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Issue: 1882 Vol. 5 N. 18

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THE MUSICAL CfclTiC AND TRADE REVIEW.
VOL. V.
NEW TOKK, APEIL 20TH, 1882.
The man who does not advertise has it
done tor him finally under the head ot
»* failures in business."
OF THE
MUSICAL PROFESSION
AND THE
MUSIC TRADES.
NEW YORK CITY.
VOCALISTS.
M
ISS LETITIA LOUISE FKITCH, Soprano.
Address, MUSICAL C a m e AND TRADE RKVTEW,
8<4 Broadway, New York.
INSTRUMENTALISTS.
OUIB BLUMENBEIIG, Holo Violoncello.
J
Address, MUSICAL, Carrie AND TRADE REVIEW,
864 Broadway, New York.
MANAGERS.
)OND & BACHERT, Concert and Lecture managers.
Everett House.
New York.
IMPORTERS, ETC.
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1LLIAM TONE & BRO., Manufacturers, Importers and
Jobbers of Musical Merchandise.
47 Maiden Lane.
INSTRUCTION.
M
V
RS. G. J. ALLEN, Pupil oi Madame Rudersdorf. Especially
authorized by her to teach her celebrated method, is pre-
pared to resume lessons at her residence, 121 E. Twenty third St.
OGT
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC,
No. 19 East U t h Street,
New York City
Wm. G. Vogt, (of the Berlin Conservatory) Director.
MANUFACTURERS.
L
H
R
IGHTE & ERNST,
Manufacturers of Pianos,
10 Union Square, Fourth Avenue Side.
ERMAN KOECHLING,
Pianoforte Legs,
No. 105 Rivington Street.
F
TROY, N. Y.
DEALERS.
y^LUETT & SONS
Represent the leading
Pianos and Organs.
Branches in
Albany, N. Y.,
Pittsfleld, and North Adams, Haas.
BOSTON, MASS.
MANUFACTURERS.
UTOMATIC MUSICAL PAPER CO. Music Paper for Mechan-
ical Musical Instruments.
227 to 233 Cambridge Street.
A
E
V
MERSON PIANO CO., manufacturers of Grand, Square and
Upright Pianos,
596 Washington 8treet.
O9K & SONS, Manufacturer* of Square and Upright Piano-
fortes.
535 Washington Street.
A
McPHAIL & CO., Square and Upright Pianos. Two first
priie Silver and a Gold Medal 18bl.
630 Washington St.
PIANO AND ORGAN LEATHERS.
W
HITE BROS, tt SONS, Manufacturers and Dealers in Piano
and Organ Leathers.
151 Summer St.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
MANUFACTURERS.
H
OGGSON
PETTIS,
Organ Stop Knobs and Stems,
147 to 163 Union Street.
No. 18.
they were not called upon for contributions.
Some churches would consent to the use of an
W. INGALLS & CO., Organ Reed Boards, Parker Tremolos organ only on condition that it should be played
softly. This for a time would be complied with,
G-. and octave Couplers,
35 Hermon Street.
but the subdued strains becoming monotonous
G . KJETTELL,
the organists generally, as "Will Carleton says,
Piano
Punchings,
D.
'bade farewell to every fear, and boldly waded in?'
6 Linooln Square.
"Several years ago a Presbyterian minister in
this city declared that if an organ were placed in
AOBWTS AND DEAULB8.
But he was pen-
B. LKLAND & CO., Ohickering, Knabe, Hallett, Davis & his church he would resign.
S
• Uo., and Fischer Pianos ; Poloubet Ameriean Organs, bhoet Muaic and Band Instruments.
members of the United Presbyterian Church—
commonly known as the 'Psalm Singers'—are now
CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
in the midst of a controversy regarding the repeal
of their law prohibiting the use of instruments
MANUFACTURERS.
in their worship. This law is based on the
LA BROS., Standard Turning Works. Turned goods for Piano
E Manufacturers and Pipe and Reed Organ 131-135
Makers; also Mus ground that there is no authority in the New
ical Merchandise.
