Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com -- digitized with support from namm.org
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
has been its drawback for many years. The North is
overdone in almost every branch of industry, and in
a very short time our Northerners will wake up to the
fields open to them in the South and invest their
capital. The South is becoming more thickly pop-
ulated every day, and the increase in population must
necessarily enlarge the piano and organ business.
Here is the chance to exhibit your goods just where
you want to establish new agencies, and it may be
your only chauce to do it to such an advantage. Think
well before you decide not to, for the South is surely
the coming country in the music trade.
HOW TO REACH THE RESORTS OF
COLORADO.
OLORADO has become famous for its marvelous
gold and silver productions, for its picturesque
scenery, and its delightful climate. Its mining
towns and camps, its massive mountains, with their
beautiful green verdured valleys, lofty snow-capped
peaks and awe-inspiring canons, together with its
hot and cold mineral springs and baths, and its
healthful climate, are attracting, in greater numbers
each year, tourists, invalids, pleasure and business
seekers, from all parts of the world.
At each of the prominent Colorado resorts are
spacious hotels so completely appointed that every
appreciable comfort and luxury are bestowed upon
their patrons.
The journey, from Chicago, Peoria or St. Louis to
Denver (the great distributing point for Colorado)
If made over the Burlington Route (C. B. & Q. R. R.)
will be as pleasant and gratifying as it is possible for
a railroad trip to be. It is the only line with its own
track between the Great Lakes and the Rocky Moun-
tains, and the only line running every day in the year
through trains between Chicago, Peoria or St. Louis
and Denver. It also runs through daily trains between
Kansas City and Denver. These through trains are
elegantly equipped with all the modern improvements,
and ride you over a track that is as smooth and safe
as a perfect roadbed, steel rails, iron bridges, inter-
locking switches and other devises, constructed in
the most skillful and scientific manner, can make it.
At all coupon ticket offices in the United States and
Canada will be found on sale, during the tourist sea-
son, round-trip tickets via this popular route, at
low rates to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo,
Colorado. When ready to start, call on your home
ticket agent or address Perceval Lowell, General
Passenger Agent Burlington Route, Chicago, 111.
C
THE PACKARD ORGAN MEETS WITH
FAVOR IN INDIA.
HE following letter was recently received by C.
A. House, Wheeling, W. Va., agent for the
Chickering pianos and the Packard organs,
from Rev. J. Sumner Stone, Bombay, India.
T
BOMBAY, June 8, 1885.
MY DEAB M E . HOUSE :
I write this morning to acknowledge the receipt of
the two beautiful organs sent by you. I want to ex-
press my thanks to you, and through you to the
Packard Organ Company.
The instruments are beautiful as pieces of furniture,
and we are very much pleased with the tone of the
instruments.
I wish you would convey my thanks and the ac-
knowledgments of my people to the Packard Organ
Company for their selection of these two instruments.
Very sincerely,
J. S. STONE.
PATENTS AND INVENTIONS.
Device for illustrating the transposition of musical
scales, No. 323,196, J. F. Neill.
Opera Chair, No. 323,301, E. G. Durant.
Composition stop action for organs, No. 323,211,
H. L. Roosevelt.
Music rack for upright pianos, No. 323,282, J. J.
Decker.
Music leaf turner, Thomas H. Hathaway.
Swing desk, Freeborn G. Smith.
Organ pedal, No. 323,678, Herrick & Lawrence.
Pneumatic action for organs, No. 323, 829, Roose-
velt & Haskell.
Piano action, No. 323,632, C. W. Brewer.
Upright piano, No. 323,747, F. G. Smith.
mother. He, too, spoke of their pleasant mutual
relations always existing, and he promised that the
firm would never be unmindful of the fact that its-
R. C. W. CHADWICK, of South Acton, Mass., reputation had been won and must be maintained by
whose picture is presented on first page, al- the skill and faithfulness of the men around him.
though not, strictly speaking, a member of Mr. Knabe introduced Mayor Latrobe, who, he said r
the music trade is of interest to all dealers in pianos had always manifested a deep interest in the work-
and organs, for the piano stools which he manufac- ingmen. Mayor Latrobo said: " l a m glad to meet
tures are used by a great many dealers. Mr. Chad- you here as representing that large body of mechan-
wick, although only thirty-four years of age, has ics who belong to the manufacturing industries of
already an enviable reputation as a maker of first- Baltimore. If our city is destined to improve in the
class goods, and any stool bearing his name as future as it has done in the past, and to remain, as
maker is guaranteed to be the best of its kind. He we all hope, one of the great cities of the country, it
commenced business about ten years ago in a very must be through its manufactures. I have always
small way, in Boscawen, N. H., where he remained believed, therefore, that every encouragement should
till the fall of 1878, when he removed to his present be given by the State and city to manufacturers. If
location.
they are numerous and prosperous it gives employ-
Mr. Chadwick's factory is situated about one-half ment to thousands of people, and brings comfort and
mile from South Acton station, on the Fitchburg happiness to their homes and firesides. There is one
R. R. The main building is 50 x 50, two stories with feature of this celebration which especially commends-
atticand basement; another building, 32 x 20 ft., also itself, that is, the large number of ladies and children
two stories, is connected with the main building at who are present. I am myself agreat admirer of the
the west end and on opposite end of main building is ladies, and I am not too old to like to look at a pretty
the boiler house, 30 x 15. A good sized dry house, face whenever I see one, although I always tell my
heated by steam, stands conveniently near. He has wife about it afterwards."
