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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
Trade in England generally has been slightly un-
settled, owing to political troubles and the change of
government, and dealers in the provinces seem to be
ordering somewhat cautiously. This is, however,
only a temporary affair, and the trade, particularly
in the medium quality of instruments, is reported
fairly brisk on nearly all sides. In Ireland, unfor-
tunately, little trade is expected to be done for some
time to come. In London theseason has begun well.
It is one of the earliest seasons for some years, and
•even in mid-Fobruary, Regent street presents the
•crowded aspect of an ordinary May. London and
Provincial Music Trade Review.
MESSRS. BEHNING & SON are removing their ware-
irooms from Fourteenth street, New York City, to the
second floor of their factory, on 128th street, near
Third avenue,
HOME of these little flea-bitten sheets that come
'up about once a month, and run a brilliant career for
about half-a-dozen numbers, are terribly exercised
because they cannot "catch on " t o the advertising
ipatronage of the music trade. We have one before
'us now that is terribly sore upon music trade jour-
nalism, and upon the trade itself, for this very reason.
The little sheet in question cannot understand how
• a music trade paper should prosper, undoubtedly
nt the same time wondering at its own want of suc-
cess. It is a problem easily solved. It is merely a
•question of brains. Only get the right amount and
quality of brains, young man, and you may be pros-
perous yourself; but you can only become so by the
use of brains, and not by sticking out your tongue at
•other people. Pshaw! it soems an ahsur.l waste of
valuable space to give even as much attention as we
have to such insignificant " critters." We have seen
so many, so very many of them come and go in our
time.
WILLIAM A. EVANS & BRO., music publishers, No.
1, Columbia street, Poston, have been petitioned
into insolvency by the Bacon Paper Company.
D. F. CHASE, dealer in music, etc., Littleton, N. H.,
has failed.
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this city in connection with the half-holiday move-
ment
It is very clear that if the ladies refrain
from shopping there will be no difficulty in obtaining
the consent of storekeepers to close on Saturday
and thus give their hard worked em-
AT the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, much in- afternoons,
ployees the period of leisure which they so much
terest is being taken in the new process for obtaining require.
pure aluminum from aluminum oxide, or broken co-
The experience of the Herald last summer showed
rundum. A committee of the chemical section of the that the storekeepers are largely in favor of the
plan and that in very few instances did they make
nstitute, headed by Professor L. L. Hall, has just any
effort to prevent its success. Now, if the ladies
prepared and presented a report highly commending take the interest in the matter which it is hoped
the method discovered and perfected by Eugene H. they will, the pledge will be so generally signed that
what pressure of opinion is needed will be forth-
Coles, of Cleveland. The committee regards the in
and the Saturday half-holiday "all the year
novation as one of the highest importance.on account coming,
round " will be an accomplished fact.—N. Y. Herald.
of the cheapness to which it reduces this hitherto
[We should like to have the Saturday half holiday
extremely expensive metal. It is claimed that the
closing
movement extend to every city, town, and
new process of electric smelting within the next five
or ten years is destined to revolutionize the brass village in the country.—Eds. Music TRADE REVIEW.]
and bronze trade of the world, as the Bessemer con-
verter has the iron and steel industries.
KIND WORDS.
with this issue on liquor. It has got beyond the
period of growth where men may ignore it. It has
got to be taken up by men of all parties."
" W E L L , we are penniless, or mighty near it," he
said as he reached home and threw the evening paper
to his wife.
"Wh—what is it ?"
" The Mechanics' Bank has busted and we had
$4,000 on deposit there."
" But, Richard," she said, after glancing at the
article, "the President says that he hopes to be able
to pay all depositors in full."
"And didn't I say the same thing to my creditors
when I failed in the grocery business, and did a
single on* of them receive five cents on the dollar V"
he howled.
" RUFUS, wuz yer to the chu'eh dis mornin' ?"
" Dar's jis' whar I wuz, Clem."
' I hope yo' drawed in much profit from de sarbice,
Rufus.''
" What yo' mean, sah ! Jus' yo' take notice, Mr.
Clem, dat w'en we plays keards in de quiah durin' sar-
bice we jus' plays fo' 'inusement, an' nuffln' more."
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
FT. SCOTT, Kansas, February 2, 1886.
EXPORTS.
THE Piano, Or^an, and Music Trades Journal is a
new paper making a bid for favor in Great Britain.
It is a handsome, readable publication.
MESSRS. WELLES & BILL, New York City:
Musical Instruments, etc.
Bremen,
Musical Instrum'ts, |1 case, $ 40
43
Liverpool,
Organ Mat'ls,
2 "
A NEW piece of music just published by ("has. W.
"
150
Orguinettes,
2 "
Held, of Brooklyn, is entitled, " Militana Waltzes," Brit. Australia, Organs,
30 "
1,510
t>y Walter A. Dolane.
