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May 5th, 1881.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
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IVERS So POND PIANO COMPANY OF BOSTON.
/CALLING recently at the warerooms of the Company, named in the head-
V_y line, we were cordially met by two members of the Company. Mr.
Handel Pond, for fourteen years past with the Mason & Hamlin Organ Com-
pany, and probably well-known to many of our readers, Mr. G. A. Gibson,
Treasurer of the Company and a new man in the trade.
To our statement that our business was to find out and report such matters
regarding their business as might be of interest to the trade, they willingly
responded by giving us the history of the concern and invited us to carefully
inspect their instruments and work, which must, judging from what we saw
there and later at the factory, be ranked in the first-class. The Company,
which was organized as a corporation sometime last October, is virtually the
successor of W. H. Ivers, for the past eight years the maker of a high grade
piano, well-known in Boston for its good workmanship and standing quali-
ties; for twenty-five years before that Mr. Ivers was in the employ of the
Checkering & Sons, and there proved himself a very fine mechanic. Since
his connection with the Corporation he has got out new scales for both
squares and uprights, which are great improvements over the excellent
instrument formerly made by him.
While listening to the recital of which the above is a hasty sketch,
Mr. J. N. Thompson, President of the Company, came in, and on introduc-
tion, begged us to visit the Company's factory at Dedham, and the earnest
claims of the members of the Company for a first place in the ranks of
manufacturers, as well as the apparent excellence of the instruments in the
warerooms, induced us to accept the offer. A half hour's ride brought us to
the factory, where we met Mr. Ivers, who, with justifiable pride, showed us
the work the Company are doing.
It would take more space than we can spare to relate in detail what we
saw, but we are glad to say of the new concern, that their claims of excel-
lence and high grade of work were no exaggeration, but. were well backed
up by the work exposed to view in their factory. The care and attention
that go with skill and excellence in workmanship, were apparent on all sides,
in the men at their benches and the quality of the work and of the materials
in the store or supply room, required no great discernment to see they were
first class.
Besides the general superintendence of the work throughout the factory,
Mr. Ivers is at work on new patterns and scales for a grand, a parlor grand
and a small upright—the fine uprights made and turned out being ex-
ceptionally large.
From what we saw and heard we believe they have come into the busi-
ness to stay and to succeed. There seems to be talent and ability enough in
the Company, and they claim to have talent enough back of it. If they con-
tinue as they have begun,, and there is every indication that they will do so,
we think they will soon be known as one of the most successful houses in the
trade. We will say that we were disposed to criticise their warerooms,
which seemed too small and crowded, but their claim that their light ex-
penses for both warerooms and factory, are a feature of their business, en-
abling them to sell their goods at so much the lower prices, is certainly
sound logic and will doubtless be appreciated by their wholesale customers
at least. We wish them all the success their exertions merit.
CORRESPONDENCE.
GEOEGE W. PEEK, NEW YOBK.
'• There's Green Grass 'Neath the Snow." Song and chorus, 35 cents.
J. P. Skelly.
JOHN CHUECH & Co., CINCINNATI.
" Heart and Voice in the Sunday School." Edited by W. F. Shirwin.
Dr. Geo. Root and J. R. Murray special contributors. Price, 35 cents.
THE
CHICAGO MUSIC COMPANY.
Little Classics for the piano: 1. "Adieu." 2. "Mazurka." 3. " T h e
Jolly Blacksmith." 4. "The Little Chapel." 5. "Love's Devotion." 6.
"The Happy Peasant." 7. "Bolero." 8. " Evening Meditation." 9. " Noc-
turno." 10. " The Soldier's Departure." 11. "Romanza" in D flat major.
12. "Hungarian Polka." 13. "Etude Impromptu." 14. "Hungarian
Dance." Price of each number 25 cents. Angelo de Prosse.
Messrs. Scribner & Welford, of this city, have published a book entitled
" Carl Maria Weber and His Music," by Sir Julius Benedict. Edited by
Francis Hueffer.
THEODOEE WoiiFEAM, MANSFIELD, O.
"Write to the Sad Old Folks at Home." Price, 35 cents. Words by
Robert Hornung; music by Theodore Wolfram. i
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
PORT OF NEW YOBK.
Week ending April 19th, 1881.
Exports.
$95
China, 1 organ,
$125 London, 1 organ, . . . .
Hamburg, 4 pianos,
. . . 850 Brit. N. A. Colonies, 6 pianos, $1,950
153
Hamburg, 1 organette, . . .
50 Genoa, 2 organs,
. . .
41
Hamburg, 22 organs, . . . 2,702 Oporto, 4 organettes,
Cuba, 1 musical instrument, .
54 Mexico, 3 musical instruments, 410
Liverpool, 23 organs, . . . 1,288 Hayti, 1 musical instrument, . 24
Liverpool, 1 piano
500
Total,
$8,392
London, 1 piano,
150
Imports.