both water and steam power, the water not being re-
Mr. Latrobe paid Mrs. Knabe his respects in his*
liable through the summer months. A new water- speech, and hoped she would live many years to en-
wheel known as the Rodney Hunt Turbine was put in joy the easy chair just given her, and to come out to-
last fall and gives perfect satisfaction. He has just the picnic. He closed with the hope that some day
finished putting in a new horizontal boiler and now he might learn to play upon the piano himself.
has everything in first-class condition for the fall
A thousand packages of candy were distributed
trade, which gives every Indication of being excellent. among the children, and the Messrs. Knabe looked
Mr. Chadwick informs us he kilndries all his stock after the comfort and happiness of everybody present.
and says that so far as he knows he is the only stool Joseph Lautenbach, the veteran workman, who is 84
maker who does it; by using kilndried stock a first- years old, and has been with the firm 44 years, re-
class article is assured.
ceived their especial attention. In the evening the
He was the first stool maker to use the dovetail park kept filling up, until at 10 o'clock at least ten
fastening for securing the legs to the pillar of the thousand people were present. And then, to the
stool, and also originated the "taper Jit" for fasten- pleasures of the cool evening, came the added charm
ing the screw to the plate on the seat. Both these of music from the German singing societies, all of
devices are now used by other stool makers, as are whom were there and sang their choicest songs.
also some of his most popular patterns of stools,
The officers of the general executive committee
thereby acknowledging their superiority. He has been were Wm. Theiss, president; W. F. Bornemann, vice-
quick to see the growing demand for stools with backs president ; Fred. Scherer, treasurer, and J. Halgerich,
or piano chairs and has already several attractive secretary. L. H. Dannettel was chairman of the re-
patterns in the market; he has also just perfected an ception committee, Edward Schmidt of the ladies'
organ stool from which one leg can be removed for amusement committee, Aug. Nieman of the chil-
packing in the case with an organ, which is destined dren's amusement committee, Martin Schaefer of the
to become a great favorite with the organ manufac- bowling aommittee, and R. R. Parr of the dancing
turers. Mr. Chadwick's goods are widely known and committee.
sold all over the United States and Canada and some
are exported ; his stools have been constantly used for
FREEBORN G. SMITH, Senior, manufacturer of
several years by such houses as Henry F. Miller, Hal-
let & Davis Co., Hunt Brothers, of Boston, which is the Bradbury pianos, and family, have just returned
from their trips to Saratoga and the Mountains, and
a sufficient guarantee of their excellence.
now Mr. Freeborn G. Smith, Jr., is off with his wife to
spend some time at the White Mountains, Canada
PIANOMAKERS' PICNIC.
and Lake George, stopping on their return to spend
some time at the Bradbury House at Saratoga
Springs. Tlie Bradbury factory is running" full time
AN INTERESTING REUNION AND SPEECHES AT
and Mr. Smith is putting on more men, when he can
SCHUETZEN PARK.
get first-class workmen, on all the firm's branches \
[Reported for the Baltimore Sun.]
and yet he is behind his usual supply of finished
HE employes of the Knabe Piano Works and pianos for his fall trade.
their families, making a very large gathering,
THE musical instruments' exhibit at the New Ex-
had their annual reunion August 10, at the
Schuetzen Park. These reunions have been regular position at New Orleans will be classed as follows ;
for the past thirty years. Mrs. Wm. Knabe, the widow Group 8, Class 808.
of the founder of the house, now in the eighty-first
Non-metallic wind Instruments-, with common;
year of her age, and Ernest Knabe, Wm. Knabe and mouth-pieces, with reed; with or without air reser-
Mr. Charles Keidel, members of the present firm, voirs.
Mayor F. C. Latrobe and City Register John Robb
Metallic wind instruments, simple, with lengthen-
were present. la the afternoon Mrs. Knabe was es- ing pieces, with slides, with piston, with keys, with
corted by her son Ernest to the platform, where Mr. reeds. Wind instruments with key-boards, organs,
Wm. Theiss, president of the executive committee, accordeons, etc.
made a German address. He referred to the modest
Stringed instruments, played with the fingers, or
origin of the house forty-eight years ago. He spoke
of the pleasant relations always existing between the the bow, without key-boards.
Stringed instruments, with key-boards, pianos, etc.
Knabes and their men. Only one slight misunder-
standing had arisen in all these years to mar the per- Instruments played by percussion or friction. Au-
fect harmony. He thanked them for the enjoyable tomaton instruments, barrel organs, bird organs.
festival prepared for the men and their families, and Separate parts of musical instruments, and orches-
he referred very beautifully to Mrs. Knabe, who had tral appliances.
seen the trials and storms and the final successes of
READ the expose of Antisell in this issue and see to-
the firm. He then on behalf of the men presented
her with a very fine, comfortable easy chair. Four what means a person can go in order to get a reputa-
stalwart piano-makers carried the chair to their old- tion for his goods.
est friend and gently seated her in it. She seemed
IN our last issue, through an error of the printers,,
overcome with grateful emotion, and could only we stated that the beautiful style 12, Strope upright,
silently press their hands in gratitude, while cheer had 7 octave. This style is full size 7 ^ octave, and is
after cheer went up from the bystanders.
meeting with a large sale. Geo. W. Strope & Co., of
Mr. Ernest Knabe thanked the men for their kind Kansas City, Mo., do not sell any instruments but
words, as expressed by Mr. Theiss, and he seemed what they are perfectly willing to give the strongest
particularly grateful for the kind attention shown his guarantee to be just as represented.
C. W. CHADWICK.
M
T