71
Brit. W. Indies, Orguinettes,
2 "
120
Musical Instrum'ts, 2 "
THE Mason & Haralin Co. are using pressed leather Nova Scotia,
62
In decorating their organs, which are very handsome. U. S. Colombia, Musical Instrum'ts, 1 "
17
Central Amer., Accordeons,
1 "
MR. LAVIONE, of Quebec, has recently been in New
63
Musical Instrum'ts 1 "
York.
750
Copenhagen,
Piano Felt,
1 case,
MR. CREVAT, of Troy, N. Y., has sold out his entire Hamburg,
Piano M t'ls.,
10 boxes, 1,650
"
2
1)00
'stock to Messrs. Lindeman & Co.
Pianos,
"
9
525
Organs,
THE New York agency of the William Bourne &
150
2
Organs,
S<>» piano has been placed with George W. Herbert, Liverpool,
2
250
Avonmouth,
Organs,
of is East Seventeenth street, who will keep a full
46
Musical Instrum'ts, 3 cases,
line of all their styles. F. W. Bailey makes his head- London,
20
Hayti,
Musical Instrum'ts, 1 "
quarters with Geo. W. Herbert.
25
San Domingo, Musical Instrum'ts, 1 "
THE Lighte & Ernst style D piano, with swinging
•desk and other improvements, is meeting with much
IMPORTS.
•success among the trade.
Musical Instruments,
16 cases, $11,230
STUBTEVANT & Co., the manufacturers of the Lighte Musical Instruments, etc.,
7,256
75 "
*t Ernst piano, have lately received a letter from
Prof. Jules deTstrokonsky, the originator of Nature's
THE LADIES' "PLEDGE."
Method for the piano, of Boston, in which he says:
" For the past twenty-two years I have recommended
We published yesterday injour local columns the
the Lighte & Ernst pianos, and have found them not
pledge which is being circulated among the ladies of
only rich and pleasing in tone, but the action was
most suitable for my method of cultivating the high-
est degree of touch, which enables the producing of
oyrapathetic tones, combined with groat brilliancy
and power. These are the most durable pianos I
have ever met with."
GENTLEMEN :—Your edition of the 5th is certainly
the largest and best music journal we have ever seen.
Very truly yours,
SIEGFRIED SCHULEIN.
In the issue of T H E MUSIC TRADE REVIEW for
January 5, an announcement from Mr. Jeff. Davis
Bill appears, stating that he has become a partner
with Mr. Welles in the interests of the paper. Mr.
Bill has been associated with Mr. Welles for a long
time and has contributed much to his success. The
co-operation of the two as partners promises still
greater success than they have in the past enjoyed.
—Loomis' Musical and Masonic Journal.
FROM A OALIFORNIAN DEALER.
H. Laurilliard of San Jose, Cal., writes us; " I trust
your Music TRADE REVIEW will meet with unboun-
ded success, as its worth and merit certainly warrant
it."
OBSERVING SUNDAY.—"You ought not to stay out
so late on Sunday night, John," said a wife to her
husband who had just come in. "Where have you
been; at church?"
"Well-er-no, not (hie) 'zactly," replied John, " 'bout
same thing, thoug. Been 't sacred (hie) concert."
BEHR BROS. & CO.
JUDGE O. A. LOOHRANE, of Georgia, is enlisted
earnestly in the temperance cause as it has grown
tip in the South. He said the other day : " Colonel
'Bob' Ingersoll told me, at Baltimore, that he had
begun to get new ideas about the South since he has
seen her take up the temperance question and come
into line on it in a way that has not been approached
in the North, after twenty-five years of hacking away
nt it. The Colonel is right. There is something
marvellous about it. The politicians at the North
have simply been fooling with this question. You
may fool with a cub lion with impunity. But be-
ware when its claws are grown. THat is the wny
An enormous Christmas number of the New York
Music TRADE REVIEW has been issued. We congrat-
ulate our contemporary on its size, on the variety of
news it contains, and on its fifty-four quarto pages
of advertisements, a number which we should be in-
clined to think has rarely or never been surpassed.
The paper was naturally a few days late, and the edi-
tor gives the following whimsical reason for the
delay: " We crave the indulgence of our readers for
the shortcomings as well as the tardiness of the
Music TRADE REVIEW this issue. A few days ago
our best help (the office boy) struck for higher wages,
and is striking yet. Soon after this, when we were
sorely in need of two or three spicy editorials, we
received notice from our leading exchange (the Free
Press) that it would no longer exchange with us.
Following immediately on the top of this, our
printers informed us that we must pay our last bill
before they would print this issue, and in rushing
around to collect the money, we both caught cold.
This caused rheumatism, and we have just got about
again."—London and Provincial Music Trade Review.
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Warerooms, 15 East 14th Street.
Factory, 292, 294, 296 & 298 Eleventh Ave., cor. 29th St., H. Y.