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Issue: 1881 Vol. 5 N. 4

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September 20th, 1881.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
DOMESTIC
VOL. V.
AJSTU
FOREIGN
43
TRADE.
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 1881.
No..
" Well," said our reporter, "do not the com-
The man who does not advertise has it this, Mr. Haines '? are Haines Bros, trying to sur-
mercial agencies get that kind of information
themselves ? "
done tor him finally under the head ol pass
Mr. Haines only replied, "Listen, and judge now ?"
** failures in business."
for yourself."
"They may in some cases," said Mr. Nembach,
The piano had a handsome case of burl walnut, " but we do not rely altogether on agencies; if we
and was only two or three inches higher than the did, we should make many mistakes. We have a
ordinary upright. Looking at its front, from variety of ways of obtaining information besides,
DIE.ECTOE.Y
which the ornamental work had been removed, a which it is not necessary to specify."
OF THE
few of the differences between this and the more At this point Mr. Geo. Steck came in, and Mr.
generally known upright could readily be seen. Nembach, Mr. Steck, and our reporter went to
In the first place the iron frame was not cast in the inspect one of the firm's new Baby Grands, which
form ordinarilly used in others of Haines Bros.' Mr. Nembach played upon to show its sustaining
MUSIC ^TRADES.
uprights. It had a tremendous sweep, was car- power, which is very great. Our reporter had an
ried to the top of the wrest plank, and was en- opportunity of closely examining this Baby Grand
BOSTON, MASS.
tirely suspended. The sounding board was of and the arrangement of the scale, by which a
MANUFACTURERS.
extra dimensions and placed so that its vibrat- length of string and an extent of sounding board
UTOMATIC MUSICAL PAPER CO. Music Paper for Mechan-
almost equal to that of a concert grand
A ical Musical Instruments. 227 to 233 Cambridge Street. ing qualities were developed to the fullest extent. is is obtained
exceedingly ingenious. The powerful tone ob-
The scale has been made upon what Mr. Haines
PIANO CO., manufacturers of Grand, Square and terms the "duplex diagonal combination" plan, tained from such a small instrument is extraordin-
Upright Pianos,
E MERSON
which permits the use of strings of extreme lengths. ary.
595 Washington Street.
To meet the requirements of this system of plate,
Mr. Steck said in reply to a question from our
sounding-board and scale, a peculiarly powerful reporter, that his wholesale trade was in a satisfac-
WORCESTER, MASS.
action is necessary ; this would not be difficult to tory condition and that orders were coming in
MANUFACTURERS.
provide, but not without danger of clumsiness and rapidly. "We shall," said Mr. Steck, "issue a
W. INGALLS & CO., Organ Reed Boards, Parker Tremolos
stiffness in its working. Happily, Mr. Haines has new catalogue this Fall containing some new styles,
and Octavo Couplers,
25 Hermon Street.
been able to surmount these obstacles, and the and shall endeavor in every possible way to lead
action is not only powerful, but light, evenly bal- the market, not only in good quality of tone and
G. KETTELL,
Piano Punchings,
anced, and in the matter of "repetition," cannot touch, but in the style and beauty of our caseg."
6 Lincoln Square.
be easily surpassed.
" Do upright pianos continue to hold their own
"There can be no doubt, Mr. Haines," said our in the popular estimation V " said our reporter.
AGENTS AND DEALERS.
reporter, "that the designing of that piano has
" Yes," replied Mr. Steck, " and ebonized cases
R. LELAND & CO., Chickering. Knabe, Hallett, Davi» &
are becoming every day more popular, outside as
> Co., and Fischer Pianos ; Peloubet & Co. and Smith caused you infinite labor and thought."
S
" Well, sir." said Mr. Haines, "for more than well as in the city."
American Organs, Shoet Music and Band Instruments.
a year I have given my best efforts to the develop-
ing of my ideas far an upright piano that should
STIR IN THE PIANO BUSINESS.
equal a grand in power, fullness and richness of THE THROAT IN ITS RELATIONS TO SINGING.