Broadway.
Testament tor their use. Those who favor music
assert that the Psalms exhorted the Children of
P. Kff.T.T.KY
Pianoforte and Organ Actions,
Israel to use instruments. They also say that the
A.
113 Broadway.
modern style of mueic in worship would be more
EG. W. 8EAVERNS.
apt to retain in the church the young people who
Q
Square, Grand and Upright Piano Actions,
are now inclined to join other denominations."
113 Broadway.
' 'Is water used much as a motor?"
OOD BROS.,
"Yes; the use of water for that purpose is pro-
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Pianoforte and Organ Actions, Ebony Sharps, Piano Leg
Pins, and Hardwood Dowels.
State St.
hibited in this city, but it is extensively employed
TEDMAN & CO., Manufacturers of Wound Strings for all in other large cities."
S
kinds of musical insti um<-nts. Dealers in Piano-wire, on
"Is your business altogether with churches?"
patent clamp ur in coil. Steel btrings, plain and wound.
"Very nearly so; still, we are now building a
$15,000 organ for a private house in Fifth avenue,
PHILADELPHIA.
and another one to cost $7,500 for a gentleman at
MANUFACTURERS.
City Island."
"Do you contract bad debts often?"
LBREGHT & CO., manufacturers of Grand, Square and Up-
"No; although we sometimes have to wait a
A right Pianos.
610 Arch Street.
long time for our pay. The complaints we so
GAUTSCHI & CO., Musieal Boxes. Factories at Ste.-Croix often hear of inconsistencies of individual church-
and Geneva, Switzerland.
members cannot, as a rule, be made against
1030 Chestnut St.
churches as corporations. Previous to the panic
CONCERT COMPANIES.
of 1873 the Methodist denomination alone built,
on an average, 700 churches a year. The ratio of
1HE MoGIBENY CONCERT COMPANY.
Address communications to
pipe organs in their buildings is one to eight,
Post Office Box 2326.
most of them using small reed organs."
"How long does it take to build an ordinary or-
DEALERS.
gan?"
i^lHAS. BLASIUS & SON8,
"About three months to finish one properly,
V«/
Steinway & Sons, Sohmer & Co., Behr Bros. & Co. Pianos,
and Estey and Packard Organs.
1119 Chestnut St.
allowing the woods time to season."
WORCESTER, MASS.
MANUFACTURERS.
c.
A
D
W
G. CLEMMER. Hallet, Davis * Co., Oalenberg & Vaupel,
• and Vose & Sons' Pianos, and George Woods and Star Par-
M. WALTERS. Piano Exchange. Manufacturer. Narvesen lor Organs.
S. W. Cor. 13th and Chestnut Sts.
• Piano. Pianos and Organs sold on Installments. 57 & 69
UTTON & SONS. Chtckering, Decker & Son, Hardman, and
University Place, cor. Twelfth St.
James and Holmstrom Pianos and Standard Organs.
ESER BROS.,
1115 Chestnut St.
Manufacturers of Square and Upright Pianofortes,
ILLIAM Q. FISCHER,
553, 655 and 557 West 3Uth Street, J^ew York.
Sole agent for Decker Bros.' and Haines Bros.' Pianos, and
SCHULER,
Mason & Hamliu and E. P. Carpenter Organs, 1210 Chestnut St.
• Manufacturer and dealer in Pianos and Organs. Instru-
ments to let.
Warerooms, 19 E Fourteenth St.
PUBLISHERS.
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April 20th,
Mr. P. S. Gilmore has received, through the
hands of ex-Gov. McCormick, United States Com-
missioner General to the Paris Exhibition of 1878,
a medal from the French Government in recogni-
tion of his services in conducting a series of grand
concerts given by his band in the Trocadero dur-
ing the exhibition. The medal came with some
others recently received by Gov. McCormick for
parties whose names and claims were overlooked
J HE & WALKER,
in the earlier distribution. The Gilmore medal is
Musical Publishers and Sheet Music.
