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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
THE BRAND MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
OF NEW BRITAIN.
(New York
Trade A'trview.)
MAN of an inquiring turn of mind can find
plenty of food for contemplation during a visit
to the flourishing little city of New Britain,
Conn. On all sides the busy hum of machinery gives
intimation of the mechanical industry and energy
that is going on, Inviting the attention of the inquisi-
tive stranger. Nothing points more surely to the
prosperity of a city than the extent of its manufac-
turing interests, and in this respect New Britain is
certainly doing its share in turning out articles that
constitute the commerce of the world. It has large
manufacturing industries of all kinds, notably that
of hardware, and in this branch a very wide and ex-
tended trade \a transacted. The latest new firm,
whoso gooils are known throughout the length and
breadth of the land, is the Brand Manufacturing
Company, which removed from Southington less than
a year ago. During a pleasant conversation with
Mr. J. H. Baldwin, the gentlemanly secretary of the
company, it was learned that business was in a most
satisfactory condition, and the outlook for future
trade was all that could be desired. Thespecial line
of manufacture of the above company is what is
known to the general trade as fine piano and organ
hardware, and includes every piece of metal, large
and .small, that enters into the construction of these
Instruments. It Is a separate and distinct branch of
the hardware trade, and requires for its prosecution
a special line of machinery to be found in no other
line, much of which is of a very delicate and intri-
cate nature. Beside their regular line of piano and
organ hardware, the Brand Manufacturing Company
manufacture all kinds of light metallic goods from
sheet metal, wire, or castings. In short, their facili-
ties would appear to be practically unlimited for the
turning out of all kinds of metal goods requiring deli
cacy and mathematical precision, including plating,
etc. They do all the metal work for the now cele-
brated Hexagon Postal Box Company, and also fur-
nish all the metal attachments for a Boston organette
company, requiring about 1,000 organettes a month.
An idea may be formed of the extent of the Brand
Manufacturing Company, when it is known that they
occupy a large four-story brick structure, 50x100 feet
in dimensions, and give employment to about sixty
skilled mechanics. The trade of the house extends
throughout the United States, and many of their
goods are exported to European Countries. The offi-
cers of the company are Wm. H. Hart, President;
F. J. Brand, Treasurer: J. H. Baldwin, Secretary,
and J. S. Brand, Superintendent. These names are
recognized in the solid business world of this com-
munity, and sufficient guarantee for the faithful per-
formance of every business obligation, and the high
estimate held of their goods by piano and organ
manufacturers generally, speaks louder and with
more effect than whole columns of newspaper no-
toriety.
A
Messrs. Stieff, while selling at all times a first-
class instrument, are decidedly reasonable in price,
and will make the terms so easy that every family
can soon become the owner of a piano or an organ.
In the organ department we saw a splendid selection
of the celebrated Palace, New England, and Burdette
organs, for which this gentleman is the sole agent.
Their manufactory being one of our leading home
industries, established for nearly a half century, and
their warerooms and office located on Liberty Street
for the past thirty-seven years, we can say but little
if anything in their behalf but what is well known.
The Journal, however, extends the proprietors its
hearty good wishes for a long continuance of pros-
perity.—Baltimore Market Journal.
MARY had a little Behr,
Its fleece was ebonized ;
And everh where that Mary went
The Behr was advertised.
It followed her to New Orleans,
The wonder of all eyes.
It made the others howl and swear
To see it take first prize.
And so they tried to rule it out,
But still it lingers near,
And waits impatiently about
To take the prize next year.
CONDITION OF TRADE.
This Behr is not a quadruped
As you will note at sight;
For, while it rests upon •'all fours,"
WING to the favorable change in the industrial
outlook, general business is reported by Brad-
slreet to have made some advance, although
the labor troubles at Milwaukee and Cincinnati still
have a depressing effect upon trade in those locali-
ties. There was a marked improvement in trade at
Chicago, in part due to the receipt of delayed orders,
the total volume being equivalent to an average
week s business at this season of the year.
The New York stock market was fairly strong dur-
ing the greater part of the week, and advanced irreg-
ularly on manipulation of prices. Altogether, the
outlook for a good trade la musical instruments is
promising, the manufacturers all reporting a steady
increase in their sales.
O
I t is a Behr I Upright.
" What makes the Behr love Mary so ?'
The judges all did ask.
"'Cause Mary loves the Behr, you know-
A very pleasant task !"
And victory s sure to come again
With laurels bright and fair,
This work of skilful hand and brain,
The matchless Upright Behr.
V. J. IS0N & COMPANY. *
FRIEDRICH BROTHERS' MUSIC HOUSE
REFURNISHED.
HETHER or not the sole employment of
the blessed in the future state will be the
making of music, vocal and instrumental,
is not a question that you and I, reader, care to
solve, at present—we can get a very fair article of
that sort of pleasure on this mundane sphere. But
the fact that »o many of the human race look upon
music as Leavenly in its origin and in its ultimate
perfection, id proof that it is one of the chiefest
graces and ennobling enjoyments of human life.
