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Music Trade REVIEW.
The Only Music Trade Paper in America, and the Organ of the Music Trade of this Country.
1879.
VOL. IX. No. 19.
NEW YORK, MAY 5 TO MAY 20, 1886.
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NORTHERN VIEWS.
A DISTINGUISHED YERMONTER TALKS ON
VARIOUS NATIONAL TOPICS.
ARRIVAL OF COL. L. K. FULLER AND PARTY—A
CAPITOL EEPQRTEB GETS HIM TO TALK.
L
AST evening Col. L. K. Fuller and his wife and
ward, Miss Maud Essex, of London, England,
arrived in the city. Dr. G. F. Gale also ac-
companied the party.
Col. Fuller lives at Brattleboro, Vt., and is vice-
president of the Estey Organ Company. He is a
gentleman of considerable renown in his part of
the country, and his views on the leading topics have
been greatly sought after by the press reporters.
The Colonel with his party have visited New York
City, Phildelphia, Washington, Kichmond and Ra-
leigh. He will remain in Atlanta several days, and
then proceed to the sea cost, thence back to the
North. It has been his intention on his tour to com-
bine business and pleasure. This morning a Capitol
reporter called on
THE DISTINGUISHED VEBMONTER,
and by application of the reportorial auger and a
free distribution of interrogation points, succeeded
in gathering some interesting facts of general in-
terest to our readers.
" Colonel Fuller," said the reporter, " a s you live
in a prohibition state, tell us something on the sub-
ject."
" Prohibition is an established fact in several of
the New England States, and the general result has
been a decrease in crime growing out of drunken-
ness. There has been very largely a suppression of
the public sale, yet it seems to be an impossibility
to stop the private use and clandestine traffic. I
can't say how
IT HAS AFFECTED BUSINESS,
as open drunkenness and dram-shops in Vermont be-
long to an age before I was old enough to form an
opinion. In Massachusetts the question of local
option is vital, and the same practices do not prevail
in that state that are held in Maine and Vermont.
In Atlanta prohibition is separated from politics and
this is greatly to the people's advantage, for the
issue stands alone and can be treated on its merits."
" Now, Colonel, something about politics. Will
your people return Edmunds to the Senate ?"
'' There is no doubt about that. No feeling of
opposition to Edmunds exists, save that which grew
out of his failure to take an active part in the cam-
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"At present the Estey Organ and Piano Company
represent the largest music connections of any house
in the world. In Atlanta the branch office was estab-
lished fourteen years ago, and is doing a flourishing
KICKING AND CUFFING,
business."
With many thanks to Colonel Fuller for his pa-
these small upheavals will all subside. The racket
that is going on in regard to this matter is for the tience and kindness, the reporter withdrew.—Atlanta
purpose of trotting out dark horses on other issues, Evening Capitol.
and I do not believe that Edmunds has any part in
it, or knows anything of it. However stubborn the
A CIRCULAR TO THE TRADE.
Yankees may be up in Vermont about their own
notions, their pride in their State and public officials
is very much like that in the South, where the peo-
FTER ten years of the most frielidly business
ple stand by their representatives and take plea-
relations with Mr. E. D. Seabury, I am here-
sure In the prominence which they attain in the
with compelled to notify our patrons in the
country."
trade that he has found it compulsory on his part to
"Colonel," again put in the reporter, " h a s the retire from all active business pursuits on account
labor agitation reached New England, and how has of his failing health. In consequence of the retire-
it effected business ?"
ment of Mr. Seabury, the firm known as Seabury &
" It has only reached isolated localities in the Spitz has dissolved and been succeeded by tho un-
New England States, and it only indirectly affects dersigned.
business. As New England is the home of skilled
Having retained all the working force and ma-
labor, the people are watching with a great deal chinery of the old firm, including twenty-eight im-
of interest the situation in other places. We do not proved iron presses of the newest pattern, I can con-
apprehend
scientiously claim that with the best machinery and
the perfect system of arrangement, any work in-
ANY SERIOUS TROUBLE,
trusted to my care will be reliably executed, and
because reason in the end always prevails, and men cannot be anything but satisfactory to the most
listen to and esteem that which is right and just."
exacting. I have made several additions to the
"What do you think of the success of making working force, and have also enlarged the capacity
Bessemer steel in this locality ?"
of the factory-
"You are bound to have a great success in the
Having had eighteen years experience in the art
iron and coal regions in the South in this matter, of piano hammer manufacture in the largest estab-
and a large part of the material used will be found lishments in Europe, besides my years of experience
at your own doors. You have an advantage in the here, and having during this time become fully
matters of labor and transportation."
familiar with the different modes of making this an
"Colonel, Atlanta is at present stirred up about important branch of the piano-forte industry, I re-
discrimination in freight rates. Does the system of quest an opportunity to convince the most skeptical
State control of tariffs make any difference in the to what state of perfection the covering of piano
business of the New England States ?"
hammers has bflen reached.
" Yes. In many parts of New England transporta-
Trusting to the continued favors of old patrons,
tion is under the almost absolute control of State and solicting at best a trial from others, I remain,
Commissions, so far as it can be without interfering
Respectfully yours,
with inter-State commerce, and it is only a question
R. J. SPITZ,
of a few years before it will be the ruling method Successor to Seabury & Spitz, 1548 East Twenty-third
everywhere. These labor agitations are hastening
street, New York.
the time when Congress and the States must assume
control of the whole subject. The same issue that
you have in Atlanta we have in Vermont, and in my
THE KNABE PIANO.
State the system is sure to prevail."
The Colonel gave the following statistics about his
HERE is one branch of industry of which Balti-
business, the manufacture of pianos and organs by
more has good reason to feel proud, and to
the Estey Organ Company, with which he has been
lay claim to superiority overall similar manu-
connected for twenty-six years :
facturers
in the world, and that is pianos. Much, if
"We manufacture our organs in Brattleboro, Vt.,
and our pianos in New York. In the manufacture not all of the credit for the rapid strides in this
of the former, we use fourteen buildings, and employ direction is due* o the world renowned manufacturers,
five hundred men. The company manufactures one- William Knabe & Co. Wherever a taste for music
flfth of all such instruments made in America. Over is to be cultivated, there will be found one of Knabe's
two hundred different styles are turned out, and the celebrated piano. It would be useless to enumerate
capacity of the manufactory is one organ every eight the many expositions at which they have taken
minutes. The prices of these instruments vary from prizes, inasmuch as tho public has been from time
$30 to $1,000. The annual sales average between to time informed of the different awards. Since then
there have been many improvements made on the
16,000 and 17,000."
" In the manufacture of pianos in New York, the improvements which were at the time thought to be
company employs about 200 hands. A new factory perfection; and today the Knabo piano stands un-
has just been erected, and the hands will be trans- surpassed in tone and quality. Now that the interior
ferred about the 1st of May. This building was work of the instrument has been perfected, the outer
covering is receiving due attention. Among the
erected
latest styles of cases turned out at their factory are
FOR INCREASED FACILITIES.
those made of rosewood and mahogany, with beauti-
The Estey piano is becoming more popular eyery ful inlaid work, and those of mahogany, with inlaid
brass and ebony, with artistic fancy work, are to be
day, and is the coming piano of the future.
"The company has extensive furniture works in had in either square or upright pianos.—The Balti-
more. American.
Michigan, which operates many hands."
paign last fall ; and the general feeling of fair play,
and the disposition to let everybody do as they think
best is so predominant, that aside from a little
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