1113 Chestnut St.
exquisitely wrought, and is much larger than the
first class medal given to exhibitors. It is inclosed
in a rich case, bearing the following inscription,
BALTIMORE, MD.
viz.: "Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris,
DEALERS.
1878. Medaille Commemorative Offerte Pour Ser-
ANDERS k BTAYMAN, Weber, Decker Bros., and J. & C.
vices Rendus, Monsieur Gilmore, Directeur de la
Fischer Pianos, and Estey Organs.
Musique D'Harmonie Americane, Concerts du
15 North Oharles St.
Trocade*ro."
ASTORIA, L. I., N. Y.
Mr. Nordheimer, of Toronto, is not manufactur-
ing pianos at present, if his own statement is to be
O. GEMUNDER,
Violins, Violas and Violoncellos made and repaired.
believed.
Highest premiums received at World Expositions.
Mr. Charles Decker is serving on the Grand
Jury of this city.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN CHURCHES.
^ T T AS the prejudice which formerly existed Mr. J. Burns Brown writes from San Francisco
_LJ- against the use of musical instruments in that he has met with flattering success in the sale
churches entirely disappeared?" asked a Tribune of automatic organs and pianos. He proposes to
reporter of a leading builder of pipe organs re- "cover the United States with agents." Mr.
Brown is arranging with one of the largest houses
cently .
"It has, I think, with the exception of one de- in San Francisco for the introduction of the in-
nomination," was the reply. "The Roman Cath- struments in which he is interested.
olic churches have always used them, more or less; C. W. Hetzel, of Baptisttown, N. J., paid us a
then the Protestant Episcopal,the Presbyterian and visit the other day.
other denominations followed in this order. It has
occasionally happened that three or four wealthy J. W. Thompson, of Morristown, N. J., was in
members would buy an organ and place it in their town last week, and bought two standard organs
church. The conscientious scruples of some in ash of the well-known firm of Peloubet & Co.,
members were reconciled in this way to its use, as which were made expressly for him.
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April 20th, 1882.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
THE SAME OLD F R — D .
WHAT HE SAIL IN 1876 AND WHAT HE SAID
IN 18B2.
~TOHN C. FR
D appears to be greatly exer-
ZJ cised because it is asserted that young Mr.
Weber supplies the financial backbone of his
paper. He most positively denies all such asser-
tions and printa these denials. He claims that
Mr. Weber has no direct interest whatever in his
business affairs, and that his paper is not a Weber
AN ENTERPRISING FIRM.
sheet.
Mr. George W. Peek, of Messrs. Peek & Son,
IN 1876.
told a representative of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND
Now
let
us
go
back
a few years and see if we
Messrs.
E.
H.
McEwen
&
Co.
are
constantly
re-
TRADE REVIEW recently that the firm would go
d's word.
into their new factory on May 1 under the best ceiving and shipping Sterling organs. The es- can discover the value of John C. Fr
auspices. They would employ the best work- tablishment of the Sterling Organ Agency in this In The Music Trade Review of April 18, 1876,
the management of Mr. McEwen was Fr
men, he said, and make pianos of a high grade of city under
d published the following:
an excell Q nt stroke of business policy.
excellence and sell them at a low figure.
WE NAIL THE LIE TO THE COUNTER.
"What about your piano cases?" asked our rep- Messrs. Behr Bros. & Co. are the manufactur-
With the purpose of making us out to be a one-sided
resentative.
ers of the patent cylinder-top upright pianos,
paper, Albert Weber, in his interview
"Well, we can call on three firms to make them which have attracted much attention in the trade. and partisan
the reporter of The World, stated that The Music
for us at a reasonable figure, and will experience This cylinder-top underlies the ordinary top of with
Trade Review was a "Steinway Sheet." To this dec-
no difficulty in that respect. Our facilities for the upright, and while it is opened it is not nec- laration
of Albert Web making first-class instruments will also enable us essary to remove any ornaments or articles of vertu speare says, "not the retort courteous, not the quip
to sell them at lower prices than a number of our which may be placed on the top of the upright. mo competitors. The firm is well backed by capital In order to produce an increased volume of sound, iant, not the counter check quarrelsome, not the
and experience, and everything looks bright for the top of an upright should be raised. With this lie with circumstance, BUT THE LIE DIREOI."
success. We have received very many orders for patented cylinder-top, the opening or closing of
The italics, capitals, bad grammar and mis-
the Peek piano already."
the top does not interfere with the ornaments, as quotations in the above are all John C. Fr d's.
it
underlies
the
ordinary
top.