URING the past ten days there hag been a tone. They tell me I have succeeded, and I may
HIS is the title of a pamphlet of sixty-five
large number of piano dealers from all parts assure you that I feel I have succeeded and far
pages, by Whitfield Ward, M. D., New York.
of the country visiting New York, and they have beyond my most sanguine expectations."
for the most part left large orders with local piano The first of the new Haines Bros.' Grand Upright The author ha» endeavored, in this little work, to
manufacturers, especially among those of the Pianos was shipped to D. H. Baldwin & Co., their present everything of interest to the singer, with
second and third classes, so that they are in a con- agents in Cincinnati, for exhibition at the great reference to the vocal organs, the subject matter
dition which almost constitutes a famine in pianos, fair in that city. Mr. Otto Sutro, of Baltimore, contained in the pamphlet being the result of
particularly in those commonly known as second has taken one, and other prominent dealers, are many years' labor. Published by C. A. Welles,
eager to secure them as soon as they can be turned editor and proprietor of the MUSICAL CRITIC AND
and third class.
This state of affairs must be gratifying to the out. It can confidently be said that they show an TRADE REVIEW.—The Sentinel, Milwaukee.
trade as it indicates that the Fall trade has fairly immense stride forward by the Messrs. Haines
commenced, even at this early date, and the revival Bros., who at all times are bound to keep abreast
of business, which we have been confidently pre- of the times. The new piano will be played in
Mr. Edward T. Paull, of Martinsburg, West
dicting for the past three months may be said to public this fall and winter and will surely make a Virginia, called upon us a few days ago, while in
sensation.
have been inaugurated.
this city, on matters connected with his music
business. -Mr. Paull handles the Decker Bros,
There is every reason to believe that the next
and Weber pianos and th« Estey and Loring &
four months will be a season of unprecedented
Blake organs in the State of West Virginia, having
activity in the piano business. Plenty of money
his headquarters in Staunton, a branch in Martins-
is being made by all classes. Our people have
burg, and sub-agencies throughout the State. Mr.
shown a disposition to purchase largely in the past
Paull reports an active market in his section for
whenever they had the means, and we believe that
TRADE SECRETS.
the above makers' instruments at which we are not
if they show the same disposition this Fall, the
Said
Mr.
Nembach,
of
the
firm
of
Geo.
Steck
surprised, for they are fine goods and need no
producing capacity of the manufacturers will be
&
Co.,
of
No.
11
East
Fourteenth
street,
the
other
bush to proclaim them. Mr. Paull says he cannot
found entirely inadequate to meet the demand.
day, in a conversation with a representative of possibly get along without the MUSICAL CRITIC AND
this paper:—
TRADE REVIEW.
" Our business shows a considerable increase
HAINES BEOS.' NEW DEPARTURE.
over that of last year at the corresponding period,
A daughter of Mr. Jarvis Peloubet, the well-
THEIB GRAND UPRIGHT.
as well as in the wholesale department as in the known organ manufacturer, was married on the
UITE a little crowd had gathered in- front of renting and retail business, and I see no reason to 7th instant, at Bloomfield, New Jersey, to Mr. E.
Haines Bros.' warerooms on Fifth avenue, doubt that the Fall business, now commencing, Walter Morris.
Wednesday afternoon of last week, as one of will be large, although our house is a conservative
our reporters was passing by. Anxious to learn one and watches credits very closely. For this Prominent out-of-town dealers were numerous
the cause the reporter drew near, and heard muai- reason our business may not show as large an in- about town last week. Mr. Otto Sutro, the cele-
crease as that of some other houses."
brated Baltimore agent for Steinway, Chickering,
al sounds rushing through'the open doorway.
" Somebody is playing on a grand piano," said a "Do you think," said our reporter, "that the Haines, etc., came on and paid a short visit in Bos-
fashionably dressed lady to her companion, for trade is sufficiently well informed in the matter of ton. He lost no time while in New York in order-
they like the reporter were attracted by the credits. Would it not be better to have, as some ing one of Haines' New Grand Upright Pianos
other trades have, a ' protective agency ' to which described in another part of^ this paper. He in-
music.
The reporter entered and found that somebody the members of the trade should contribute all formed one of our representatives that Haine*
was playing, not a grand, but a grand upright the information in their possession, thus forming a Bros. had produced a remarkable instrument. Mr.
piano, the sonorous tonea of which filled the spaci- common fund for any member to draw upon. C. C. Curtiss, who resigned the management of the
This way of obtaining information would seem to Root & Sons' Music Co., Chicago, just before his
ous room.
