,

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