For this reason, he who provides the best of acces-
sories for the art, in a place and style belitting it, is
a public benefactor, to be held in reverent affection,
to be rewarded by the regard and substantial emolu-
ments of his fellows.
In this city, for years past, the reliable, honorable
music house of Friedrich Bros., 30 Canal Street, has
occupied the warmest possible place in the public
esteem. It has handled the very best makes of
pianos and organs, a very large and choice stock of
other musical instruments, and one of the largest
stocks of sheet music and musical literature in the
West. But this Spring this house has fairly outdone
itself in goods and the place to show them. It occu-
pies the whole block. The first floor is devoted to
THE FAILURE TO BOYCOTT THE STIEFF sheet music, books, and small instruments, only
pianos and organs enough to try the music being
PIANO.
left on it. The second floor is filled with pianos and
organs. The third floor is devoted to musical stock
ROBABLY no event that has occurred, since the and the workshop.
labor troubles began, has excited so much
The salesroom has been elegantly fitted and fur-
interest as the efforts of the employees of nished. The new office is a beauty, but not more so
Stieffs Piano Factory to get the public to boycott than the room itself, in its pretty paper and fresh
the instruments manufactured and for sale by this paint. The piano room, second floor, is also hand-
well-known manufactory. That they failed most somely decorated. It is only necessary to name the
signally is shown by the largely increased trade chief instruments this house handles to convey an
since enjoyed. We were shown the original charges idea of their merit to every musician. In pianos
drawn up by the employees, which were directed they furnish grand, square, and uprights of the
solely against the second foreman; they certainly Weber, Knabe, or Fischer, while the A. B. Chase and
are absurd in every sense of the word, and are Smith American organs are equally as good in their
evidently brought about through a spirit of jealousy class.
by another employee, who desired to obtain this
The firm can repair or refinish any musical instru-
position in the factory.
ment now, having a superior workman constantly
These facts becoming known to the public, the employed in the workshop on the third floor. You
attempted boycott acted on the principal of a boom- need not send your choice instruments out of town
erang. The Stieff pianos have long held a leading now for any such purpose.
position in the musical world, for their general
In a few days the store will have a formal open-
superiority in all the details so much desired by ing, but you needn't wait; it is ready and exceed-
musicians. For tone, durability, fineness of finish, ingly attractive now. Out-of-town customers, too,
and design, the Stieff grand, square or upright, is can get anything they want in the way of sheet
not surpassed by any instrument in the country. music or books, by mail orders, of this house, with
Gold medals and first premiums innumerable have promptness and strict honesty. Visit the newly
been received at the various exhibitions in this and arranged store; it's a beauty.—Grand Rapids, Mich.,
foreign countries.
Daily Eagle.
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MARY'S LITTLE "BEHR."
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NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
We take pleasure in informing our friends in the
trade that for want of better facilities, we have leased
the factory at 402, 404 and 40G East Thirtieth street
(Jac. Doll's building), where we will bo able to fill all
orders to a better advantage, and to a greater satis-
faction to our customers and trade in general.
Thanking you for past favors, and hoping for a con-
tinuance of the sarno, we remain,
Respectfully yours,
V. J. ISON & Co.
402, 404 and 406 East Thirtieth street,
NEW
YORK, May 1, 1880.
CADBY MUST COME BACK.
NEWIIUROH, N., Y , May 8, 188G.
A dispatch to Messrs. Cady & Hoysradt, of Hud"
son, states that Judge Tuck, before whom argument
was made on a writ of habeas corpus in the case of
J. H. W. Cadby, wanted in that city on a charge of
forgery, has rendered a decision holding Cadby for
extradition, all points raised by the prisoner's coun-
sel having been overruled. It is understood that
this decision puts an end to all attempts on the part
of Cadby to prevent his extradition. An officer has
left Hudson for the purpose of returning Cadby from
Canada. Cadby was largely engaged in the music
business at Hudson, having branch stores at Kings-
ston and Amsterdam. When he failed some time
ago he left, it is said, 'with considerable money
raised on forged notes.
LAST year's drink bill in Britain would have found
maintenance, at the rate of 30s. per week per family
of five, for 7,901,845 persons. This vast amount, In-
vested in pianos and organs, would purchase at the
average prices, 109,294 pianos, and 127,470 organs.
A shipping-tag has been patented by Mr. John A.
Pegg, of Jonestown, Miss. It is a metal tag or
label through which the shipping marks are to be
punched, the metal plate having serrated edges on
two opposite sides, and flanges, the tag to be
secured to a tie by springing the flanges with a pair
of pliers with wide jaws.
PATENT CASES—AUTHORITY OF STATE COURTS.—
A State court has no authority to prohibit the use
of a patent pending the action in a suit brought
hereon, which necessarily involves the question of
infringement, according to the decision of the New
York Court of Appeals in the case of The Hat Sweat
Manufacturing Company vs. Relnoehl.