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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW,
they have shown in a long lime. The cotton and
corn crops promise to be unusually large and there is
a prospect of liberal business in the South and West.
This is the way the reports reach me. Mind, I
don't wish any one to infer that I believe we are go-
ing to have a great rush of trade very soon, though
it may suddenly come; who can tell? The failure of
the last wheat crop to move promptly will tend to
make people go slow, but the feeling of depression
is dying out and business will probably revive with
a degree of moderation, that will be more conducive
to a general and long continued prosperity than would
a "boom."
can be readily seen. In the ordinary action the pallet came to New York, and at the age of ten entered the
is under the reed, covering a single channel, and all music publishing house of Firth, Hall & Pond, of
the reeds must vibrate in that one channel. With which his father was a partner.
From early childhood Mr. Pond showed remark-
Messrs. Peloubet & Co. they gain, in the tir=>t place,
the extension of the reeds, which enables them to use able business ability, and by his strict application to
larger and different scales of reeds, and it leaves the business succeeded in building up one of the largest
vibrating chamber or channel under the reeds free music publishing houses in the country. He was a
for them to work in the best possible way. The director in the East River National Bank, the Trades,
quantity of tone produced by this organ is equal to a men's National Bank and the Relief Fire Insurance
small pipe organ, at the same time producing a Co. Also President of the Music Board of Trade
quality of tone rich, varied, melodious, and of won- and the New York Mendelssohn Union.
Mr. Pond leaves a wife, two sons and a daughter.
derful resonance.
The funeral of Mr. Pond occurred on August 16.
The room in which we heard this instrument was
80x20 and sixteen feet high, and the softest tones were The Rev. Elisha B. Joyce, of New Brunswick, N. J. r
fully as distinct at the farthest point in this room as an intimate friend of the family, conducted the ser-
vices at the family residence, No. 18 East 48th street.
they were close by the organ.
CHARLES AVERT WELLES.
Of course, the process for producing these excellent At the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Fifth avenue^
results are secrets of the firm, which we did not ask and 52d street, public services were observed by the
THE REED PIPE ORGAN.
them to divulge. This much we do know, though, Rev. A. A. McKay Smith, assistant rector of the-
E had the pleasure, a few days ago, of listen- that it hiis required an enormous amount of experi- church, the Rev. # J. A. Spencer and the Rev. Mr.
ing to something entirely original and new menting to produce what they have in the Reed Pipe Joyce. Fifty vetei ans of Company B, Seventh Regi-
ment, N. G., S. N. Y., of which, during the war, Mr.
Organ.
in the organ world.
Messrs. Peloubet & Co. commenced work upon this Pond was captain, occupied seats next to the family.
It is a well-known fact that from the point where
the ordinary reed organ stops and where the pipe style of instrument in 1883 and have been constantly In the rear of them were the employees of Wm. A.
organ begins there has always been a huge gap. improving upon it since, until now it looks as though Pond & Co., numbering nearly one hundred.
The casket was of modest pattern and covered with
There have been many attempts to fill this vacancy, they had brought it to perfection. It is a wonder to
but until recently they have all proved unsuccessful. us how they can place them to the public at such a rich broadcloth. By request, the only floral tribute
We believe that by years of study and experiment moderate price, considering the work and material upon the casket was an ivy wreath sent from New-
port by the Rev. W. F. Morgan, rector of St. Thomas
Messrs. Peloubet &, Co., of Bloomfleld, N. J., have used in them.
at last filled this vacancy in what they call the Reed
The Reed Pipe Organ is an instrument that is not Church. The pall-bearers were Colonel L. W. Win-
Pipe Organ.
in competition with either the pipe or reed organ, chester, Colonel J. Price, Colonel E. M. Crawford, Mr.
This production is called the Reed Pipe Organ by yet it fills the place of either one, being smaller than John Kamp, Mr. Laimbeer, Mr. Albert Bellany, Mr.
Messrs. Peloubet & Co. for two reasons : first, because the former and better than the latter. I t will be of Nathaniel Niles and Mr. C. B. Bostwick.
The musical services were conducted by J. W.
of the perfect mingling of the tones of each stop in great advantage to dealers and musicians everywhere
itself, and the preservation of the individuality of to examine into the excellent qualities of this instru- Warren, assisted by a full choir. Every seat in the
church was filled.
each stop when drawn with others; second, because ment.
there is but a single wlndchest and action connecting
the registers and keys. They can put in any number
of registers with the same mechanical effects as a pipe
WM. A. POND.
organ. This effect can be carried out to any extent,
it depending entirely upon the supply of wind.
desires a position with a New York or Boston piano house.
M. A. POND, the music publisher in this city,
The case is in form like that of an upright piano,
The best of references from a well-known piano manufacturer
died on August 8, after a very short illness. will be furnished. Address,
and of modest taste. The organ contains six full sets
SALESMAN, Office of THE MUSIC TBADE REYIEW,
He was born in Albany, October 6, 1824,
of reeds of five octaves, which are placed above the
22 East 17th Street, New York City.
keys and away from them, the advantage thus derived where he remained until his seventh year, when h«
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KEY BOARDS
AND PIANO IVORY.
ESTABLISHED 1808.
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PIANOS.
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Correspondence invited lrom dealers residing in localities where 6
octave organs are in demand, as we make a specialty of 6 octave
organs for parlor use. Every organ manufactured by us blows
one-half easier than any other made.
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MALCOLM LOVE & CO., Waterloo, N. Y.
W P E T j H o p ORGAN CO., -r-The m^t y e cabinet
17 YEARS
ESTABLISHED.
Dealers in Organs and Pianos.
New Catalogue ready.
Office and Warerooms, QUINCY, ILL.