In
addition
to
this
SEPARABLE UPRIGHTS IN DEMAND.
top, the uprights of Behr Bros. «te Co. are fur-
IN 1882.
"Our trade is very fair," said Mr. Vaupel, of the nished with a Bessemer steel action frame, invented
Now we will come down to January 7, 1882.
firm of Calenberg & Vaupel, to a representative oi by Mr. Paul Gmehlin, one of the firm. Mr.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE EEVIEW recently. Gmehlin has had over twenty-eight years of active In his new paper of that date, a paper which has
"There is a particularly large demand for our sep- experience as a piano-maker, and has invented
arable uprights. We own the patents, and we many valuable improvements, this latest one hav- attempted to gain circulation and advertising
make the only ones now in the market I think ing been described not long ago in THE MUSICAL patronage by a large expenditure of wind, but
that the trade in May will continue as it has done CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW. It adds strength and which has attained little more than an extensive
during April, and in all probability remain ac- firmness to the action, and protects its displace- free list in either respect: a paper which displays
tive until the summer."
ments by atmospheric changes or sudden jars all the swushbucklering propensities of the old
Another valuable feature with the uprights made paper, without any of its novelty,—in this paper
ORDERS FOUR WEEKS AHEAD.
firm is the pin block, which consists of
"How is trade, Mr. Weser ?" asked a represen- by the thicknesses
d says:
of maple, vertically crossing and Fr
tative of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW eight
each other, and preventing the tuning "It is but common honesty for me to state that
the other day. "Well, sir," was the reply, "we re-crossing
from becoming loose in this fastening. All the Steinways were backing me through thick and
are very busy, and have orders, at least, four weeks pins
those valuable improvements make Behr Bros. & thin, with money, with encouragement, and with
in advance of production. Uprights are called for Co. 's uprights a very desirable instrument. Mr. business."
at present from all our agents. We are opening Gmehlin has just returned from an extensive
Of course, this last statement on the part of
up new trade constantly, and expect to be busy western trip, and reports trade as very active.
for months to come."
Fr
d can no more be believed than the first.
Mr. John G. Erck has returned to his former It is not probable that Messrs. Steinway & Sons
KIND WORDS.
position as salesman in the New York warerooms ever backed the old Mimic Trade Review, though
of Wm. Knabe & Co., Baltimore, Md.
we have never heard them either affirm or deny it;
Says Mr. P. W. Thomas, who represents Wm.
Cluett & Sons, at Albany N. Y.: "THE MUSICAL The Leipsic Zeitschri/tfurTnstrumcntenbau warns but it shows the treatment to which Mr. Weber
CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW is a splendid paper the music trades in general against participation may expect to be subjected. While it suits
It is a power in the trade. I don't see how I in the what that journal calls so-called Interna- Fr
d's purpose to deny that Weber is backing
could get along without it." Good for you, Mr. tional Exposition of Musical Instruments which is his present journalistic speculation, he will deny
to take place in Berlin in 1883. In a long and ex-
Thomas!
article the Zeilschrift expresses the ques- it; and whenever he wishes to do Mr. Weber an
"I must take the liberty of congratulating you haustive
tionable
nature
of the enterprise and the "unknown ill turn by stating that Mr. Weber did back the
upon the really splendid journal which THE MU- greatness" of the
managers, who seem to be self-
SICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW has become. The constituted. We have not heard of any American newspaper, lie will not hesitate to make such a
time will come when America will take one of the manufactures who have taken steps to be repre- statement.
first positions among musical nations, and then it sented, and we will keep the trade informed on
It seems to be generally understood that young
will be said that your paper has exercised a great this subject as the enterprise is developed.