"A wonderful instrument, is it not?" said a me to have an advantage over that of the ordinary recent visit to Europe, has been here. He has
some plans and ideas of his own, and when the
prominent western dealer, whose face clearly ex- methods of obtaining trade information."
" I t would work very well, I have no doubt," right time comes, will make them known. Mr.
pressed the delight he experienced as he listened
to its wealth of sound that caused surround- replied Mr. Nembach, "but it is doubtful whether Camp, of Storey & Camp, Chicago, has also visited
ing objects to vibrate as if the performer were any person could be found who has the confidence New York. He said that trade with his house had
treading the music out of the pedals of an organ. of the trade sufficiently, to make him the deposi- been extraordinarily good for two months past,
they expected it to go with a rush right up to
The reporter nodded assent and then seeing Mr. tory of their business secrets; or to induce the and
the first of January.
N. J. Haines, Sr., remarked to him: "What is trade to give correct reports."
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REVIEW.
EZPOETS AND IMPORTS.
PORT OF NEW YORK.
Week ending Sept. &th, 1881.
Exports.
U. S. Colombia, 1 Piano
"
2 Organs
Glasgow, 1 Organ
London, 16 Organs
Mexico, 4 Musical Instruments
1 Piafio
Hamburg, 3 Pianos
"
4 Organs
Chili, 5 Pianos
1
' 1 Cabinetto
China, 2 Orguinettes
''
1 Piano
Brit. N. American Colonies. 2 O r g a n s . . .
New Zealand, 4 Organs
Bristol, 2 Organs
British Poss. in Africa, 2 Organs
Total
Imports.
186 Musical
Week ending Sept, 13th, 1881.
Exports.
Brazil, 2 Musical Instruments
"
5 Organs
Porto Rico, 6 Organs
Hamburg, 2 Piano Lumbers
"
4 Pianos
Bremen, 1 Piano Felt
Rotterdam, ID Organs
Bristol, 1 Organ
Liverpool, 13 Organs
Mexico, 3 Pianos
British West Indies, 1 Organ
" Honduras, 1 Organ
Havre, 1 Musical Instrument
.•
TRADE CHAT
notes. The pneumatic lever is applied to the great
swell, solo and pedal compartment, as well as to
their couplings. The number of stops is 57, and the
number of pipes employed in the consti uction of the
We received our first subscription the other day
instrument is 2,894. Every register run through the
entire compass of the organ, no stopped pipes being from Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. The letter
$600 used for the bass of the open registers, or wooden reads as follows:—
150 pipes for the bass of the metal registers. A system
HONOLULU, Aug. 26, 1881.
250 has been adopted of late-years by organ builders of C. A. Welles, Esq.
4,800 using eight feet pipes stopped at the top by a piston,
DEAR SIK—I should like to take the MUSICAL
155 instead of using a sixteen feet open pipe to produce CRITIC. Please inform me what the subscription is
100 the same note.
and
full particulars as to postage. I am not quite
650
This method imparts a woolly and smotherep sure whether I have got your right address or should
380 character to the note and is in effect a kind of im- have enclosed some money so that you could have
2,350 pure harmonic. A violin string stopped in the centre commenced to send it at once. I hope it is all right
68 of its length will yield a pure harmonic when the though. Let me hear soon.
151 finger floats upon it at that point without pressure,
Yours truly,
W. T.,
42G but this result cannot be obtained by mechanical Honolulu, Sandwich Islands.
