Music Trade Review

THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
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On the arrival of our reporter in the city of Washington, His Honor's
Chestnut early in the fall. There will be concerts by Miss Cary, and other
noted artists in due season. Col. Mapleson has the Academy of Music office was naturally the first place sought. After a conference with one of the
booked for a season of grand opera, and De Bauplan's French Grand Opera numeroiis officials, he entered the magnificent parlor which does double duty,
(not bouffe this time,) will open there later with such works as "Lie Prophete," as the Mayor's office, and the headquarters of the Mayor's organ business, and
"La Juive," " Guillaume Tell," "Bobert," " L'Ai'ricaine," " L'Etoile du found him at his desk busily engaged with a pile of documents which were
Nord," &c. This will be the first venture here of grand opera in French. heaped upon it. Giving the reporter a graceful greeting, his Honor desired
The troupe is announced to be both numerically and artistically remarkable, him to be seated, and while reclining upon one of the luxurious couches with
and we all knoAv how exact and modest operatic announcements are. After a which the apartment is furnished, he had an opportunity, while his Honor
was examining the most important of his papers, to contemplate the Mayor
little time I shall be able to chronicle for you some of the actualities.
and his surroundings.
HOWE.
The office is furnished in the latest style of the upholsterers' art. Above
the desk is arranged an assortment of law-books of the period, surmounted
A. T. HASSING'S CANASERAGA LETTEE.
by a magnificent painting of Niagara Falls, in which our reporter recognized
CANASERAGA, N. Y., August i6, 1880.
the handiwork of the well-known French artist, A. Rebuad.
SHERWOOD-THAYER CONCERT.
While looking at this great picture, the idea was suggested that it was
A few days since, I had the pleasure of attending a concert in Homellsville, N. Y., typical in its power, and rush, its great clouds of foam and its thundering
given by W. H. Sherwood and Eugene Thayer. Of course it was good in the main, but noise, of the force of character, and the overpowering business ability of the
unfortunately there were several drawbacks. One was the lack of a good piano, and owner who sat beneath it; the simile was strengthened by the thought that
another, Mr. La Frone Merriman met with an accident which prevented him from fulfilling there was a resemblance between the electric light by which the falls are
his part of the programme. Mr. Merriman is a young musician of more than ordinary now illuminated, and the great diamond which flashed from the shirt-front
merit. I think, too, that the organ was hardly good enough for such a player as Mr. of his Honor the Mayor.
Thayer.
After a short conversation with his Honor, our reporter was introduced
Much was added to the evening's entertainment by Mr. Alfred Wilkie, tenor, who
sang four songs in an excellent manner—one of them as an encore. Mr. Thayer also to his brother, M. H. Beatty, Esq., and, under his escort, made a rapid tour
received an encore, but Mr. Sherwood received a beautiful bouquet, so he couldn't be of inspection of the warerooms and offices, including the printing office,
encored. I am sorry to add that the concert was not as well patronized by the people of which has been rendered necessary by the magnitude of the advertising busi-
ness done by this firm. From the office the reporter proceeded to the factory,
Homellsville as it ought to have been.
and found a small army of men engaged in decorating the grounds, fences,
HORNELLSVILLE MUSIC STORES.
and fountains which adorn its front.
Homellsville has two music stores, one kept by J. J. Lever and the other by S. H.
The interior of the great building, which is three stories high and covers
Merriman. I dropped into Mr. Lever's establishment a few minutes before the concert. a space 165 by 40 feet with wings 80 by 30 feet, was full of wood-working
He reports business as good. From observations I think the music trade in all its machinery, driven by steam-power from a sixty-horse engine ; the workmen
branches will be better this fall than for some time past.
as well as the machines were working to their full capacity, to fill the orders
for organs, which are said to have amounted to 275 during the month of
MRS. D. D. BABCOCK.
July, and will be fully 300 for the current month.
Our principal music teacher here, Mrs. D. D. Babcock, is to leave town soon, she
The inspection of the factory was somewhat hasty, owing to the nearness
taking charge of the musical department of an academy of which her husband is the
principal. She has a large class of scholars here, and will be greatly missed. I regret of the dinner hour, but the reporter saw enough to convince him that Mr.
Beatty is doing a very large and successful business. While in the factory,
that she is to move, for I think her place will hardly be filled right away.
the
reporter examined the new patent mechanism for organ stops, owned by
A CONVENTION.
Mr. Beatty, and saw some very handsome carving in black walnut, which had
There is some talk of our having a musical convention here. I most sincerely hope been made for special order.
that this may be the case. Last year, under the leadership of Dr. G. F. Root, we had a
very pleasant and successful one. Everybody expressed themselves as being delighted.
A. D. HASSING.
EXHIBITION AT JARLINE'S FACTORY.
An exhibition was given on Thursday afternoon of last week, in Jardine & Sons'
factory, on a large and beautiful three-bank organ, built for the magnificent music room of
Mr. Joseph F. Knapp, of Bedford Ave., Brooklyn. The organ was thoroughly tested by
the following well-known organists, Profs. Morgan, Johnston, Gueili and Loretz, and Mr.
Edw. G. Jardine, and proved equal to the trial. Below is given the scheme :
Great Organ.
Open Diapason,
Melodia,
Oboe Gamba,
German Flute,
Principal,
Piccolo.
Swell Organ.
