MUSIC TRADE -- REVIIW7
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Toy
Behning & Son,
THE
128th STREET, BETWEEN
T
NEW FACTORY,
LEXINGTON
and THIRD
AVENUES.
HE new factory of Messrs. BEHNING & SON shown in the above cut, was completed early last summer and
immediately occupied by this firm. Their wonderfully rapid growth during the past eight years necessitated much
more extensive facilities than they possessed in their old factory on First Avenue, and finding that the increase in
business was steady, they erected a large factory, seven stories high with basement, in one of the most accessible parts
of Harlem, New York City, easily reached by the elevated railroads, several lines of horse cars, and by the steam surface
cars from the Grand Central Depot on 42d street.
The new factory of BEHNING & SON is not only commodious, well lighted and excellently ventilated, but its
arrangement and its machinery are all of the most approved and improved description. The boiler, engine and wood-
working machinery rooms are all in the basement, and the floors above are devoted to case-making, bellying, varnishing,
finishing, regulating, packing and shipping in the manner usual in all large well regulated piano manufactories. Adjoin-
ing the offices on the first floor is a commodious wareroom for the accommodation of uptown residents, while at No.
3 West 14th street are the spacious general warerooms, made animated every day in the week, devoted to such purposes
by numerous purchasers.
The pianos manufactured by BEHNING & SON have made a wide reputation for their unvaring excellence and
remarkable durability. The members of the firm personally supervise every detail of the vast business, and use every
legitimate means to secure the best known, most enterprising and most reliable agents all over the country.
They are extremely particular about their case work, making it all in their own factory, and for this reason their
instruments are famous as ornaments in the most elaborately decorated drawing-rooms, as well as for their superior
qualities of touch and tone.
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The official force assisting Mr. HENRY BEHNING, Sr., and Mr. HENRY BEHNING, Jr., who constitute the
firm, are: REINHARD KOCIIMANN, Traveling Salesman, ALBERT BEHNIXG, Bookkeeper, JOHN F. WOOD, VICTOR J. BECKER
and W. F. MAEDER, Retail Salesmen.