October 5th,
1881. Review THE
Music
Trade
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MUSICAL
CRITIC AND TRADE
REVIEW.
61
Week ending Sept. 23d, 1881.
Pleyel, a Broadwood, a Steinway, or a Collard grand
piano, or the degree of force which each of these
Exports.
CHICAGO, Sept. 29th.
different actions is calculated to bear. Something is
also due to the piano itself. Whilst the Vienna England, Organs
$2,275
r
~pHE outlook for the Fall business is particular- hammer of the time of Beethoven and Hummel
60
_L ly good. The Exposition, or yearly fair, is (1815-1830) was covered with four or five layers of Nova Scotia, Organ
200
attracting large numbers of people to the city, buckskin of varying thickness, the present hammer Azore, Madeira, etc, Organs
which, together with the usual Fall visit of country is covered with only one piece of felt, and produces
Total
$2,535
merchants, gives to our commercial circles increas- a tone which, though larger and stronger, is un-
Imports.
doubtedly less elastic; the action of the Vienna
ed activity.
$5,592
White, Smith & Co., of Boston, have established piano was very simple, and it lacked the escape- England, Other Musical Instruments
a branch of their "Sheet Music and Book Pub- movement and many other improvements which
enable
the
present
piano,
with
its
almost
perfect
lishing House " in this city. They will endeavor mechanism, to do a considerable part of the work
to attract general attention, and as they are ener- for the performer. Thus we find that while formerly
Important to Piano Manufacturers
getic men, will doubtless succeed.
tone, with its different gradations, touch, the posi- Who may wish to secure the services of a German (42), is a first
I t is reported that the Weber Pianoforte Co. is tion of the finger, &c , had to be made matters of class workman, has been employed as a foreman for 6 years, has
particular experience in wood-working and labor-saving
to have an establishment of their own in this city. special study, the present piano with its accomplish- had
machinery, also at. varnishing, and the finer branches, and in the
Mr. Curtis, so long the manager of Root & Son's ments saves this study: whilst formerly the pedal general construction of pianos. He well understands how to
Music Co., is to be associated with the enterprise. was used but sparingly, is at present used almost handle large numbers of workmen. Is a first-class j udge of mate-
and an experienced and close buyer, particularly of lumber,
The Wilcox & White Organ will be represented by incessantly. Clearness, neatness of execution, a rials,
veneers, glues, etc. Is a very good correspondent and bookkeeper
the same gentleman, at least, such is the common quiet deportment at the instrument, were once in English and German. Has had experience in New York and
deemed to be absolute necessities : it is but seldom elsewhere with first class piano makers for 24 years, and has first-
report.
that we are gratified at present with these excellent class references. Parties willing to pay a lair remuneration please
Lyon & Healy report that the outlook for an qualities. Whilst in past times the performer address with particulars,
" EXPERIENCE." care MUSICAL CBITIC AND TRADE REVIEW,
increased Fall trade in musical merchandise is most treated his instrument as a respected and beloved
853 Broadway, N. Y.
promising. As this firm keep twelve travelling friend, and almost caressed it, many of our present
salesmen, they receive direct tidings from a large performers appear to treat it as an enemy who has
to be fought with and at last conquered. These ex-
area of country.
The transfer of the Knabe Pianoforte to the aggerated notions cannot last, and their frequent
house of A. Eeed & Sons has been of advantage to misapplication must in the end become evident to
public; and it is probable that sooner or later a
that instrument, for this old firm have the aven- the
reaction will set in, and the sound principles of our
ues of trade well considered, and know, from a forefathers again be followed.—Diet, of Music.
Have now ready and for sale L. O. Emerson's new
long experience, how to reach business.
Church Music Book, the
The house of W. W. Kimball is also most ener-
getic in its enterprises, and the amount of its busi-
ness seems yearly on the increase.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
As Chicago grows, each line of trade receives a
and his
PORT OF NEW YOBK.
larger representation, and of late years this has
been particularly noticeable in musical merchan-
Week ending Sept. 21st, 1881.
dise. The increase of the number of music houses,
Exports.
instead of cutting up trade, makes this city a better
which last has a re-arrangement of part of the mat-
$170 ter of the larger book, with some additions, the whole
market for this kind of merchandise, and thus British N. American Colonies, 3 Pianos
"
"
2 Organs
150 being accurately fitted to the needs of SINGING
attracts a larger business from a wider extent of
" West Indies, 1 Piano
600 CLASSES. At first sight, any teacher of good judg-
country. Healthy competition also induces trade.
" Australia, 14 Organs
955 ment will conclude that these two books are equal to
On the whole the prospects for trade in the Glasgow, 23 Organs
1,327 any preceding ones by the same author; and it is
West are bright, and will bring in good results if Stettin, 4 Organs
250 hard to resist the conclusion that they are the most
no complications of a political nature nor any London, 20 Organs
800 interesting and the best. Mailed for above prices.
unforseen difficulties occur.