1. Clarinet Gamba,
2. Stopped Diapason,
3. Viol d'Amour,
4. Vox Celestis,
5. Bourdon Bass,
6. Bourdon,
7. Violoncello,
8. Ouintadena,
9. Flageolet,
10. Trumpet,
11. Trumpet Bass,
12. Tremulant.
Combination Pedals.
1. Forte to G rear,
2. Piano to Great,
3. Hydraulic Engine.
I.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Solo Organ.
Doppel Flute,
Quintadena,
German Gamba,
Harmonic Flute,
Vox Humana,
Tremulant,
Bell—open Diapason,
Octave.
Pedal Organ.
1. Bourdon,
2. Violoncello.
I.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Couplers by Piston Knobs.
Swell to Great,
Great to Pedal,
Swell to "
Solo to "
Solo to Great.
Accessory Stops and Pedals
1. Chime of Bells,
2. Snare Drum,
3. Bass Drum.
THE CONDITION OF TRADE.
WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.
DANIEL F. BEATTY.—THE CORNISH ORGAN CO.—ALLEGES, BOWLBY k Co.
H. W. ALLEGES.
r p H E city of Washington, New Jersey, is rapidly growing to be the centre of
J_ the musical manufacturing interests of the state of New Jersey. There
are now within its limits four establishments where the manufacture of parlor
organs is carried on, and the natural tendency of events, due to the success
which has attended the firms at present in the business, will increase the
number of manufacturers within a few years, and we may expect to see at a
not remote period as extensive and prosperous condition of affairs in the
musical manufacturing line, as that now presented by the town of Worcester,
Mass.
DANIEL F. BEATTY.
At the head of the list of manufacturers (as far, at least, as the magni-
tude of his business is concerned), stands Mr. Daniel F. Beatty, of whom we
can truthfully say, as the Queen of Sheba did after her visit to Solomon,
"the half had not been told me." The finest edifice in the city contains the
army of managers, clerks, printers, etc,, etc., etc., with which the Hon.
Daniel F. has surrounded himself in order to facilitate the performance of
his multifarious duties as Honorable, Mayor, President, Organ Manufacturer,
etc., etc., etc.
THE CORNISH ORGAN CO.
Our reporter next visited the establishment of the Cornish Organ Co.,
where he was politely received, and passed a pleasant hour. This house has
a high and well deserved reputation for its organs, and its trade is steadily
increasing, not only in the United States but in other countries, notably in
Australia and New Zealand, where its instruments are becoming well known.
This is particularly the case with the chapel organ for churches and Sunday
schools, which are very popular wherever used, the advent of one of them
in a church or school being surely followed by additional orders.
The export trade of this concern is one of the features of its business,
and the results have been entirely satisfactory, especially the ease and
smoothness of the collections, which occasion much less trouble than even
those from the near-by portion of the trade. The principal obstacle in the
way of this export trade in organs, viz., the great length of time occupied in
transit (110 days), will no doubt be much lessened by the establishment of
cheap steam communication between the countries named, within a short
time.
While not claiming to have in use in their factory any special novelties
in machinery, the Cornish Organ Co. have availed themselves of all the modern
labor-saving and wood-working machines. Their business is thoroughly
systematized, and the expenses of running their factory will compare favor-
ably with any other concern in the business. Their claim, that they strive
more to keep up the quality of their instruments than to effect large sales,
seems well founded, and their experience proves it to be a good policy.
ALLEGER, BOWLBY & CO.
This firm, which is said to have been the first to undertake the business
of manufacturing organs in Washington, N. J., has lately made a change in
its organization—Mr. A. H. Hammond, the well-known Worcester, Mass.,
manufacturer, having purchased the interest of Mr. H. W. Alleger in this
firm, Messrs. Bowlby and Plotts continuing under the new organization.
This firm has a large factory, with abxandant facilities m the way of
power and machinery. Their orders are large and increasing ; and the fact
that Mr. Hammond has become interested in the concern is a guarantee that
the business will be pushed to the uttermost.
In another issue of the paper, after the new arrangements of the firm
are completed, we will give a more detailed account of their factory and
business.
H. W. ALLEGER.
Although it is but a short time since Mr. H. W. Alleger severed his con-
nection with the firm of Alleger, Bowlby himself in another building in Washington, and has more orders on his
hands than he can at present fill.
Mr. Alleger is a practical man ; he has had great experience in the manu-
facture of organs, and he and his two sons give their personal attention to
every detail of the business.
Mr. Alleger is favorably located, and although he has not become quite
settled in his new factory, he expects soon to be in shape to meet the fall
trade. Our reporter saw here some of the most handsomely finished organ
cases which he has ever encountered. It is evident that Mr. Alleger is giving
his customers thoroughly good work, and, if he continues to turn it out so
conscientiously, he is bound to succeed.
Miss VANZANDT.—Mdme. Vansini and her clever young daughter, Mdlle.
Vanzandt, have left London for a holiday on the continent. Mdlle. Vanzandt
returns to Paris in October, to resume her duties at the Opera, where, as
Mignon, in the well-known work of Ambroise Thomas, she, not long ago,
obtained so brilliant a success.
WEIMAR.—As an acknowledgment of the distinguished services rendered
by the Miiller-Hartung school at Weimar, Hans Billow has just presented
the institute with 700 marks. A gift of music to the value of 500 marks was
also received by this society from the royal organist, Gottschlagg, a short
time ago.