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ESTEY & CAMP AND THE DECKER BROS-'
PIANO.
HIS VOICE NEEDED RESTING.
YOUNG man well known in social circles here
in the city, recently allowed the idea to take
possession of him that he had a fine tenor
voice. He had never taken a singing lesson, but
resolved to begin at once the culture of his voice.
He called upon one of our best known vocal teach-
ers, and informed the professor that he thought he
had a fine tenor voice, which, with a little culture,
would develop into something to be proud of. The
professor said he would be pleased to take his young
friend in hand and teach him, and invited the young
man into his conservatory to give his voice a trial.
Upon reaching the music-room, the professor seated
himself at the piano and played the accompaniament
of a little ballad for the young man to sing. The
young man made an audacious break for the song
with all the confidence of an old professional, and,
after finishing it, awaited with a little trepidation
the verdict.
The professor went on running up and down the
keyboard, apparently totally oblivious of the pres-
ence of his young friend. Finally, the young man,
somewhat puzzled by the professors silence, said :
" Well—er, ahem ! Professor, what do you think of
my voice ?"
" I think it needs a rest," replied the professor.
The young man's face brightened somewhat as he
inquired: "Well, Professor, about how long do you
think I ought to rest it ?"
" For the balance of your natural life."
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THE GAZETTE.
P. T. HUGHES, (Academy of Music), Denver, Col.,
loss by fire, $35,000; insurance, $13,750.
H. F. PABSONS, (Academy of Music), Denver, Col.,
attachments filed aggregating $126.
L. B. GATCOMB & Co., manufacturers banjos, Bos-
ton, Mass., chattel mortgage, $150.
ALBEBT J. HAiiL, Cliftondale, Mass., bought real
estate $1, and mortgage, $3,600.
(From the Chicago Indicator, July 10.)
HE following paragraph recently appeared in
the American Art Journal: "Decker Bros,
have cut off the greater part of Estey& Camp's
territory, and put two men on the road to make
agencies among the smaller dealers. The result of
this has been a slaughter of prices in St. Louis and
Chicago, and general complaint of dealers who have
come in competition with them on low, medium-
priced-pianos." The first half of the item is emi-
ently correct, but the talk about "slaughter of
prices," so far as the Decker pianos are concerned,
is " bosh," especially when it is understood that Mes-
srs. Estey & Camp still control Chicago, St. Louis,and
Des Moines. When any one finds Estey & Camp sell-
ing standard pianos at ruinously low prices, or below
cost, they will confer a favor by letting us know
about it. The real fact of the matter is this : When
Estey & Camp moved into their new warerooms in
St. Louis, they had a lot of old and surplus stock
that they did not care to take to the new wareroom,
therefore advertised to sell it at low prices, and, in
fact, had an auction sale to close out the truck, and
thus the great hue and cry of "slaughteringprices."
The Estey and the Camp & Co. pianos will here-
after be pushed by Messrs. Estey & Camp for all
there is in them, and the thousands of dollars which
they have been accustomed to spend annually in sell-
ing various makes during the past ten years, will
now be devoted to selling their own product. It is
not generally known that Mr. I. N. Camp is one of
the largest stockholders in the Estey Piano Co. ;
nevertheless, such is the case, and spending his time
and money in pushing the sale of his own produc-
tions, Mr. Camp claims, will leave an asset for his
family after he is through with it.
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MR. JAMES W. VOSE has just returned from a West-
ern trip, during which he disposed of over 100 pianos.
Not a difficult thing to do either, when the excellence
of the quality of the Vose & Sons' instruments is
taken into consideration.
CLARK ORGAN
PIANO MEN TAKEN DOWN.
TT N amusing incident lately occurred at a re-
LA* ception given by a leading member of the
-» * American colony in Paris. Mrs. W., who is
well known among the literary and artistic /lite of
Parisian society, gave a "musicale " to celebrate the
betrothal of their charming daughter Maud, and it is
needless to state that on this occasion her usually
crowded salons were thronged. Adelina Patti, not-
withstanding her late fiasco at the Eden, had roused
her audience to enthusiusrn ; and, after the rapturous
applause had subsided, Theodore Hitter was called
upon. The few preludes of this gifted artist were
heard with breathless attention. Among the most
eager to watch the marvellous fingering of the great
pianist, two gentlemen in the adjoining salon were
conspicuous by their efforts to approach the piano,
but the crowded music-room prevented their en-
trance. Their eagerness was explained by the fact
that they were the representatives of the two most
important piano manufacturers in the city of Paris
(Erard and Pleyel).
After listening to the melodious strains produced
by the dexterous hands of Hitter, one of these gen-
tlemen exclaimed, "What sonority! How mellow!
What power! Ah, Mrs. W. was very lucky the day
she purchased that instiumont from our factory !"
At the same moment the Erard gentleman whis-
pered to a lady, " Did you remark how suave, how
uniform, the tone in bass, medium, and treble ? Ah,
Mrs. W. was indeed fortunate the day she secured
that magnificent piano from our factory !"
Simultaneously rushing towards the fair hostess,
they complemented her on her good fortune in
having secured such a magnificent piano. Mrs. W.
started somewhat bewildered, for the names of Erard
and Pleyel wore mentioned at the same moment.
However, she took in the situation at a glance, as
she had previously purchased a grand piano from
each of these firms. "Ah, madame, I was well
aware that you took possession of the finest instru-
ment ever manufactured by the great Erard factory,"
said one, while the other was uttering the same
sentiments in regard to the wonderful piano that
every one knew could be none but a Ployol. "But,
gentlement!" exclaimed Mrs. W., " I really am at a
loss to explain; but th« two instruments which I
purchased from your respective firms, I forwarded
to my country-seats. The two rivals turned pale;
and one of them gasped, " B u t upon whose instru-
ment has Hitter just performed V" "Why," re-
sponded Mrs. W., " upon an American piano just
sent me from New York."
Tableau, and retreat of the Paris representatives.
— The Leader.
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