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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW,
A. H. SIMMONS, Albany, N. Y., states that trade
has taken quite a start during the past two weeks and
he expects to do a large business with the Haines
piano during the fall and winter.
D. H. BALDWIN & Co., Louisville, Ky., received the
first premium for their exhibit at the Louisville Ex-
position.
F. G. SMITH, Brooklyn, N. Y., will open several
new branch houses this fall.
K. S. HOWARD, who is now on the road in the inter-
est of the Chtckering piano, is meeting with extraor-
dinary good success.
P. J. SOHWANKOVSKY, Detroit, Mich., during his
recent visit East left large orders with Knabe & Co.,
Sohmer & Co. and Vose & Sons. Mr. Schwankovsky
is doing a very large business in Michigan, and what
is more his sales increase every year.
A JUDICIOUS newspaper advertiser was never
known to fail.
JACK HAYNES is now on the road, and as is gener-
ally the case, meeting with great success. Jack is a
good salesman and hard worker, and the firm of
Augustus Baus & Co. appreciate his efforts in their
behalf.
A PIANO manufacturer's safe was blown open by
burglars a few days ago, but they failed to find any
cash. We trust this is not the general condition of
the safes owned by the people in the trade. It may
be that Freund was around the day previous to the
blowing up.
the panel. First the glass composition is used and then
the part which is wished to be shown through is eat
away by chimicals. Then any colored satin can be
placed back of the panel, giving a variety of colors.
It will be of advantage to the dealers to examine this
new invention of the glass panel which Messrs. Pease
& Co. have. It is something entirely original with
this firm and greatly enhances the value of the in-
strument, and aids the dealer very materially in mak-
ing a sale.
WOOD T. OODEN, Middletown, N. Y., is doing a
SWICK & Co., New York, have just placed upon the
market a new upright concert piano, consisting of a
rosewood case, double veneered, swinging front, with
four nickel action brackets and German silver action
rail.
R. M. BINT & Co., New York, still continue to
have a large sale in square pianos. The Bent piano
is well worth the money asked for it, and the dealers
find it an easy selling instrument.
THE St. Louis Exposition is a very fine affair and
the piano and organ trade very well represented.
Gilmore's Band will furnish the music.
very good business. Mr. Ogden is a good judge of a
piano and will handle none but good ones. It is
largely due to this that he is having such good suc-
cess.
agency of the Story & Clark organ
SOME call it luck ; others say it was business abil-
ity. It was neither. It was shrewd and judicious
advertising.
GEO. KAPPEL, Pittsburg, Pa., called on us a few
days ago. Mr. Kappel does an enormous business in
band instruments.
WESEK BROS., New York city, state that orders are
coming in vary lively and they are kept busy meet-
ing the demands of their agents.
A GOOD name is better than great riches, so Sol-
omon said—but the man who advertises liberally and
judiciously gets both the good name and the great
riches.
THE Plummer Cottage, Centrebrook, Conn., is now
occupied by Comstock, Cheney & Co.'s foreman.
GEO. W. PEEK, of Peek & Son, New York, has been
quite sick for the past two weeks, but we are pleased
to learn he is improving.
BEHE BBOS. & Co., New York, will have a large
exhibit at the new Exposition in New Orleans, which
opens on November 10. It seems to be the general
belief that the Exposition this year will be a success
financially and otherwise. The managers are all
gentlemen of remarkable business talents.
J. C. GRUBS, Clay Center, Kansas, reports trade In
TRADE is looking up and the dealers are sending the West improving very rapidly. Mr. Grubs handles
in good orders to the manufacturers, but collections the Knabe pianos and the Kansas organs.
still remain as slow as ever. Brace up, gentlemen,
ADVERTISING is the philosopher's stone that turns
put your hands in your pockets and pull out the
shekels, for business can't be carried on without a man's wares to gold.
BEHR BROS. & Co., New York, inform us that their
money.
orders thus far in September are over double those
PBINTEB'S ink has made more fortunes than have of the same month since they commenced business.
ever been made on all the stock exchanges and in For the first fifteen days in the month they received
all the gold mines in the world.
orders for fifty-two pianos. Their agents are among
C. D. PHASE & Co., New York, have introduced a the best in the country, and all seem determined to
new idea in their glass panels to give different colors to push the instrument as it deserves.
SAMUBL HAMILTON, Pittsburg, Pa., has taken the
W. W. GRIGGS has opened piano and organ ware-
rooms in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Griggs is a thorough
business man and will no doubt make a success of
his venture. He will probably handle the Baus
piano as his leader.
J. M. BARBER, Stockton, Cal., has purchased a half
interest in the book, stationery and music business of
0. H. Close, of the same town. The firm will be
known hereafter as Close & Barber.
HENRY HAAS & SON, the hardware firm of 12 First
street, New York, are very busy at present. Orders
are coming in very fast from all parts of the United
States, both for piano hardware and Shipman's steel
music wire. The firm are about to take an additional
floor on account of being so crowded. They will re-
move their office to the first floor in order to make
room for their new machinery. The Shipman & Co.'s
improved music wire is meeting with great success
and spoken highly of by those who use it.
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