The shortage of
750 Sounding Boards
1,200
O. DITSON Si CO., Boston.
crops in the West is made up in the increase Hull, 10 Organs
484
of prices, and our amount of money remains about Bremen, 2 Pianos
500
20 Organs
900
the same.
Hamburg, 3 Pianos
1 625
843 Broadway, NEW YORK.
C. H . BKITTAN.
3 Organs
210
Marseilles, 1 Piano
200
U. S. Colombia, 3 Pianos
1,230
THE GROWTH OF PIANOFORTE-PLAYING.
Mexico, 2 Pianos
900
C- IE\
3
65
N looking over the growth and development of Venezuela, 1 Organ
WASHINGTON, H. J.,
336
pianoforte-playing in the last hundred years, we Argentine Republic, 1 Piano
Manufacturer of strictly first-class
find that the rupture between the school of Mozart
(called by Fctis " les pianistes harmonistes") and
Total
$10,902
that of Clementi ("les pianistes brillants") took
Imports.
NEW STYLES NOW READY.
place about 1780. Beethoven, whose first piano
$11,013 PROTECTION TO AGENTS GUARANTEED.
compositions were published between 1790 and 1800, I l l Musical, etc
Circulars on application.
appears as a connecting or mediating link between
Week ending Sept. 28th, 1881. -
these schools; with Carl Maria von Weber romantic
expression comes into the foreground ; whilst Franz
Exports.
Schubert inclines more towards the lyrical phase. Hamburg, 9 Organs
$1,400
to Students of
After this time (1830-40) the technical school appears
MUSIC.
1,000
entirely in the ascendant; Mendelssohn and Scllu- Rotterdam, 4 1 Pianos
The
New Calendar
Piano
225
mann then succeed in diverting attention towards
of the New England
3
Organs
750
CONSERVATORY and College of Music is sent free.
their poetical and classical tendency; whilst the
150 Apply, E. TOURJEE, Music Hall, Boston, Mass.
genial Pole, Frederic Chopin, refines and polishes Amsterdam, 1 Organ
Hull,
10
Organs
496
the technical material, and reintroduces the charm-
4,375
ing effect of a sweet, supple, and singing style of London, 88 Organs
600
playing. With Liszt and Thalberg, Eubinstein and London, 10 Piano Lumber
160
Tausig, the brilliancy of technical execution reaches Liverpool, 2 Organs
12 Organettes
885
its culminating point; with regard to rapidity, force,
"
266
No. 83 East Thirteenth Street, New York,
ingenuity of combinations, and dazzling effect, it is British West Indies, 4 Organs
65
not too much to asseit that the highest point has Mexico, 1 Organ
(Near Wallack'B.)
32 SE C
been gained, and that with respect to quantity of Central America, 1 Musical Instrument....
D
2,046 H AND - PIANOS A N D ORGANS
notes and effects our present players are unrivalled; U. S. Colombia, 7 Pianos
Bought, Sold, Exchanged, Received on Sale and on Storage.
whether the quality is as good as it formerly was
Total
$12,450 Advancements made. Rebuilding of Pianos and Organs a Special-
(about 1825) may be questioned. Our present grand
or concert pianos offer to the performer every possi-
ty. Special prices to the Trade.
Imports.
ble advantage and facjlity, but the perfection of the
Musical,
222
$31,363
instruments has in ifeelf tended to lessen the earnest
study on the part of the player which was formerly
POET OP BOSTON.
necessary for the production of tone. This defect is
GRAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
partly due to the ignorance of too many of the pres-
Week ending Sept. 16th, 1881.
OP THE CITY OP NEW YORK.
ent pianists in regard to the construction of the in-
Exports.
strument on which they perform. Whilst every
21
East 14th Street. 21
$3,203
player on the flute, oboe, clarionet, bassoon, horn, England, Organs
violin, or violoncello, is intimately acquainted with Nova Scotia, e t c , Organs
542 This RENOWNED MDSIO SCHOOL offers the accumulated advan-
the interior of his instrument, few pianists are able
tages of years of successful operation. Instruction in all branches
Total
$3,745 of Vocal and Instrumental MUBIC, Harmony and Composition,
to describe the distinctive peculiarity of a Vienna,
etc., by the most eminent Masters and Professors of tile land, at
naif-English, or English mechanism, to appreciate
Imports.
MODERATE RATES.
For further particulars, address,
the difference between the action of an Erard, a
England, Miscellaneous Musical Instruments $1,578
E. EBERNARD, Director.
CHICAGO TRADE.
a co.
Herald of Praise, ($1.00,)
Ideal, (75 cts.),
CHAS. H. DITSON & CO.,
I
Cabinet, Parlor, and Chapel Organs.
IMPORTANT
C. M. MAXWELL,
THE HARDMAN PIANO,
ESTABLISHED 1842.
Manufactured b y HAIRDMAIT, DOWX.X2TG <3c FECK.
W»rerooms and Factory, 5Tth Street and Tenth Avenue, New York.