132 means in the construction of a pipe organ. The
520 wind to the organ is supplied by three large bellows
We are informed that the Loring & Blake Organ
191 with accompanying reservoirs governing the differ- Co. of Worcester. Mass., has, for the third consec-
200 ent pressures. The bellows are operated by hy- utive year, received the highest award at the New
draulic motor made expressly for this organ. The England Fair. This year they took the highest
$11,123 case is the work of Sanger, Rockwell &Co., from the honors in each of the three different classes, viz.:
designs of E. T. Mix. The decoration is the work " For best reed organ, without limit to capacity, a
of P. M. Almini & Co., of this city. This is the gold medal. For best organ containing six sets of
$21,405 only organ in the western part of the United States
possessing four manuals, with the exception of the reeds, a silver medal. For best organ containing
organ in the Cincinnati Music Hall, which cost two and three-fifths sets of reeds, a silver medal."
over $30,000. The Milwaukee organ is about the Their exhibit is said to have been one of the finest
$130 same size as the organ built for the Centennial Ex- ever made at any fair, comprising fifteen different
199 position, the Philadelphia instrument having two styles, one of which was an organ with three man-
404 more stops than the instrument built for the (. ream uals and thirty-four stops, of great power and
beautiful design.
150 City.
800
780
3,400
200
690
1,200
80
ill)
150
Mrs. Catherine Reichenbach, of Washington,
A
MR. EEHNING'S PALL WORK.
D. C., piano dealer, has been released from her
BEPORTER for the MUSICAL CRITIC AND trust deed.
TRADE EEVIEW recently had occasion to visit
the Harlem district of New York city, so he took a
short time to call upon Mr. Henry Behning. He
found b Behning, jr., at the factory at East 124th street.
The younger Mi*. Behning is a " chip of the old
block," and is a valuable assistant to his father.
He is active and skillful in the management of
affairs both at the factory and at the warerooms on
12)th street.
There appeared to be plenty of business going
on at the factory ; many pianos were being boxed
up for shipment to agents at a distance, and
throughout the building the workmen were zeal-
ously laboring.
Among other things Mr. Behning showed oui
reporter a new parlor grand piano, a picture of
which appears in the advertisement on another
page. This instrument was beautifully construct-
ed, and possessed some charming qualities of tone.
It would be shipped, Mr. Behning stated, to the
St. Louis agent, as soon as completed, for exhibi-
tion at the fair in that city.
The new parlor grand and the baby grand man-
ufactured by Mr. Behning were, we were told, re-
ceiving all sorts of laurels wherever they were tried.
They are certainly elegant instruments. The
Behning pianos are made to stand well. They are
constructed, even to the cases, in Mr. Behning's
factory, and they sell splendidly, so dealers inform
us, wherever they are introduced. This, their ad-
mirers say, is because they have the merit of being
good though their prices are not high.
J. Becker, piano manufacturer, of the firm of
J. Becker & Son, of Detroit, Mich., has sold his
half interest to his son who continues the busi-
ness.
C. Cavers, organs, of St. Catharines, Ontario,
has failed. His nominal assets are $900; actual
$8,333
Total
assets, $500. He offers twenty-five cents.
Imports.
Mr. J. W. Paterson, the well-known music pub-
$15,346
Musical Instruments, 124
lisher of Glasgow, Scotland, is dead.
PORT OF BOSTON.
The various specimens of celluloid that were
lately examined by M. F. Boekmann did not con-
Week ending Sept. 2nd, 1881.
tain true gun-cotton, but the jjyroxyd line of col-
Exports.
lodion, perfectly soluble at common temperatures
$2,500
England, Organs
in a mixture of ether and alcohol. Celluloid, he
1,249
''
Organettes
iokls, is not a true definite chemical combination.
50
"
Organ Materials
385
The project of a world's fair seems to be having
Nova Scotia, Pianos
350
Newfoundland and Labrador, Organs....
about the same experience in Boston that it went
through with in this city. The idea was received
$4,534
Total
at first with some enthusiasm, particularly by those
who had business reasons for being interested, and
Imports.
a few wealthy men promised to contribute heavily;
$300
England, Miscellaneous Musical Instruments
but there has been no such general public demand
Week ending Sept. 9th, 1881.
for a fair as would insure success, and nothing has
of late been done.
Exports.
$2,846
England, Organs
A Washington despatch says:—The excess of
2,095
"
Organettes.
exports of merchandise for June is $4,442,000.
50
Nova Scotia, Organ
June last year $11,018,000; fiscal year ending June;
S259,720;000; previous fiscal year, $167,084,000,
$4,991
Total.
Excess of exports of gold and silver coin and
Imports.
bullion for June is $1,022,000; June last year, ex-
cess of imports, $178,000; fiscal year ending June,
England, Miscellaneous Musical Instruments $1,536
excess of imports, $91,169,000; previous fiscal
year, $75,801,000.* Last fiscal year the exports of
PITCH FOR AMERICAN PIANOS.
merchandise amounted to $902,319,000, being
Particular
attention
is
called
to
the
advertise-
INCE the writer in the Philadelphia Sunday
larger than ever before in the history of the
Mirror took us to task for republishing the ment, which appears in our present issue, of a country. The imports of merchandise, amounting
Buffalo Courier's article on "Pitch for American German who seeks employment as a piano maker. to $642,593,000, is larger than any preceding year,
Pianos," in which the writer's use of the English We are assured that he thoroughly understands his excepting 1880. The total value of the foreign
language aroused the ire of the Mirror, we have business and is a deserving man.
commerce of the United States, imports and ex-
stated that a man with the slightest experience The management of the Atlanta, Ga., Interna- ports of merchandise, amounted to $1,544,913,000,
with newspapers, even as a reader, should know tional Cotton Exposition, announce that excur- and exceeded that of any previous fiscal year. The
that republication of an article is not an endorse- ion tickets will be sold from New York city during excess of exports over imports, last fiscal year, was
ment of its sentiments.
October, November and December, to the Exposi- larger than any preceding year, excepting 1879,
We should have added for the enlightenment of tion at i$3G. 00, good to return within 30 days from since the year ending June 30, 1875. * The total
excess of the value of the exports of merchandise,
the Mirror's young man that, " Pitch for American date of purchase.
over that of imports, amounted to $1,180,682,000.
Pianos" does not signify that the article in ques-
tion, although republished in our "Trade" de- A ticket office for all musical and theatrical
partment, was purely of interest as a manufactur- entertainments has been opened at Brentano's,
ing question. It was not intended as a discussion No. 5 Union Square, which is such a central loca-
of the merits of j>itch for grain filling or ebonizing tion that ticket buyers may often save themselves A good tuner, one who can tune Grand Pianos, and
understands regulation, &c.
purposes; for, as far as we know, pitch has never the trouble of walking several blocks by securing
Address,
been so used by our boldest experimental manu- their tickets and seats there.
facturers.
The following appeared in the London Musical
DTJTTON & SON",
World of September 3d.
1115
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Fa.
"The death of Mr. Edward Stein way, a partner
THE MILWAUKEE EXPOSITION.
in the great American firm of Stein way & Co., is
Important to Piano Manufacturers
HOOK AND HASTINGS' ORGAN.
announced."
may wish to secure the services of a German (42), ie a first
There are a few errors in the above which we Who
HE Milwaukee Industrial Exposition opened
class workman, has been t-iuploycd as a foreman for G years, has
on Tuesday, September 6th. Concerning are able to correct. There is as far as we know no had particular experience in wood-working and labor saving
machinery, also at varnishing, aud the finer branches, and in the
American
firm
named
Stein
way
&
Co.,
and
as
re-
the great organ which occupies a prominent place
general construction of pianos. He well understands how to
gards Messrs. Steinway & Sons, there is not now handle
lar^e numbers of workmen. Is a first-class judge of mate-
in the building, the Milwaukee Sentinel says:—
nor ever has been an Edward Steinway connected
and an experienced and close buyer, particularly of lumber,
"The organ which is placed at the south end of with them. Three of the members of the firm of rials,
veneers, glues, etc. Ig a very good correspondent and bookkeeper
the building is entitled to special notice. It was
in English and German. Has had experience iu New York and
erected by Hook & Hastings, of Boston, in accord- Steinway & Sons are in Europe, viz.:—Theodor, elsewhere with first class piano makers for 24 years, and has first-
class referenc-8. Fartiei willing to pay a fair remuneration please
Charles
and
Frederick,
and
Mr.
William
Steinway
ance with special designs prepared by O. Marshall, ot
address with particulars,
Milwaukee. The instrument has four manuals of 61 was seen, about the time of our going to press with " EXPERIENCE," care MUSICAL CBITIC AND TBADE REVIEW,
notes, each with accompanying pedal register of 30 this issue, in his usual health and spirits.
863 Broadway, N. Y.
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