Mr. Weber has been backing the Chicago World
and lasting influence on every branch of the mu-
d
sical art by its fearless and just criticism, and its Mr. R. M. Bent, of Bent & Co., East Nineteenth financially, and if he is also trying to back Fr
support of young and promising talent."
street, says he has his hands full filling orders and his newspaper, he will have his hands full,
LONDON, ENG., March 25.
B. B. T. and is way behind. He has many orders for up- without considering his piano business.
rights, and he proposes to supply the demand by
CHICAGO, January 23, 1882.
extending his facilities for manufacture.
MR. CHAS. AVERT WELLES:
The recent sale of musical copyrights by the ex-
Dear Sir—Enclosed please find a draft for eight
ecutors of the well-known music publisher, the late
In
a
few
weeks
alterations
will
be
begun
in
the
dollars, for which you may send a copy of your
M. Leon Escudier, in Paris, produced upward of
paper to each of the parties named below 1'or a retail piano warerooms of Mr. F. G. Smith, corner 200,000 francs,by far the greater part being paid for
of
Fifth
avenue
and
Seventeenth
street.
When
scores by Verdi. "Rigoletto" put up at 54,500
year. Hoping we may be able to send you more
the improvements are finished it will be one of francs, was knocked down at 02,000, and a "La
subscribers soon, I am, very respectfully,
the handsomest piano warerooms in the city.
Traviata" went for 72,000, while "Aida," put up
H. ZIEGFELD.
at 90,500, found no bidders. A number ot Verdi's
Out
on
Long
Island
a
fellow
has
been
represent-
works, including "Attila," "Joan of Arc,"
Subscribers to the West-end Agency for the
himself to hotel keepers as the agent of a earlier
"Harold."
Two Foscari," "Louisa Miller,"
Protection of Trades and Professional Men, 32 ing
weekly journal published in Washington, which, "Macbeth," "The
and "I Masnadieri" (founded on
Argyle street, cor. Regent street, West London, he
promised its subscribers a chance to Schiller's "Robbers," and com nosed expressly for
can obtain all the advantages offered by protec- win said,
a $600 piano. He had posters advertising the London and for Jenny Lind), went for 40,000
tion societies without the usual vexations, routine scheme,
for the privilege of displaying which in francs. "La Forza del Destino," "Don Carlos,"
and delay. The agency has correspondents in all
hotels the proprietor, he said, could have the "Ernani," and the "Vepres Siciliennes" were not
the principal towns in Great Britain and Ireland. the
and be entitled to draw for the prize the sold. Nor was any satisfactory offer made for the
The latest information in regard to the position paper as free
the paying subscribers. In due time each "Requiem," which, put up at 5,000 francs, was
and means of upwards of 3,000 retail pianoforte same
keeper was informed by mail that he had withdrawn. Much curiosity was felt at the price
dealers and sellers in London and the Provinces hotel
drawn
the prize, and that if he would forward $'1 that "11 Trovatore" would fetch. But this work,
may be found in the registers, which are always for boxing
and $3 for a piano stool the prize would out of which the house of Escudier derived large
open to the inspection of subscribers.
be shipped forthwith.
profits, had been privately sold for 100,000 francs.
Mr. T. A. Pagett is the proprietor of the West- A reception, under the auspices of Ditson & Co. 's —N. Y. Sun.
end Music store, No. 145 West Water street, El- clerks, took place at Irving Hall on Friday even-
mira, New York. He handles the Knabe, Sohmer, ing, April 14.
The young violinist Dengremont is at present
and New England pianos and the New England
"starring" in Russia. On the 18th of March he
J. Hecker, Montreal, dealer in musical instru- was summoned to the palace at Gatschina to play
and Ithaca organs. Mr. Pagett makes a specialty
ments, is advertising his business for sale.
of the New England organs.
to the Emperor.

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