Musical Instruments, etc., 83,
812,905
PORT OF NEW YOEK.
Week ending April 26th, 1881.
Exports.
U. S. Colombia, 1 piano, . . $500 Hamburg, 6 organs,
Central America, mus. instrum't. 100 Rotterdam, 2 organs,
Mexico, 2 organs, . . . . . 44 London, 10 organs,
Mexico, 1 musical cabinet, . . 50
Hamburg, 5 pianos, . . . 1,165
Total, .
Imports.
Musical Merchandise, 85 packages,
$2,845
$10,399
„ PORT OF BOSTON.
Week ending April 15.
A COLLECTION OF EEATT7 EXPOSURES.
Exports.
MESSES. EDITOBS.—If you are in earnest about exposing Beatty why not
publish a pamphlet containing the hundreds of various exposures often England, organs,
made by different papers. Regular makers and dealers would appreciate
Imports.
such a pamplet.
This would also show up the numerous papers that have started to England, musical instruments,
expose him and have often been bought off by his paying them to insert his
POET OF BOSTON.
advertisements.
y?eek
ending April 22, 1881.
Truly, &c,
W.
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Exports.
Castile, N. Y., March 21, 1881.
French West Indies, organs, . $200 | England, organs, . . . .
A NEW ORGAN, MANSFIELD, OHIO.
Total .
. . .
TTlHE Episcopal Church of this city recently opened a new organ with a con-
JL cert. The organ has two manuals, full pedal, 20 stops and a very pretty
Imports.
exterior. The tone is round and full, in fact too powerful for the small
building. It would fill a church of double size. The different stops are E n g l a n d , musical i n s t r u m e n t s ,
quite characteristic in quality of tone and the bass is of a sweetness which
P O E T O F BALTIMORE.
is very seldom found. The organ was made by George Ellis, of Indiana-
March 17 t o 31 inclusive.
polis, Indiana, who is trying hard to establish a reputation in Ohio and the
West, and is succeeding well. It is very gratifying to see the interest in the Musical I n s t r u m e n t s entered for c o n s u m p t i o n
grandest of all instruments gain ground so rapidly. The influence will be
April 4 t o 13 inclusive.
great, for the people will not stop with an organ. It will also stimulate the Musical I n s t r u m e n t s entered for consumption,
choirs to do their best. If any instrument is able to make an impression
Musical I n s t r u m e n t s e n t e r e d for t r a n s p o r t a t i o n inland, . . . .
upon an audience, a church organ is.
MASK F. LOW.
Total,
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
$300
. 106
. 580
$2,995
$99
$1,185
$1,385
$355
$738
$2,595
1,667
$4,262
The music publishers of the United States held their annual convention
at the Gilsey House in this city on the morning of April 19th. The conven-
tion was held earlier this year than usual to accommodate some of the members
who had other business in the city to attend to about that date. Only the
ordinary routine business was transacted and the following ticket was elected:
Wm. A. Pond, Esq., President; C. H. Ditson, Esq., Secretary. The affairs
of the society are in a satisfactory condition.
The factory and warerooms of Mr. Wm. Schaeffer, at 524 and 526 West
Forty-third street, are almost empty of finished pianos although his usual force
M. GBAY, SAN FRANCISCO.
of workmen are busy. A good sign of active business.
" Ave Maria." Song for soprano or tenor with Latin and English words.
Mr. M. Steinert, of New Haven, was in this city last week on business.
Price, 40 cents. D. B. Moody.
The storing capacities of dealers in pianos are being tested to their
"Dolores." Song for mezzo soprano or tenor. 35 cents. D. B. Moody.
utmost capacity on account of the great influx of pianos, consequent on our
Schottische, " Silver Slippers." 35 cents. R. L. Yanke.
annual moving hegira; many people this year having had their rents
Racquette, " Haute Volee." 35 cents. W. Stuckenholz.
increased, preferring to board or travel until June or July, when it is expected
SPEAB & DEHNHOFF, NEW YOBK.
that the great number of dwellings now being erected in this city, will be
"Chariot Race Galop." 40 cents. Wm. H. Rieger.
finished and rents will decline.
THE ROOT & SONS' MUSIC COMPANY, CHICAGO.
James F. Conover and William Brown, of St. Louis, Mo., have patented
"A Broken Dream." Song for contralto. 40 cents. Fr. Kenyon Jones. a pianoforte. No. of patent, 240,234. Application filed July 19th, 1880.
SPEAR & DEHNHOFF, New York.
W. H. RIEGER. " The Wife in Port" Sang. 40 cts. A song for the
masses, which care more for the jingle than for real music.
W. H. RIEGER. " Can You Then Love Another." Song. 40 cts. This
composition is somewhat tame in expression, but it is of pleasing character,
and will do well in drawing rooms.
We have received from the publishers new music as follows: