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THE MUSIC
TRADE REVIEW.
HURRAH FOR BAUS & CO.
aside from the complete protection it affords, in
PROTECT THE PATENT SYSTEM.
every instance has ealled forth expressions of ad-
LL who are interested in patents should keep a
AST year Augustus Baus & Co. entered into an miration from those to whom we have shown it. We
watchful eye on Congress. At every session
advertising scheme with Louis H. Allen & Co., wish you all the success which must follow the in-
troduction
of
such
a
complete
and
perfect
cover.
efforts are made to secure the virtual abroga-
advertising agents, whereby the latter firm
Very truly,
tion of the patent system, which, if not perfect in
were to insert the advertisement of Augustus Baus &
every respect, has aided in an important measure in
ROOT & SONS MUSIC CO.
Co. in 1,000 different country newspapers. The plan
placing the United States ahead of the rest of the
was as follows: Baus & Co. gave due bills entitling
world in inventions.
S. BRAINARD'S SONS,
the holder, by paying a certain sum of money, to
Just now the opponents of patents are urging the
145 and 147 Wabash Ave.,
have a Baue piano. Allen & Co. were to have a com-
passage of Congressman Townshend's bill limiting
CHICAGO, NOV. 13, 1886.
mission of $5.00 on each completed contract. Baus &
MRS. RICHEY : We have sold a number of your the jurisdiction of the United States courts in patent
Co. were at liberty to end the contract at any time
by giving ten days notice, and it was understood that Piano Covers, and consider them the best in the cases and protecting innocent purchasers of patent-
ed articles. The advocates of this measure would
market in design and workmanship.
only fifty contracts per month were to be placed.
convey the idea that the patent system is responsible
S. BRAINARD'S SONS.
Not many months after the contract was made,
for all the suits brought against infringers, and that
Baus & Co., becoming convinced that this system
infringers are an innocent set whomCongrpss should
THE CHICAGO MUSIC CO.,
of advertising did not pay, notified Allen & Co. to
protect. This they would do by annulling the
148 and 150 Wabash Ave.,
discontinue the contract. They wrote Baus & Co.
patents covering inventions which the public wish to
CHICAGO, NOV. 11, 188f>.
that they would do as requested, and stop the ad-
We have examined the Richey Patent Cover for appropriate without paying for them.
vertisement. Imagine then the surprise of Baus & Co.
These persons say "Certainly it is little enough
when they were presented with a bill amounting to Upright Pianos and can highly recommend it as
$2,582, with the claim that during the last ten days being a great protection to the piano as well as orna- for Congress to provide that such suits may not be
brought against innocent purchasers, who act in
mental and convenient.
500 contracts had been placed.
good faith and with no notice or knowledge that the
LEWIS, NEWELL & GIBBS.
Of course Baus & Co. at once refused to pay the
patent is an infringement." Such a sentiment may
claim, as fifty contracts was the limit for which num-
sound well to the thoughtless, but its absurdity is
ber they offered to pay.
IMPORTANT TO TRAVELING MEN.
too apparent to escape notice. An inventor is not
A lawsuit was commenced, but when the case came
likely to devote years of thought and all his means
up before Judge Sedgwick, upon hearing the argu-
HE Pennsylvania Railroad have acceded to the to produce some great improvement which anybody
ment, he at once dismissed the case with costs, and
request of the Travelers' Protective Associa- may appropriate without rewarding him, unless, for-
2% per cent, allowance to defendant's counsel.
tion of the United States and have notified sooth, he sends a messenger or writes a letter to
Mr. Baus informs us that just previous to the President Pickering that they will place on sale at every mechanic and every farmer in the country, to
opening of the case he offered $1,000 to settle it, but 100 prominent stations west of Pittsburgh the " week announce his discovery and warn them against ap-
end tickets." These tickets are sold at half the propriating the fruits of his genius.
Allen & Co. refused to take it.
We know from experience that Aug. Baus & Co. round-trip fare and are for commercial travelers,
The advocates of such a policy will next be saying
are liberal advertisers, and promptly pay all legiti- enabling them to visit their families on Sundays. that a man who has purchased a horse "in good-
mate claims, but they do not propose to quietly sub- The Baltimore and Ohio granted the request on faith and with no notice or knowledge " that it is
mit to any snap games sprung by advertising agents. December 21. The tickets will be on sale after the stolen, should not be compelled to give it up; or that
15th of January
a bank should be compelled to cash a forged check
because the person who presents it gave money or
FACTORY SUGGESTIONS.
HUYETT BROS.
goods for it in "good faith and without notice or
T. N. C. desires a receipt for a varnish for brass. Own and manage the Western Temple of Music. knowledge " that the check was forged.
A. An excellent brass lacquer consists of 8 ounces This concern, the oldest established house of its The injustice of such a course is evident to all.
shollac, 2 ounces sandarac, 2 ounces annotto, % character on the Missouri river, occupies No. 321 Protect the inventor in his rights. — The American
ounce dragon's blood rosin, 1 gallon spirits of wine. Felix street, a building 30x110 feet, and embracing, Artisan.
The article to be lacquered should be heated slightly, with basement, five floors. Huyett Bros, have sole
A NEW piano manufacturing company has been
and the lacquer applied by means of a soft camel's control of the leading makes of pianos and organs
formed
in Boston, and the charter granted. The
hair brush.
sold throughout the territory embraced in the States name of the concern is styled the Lake Piano Com-
W. M. S. desires a recipe Jfor a quick drying var- of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota and other pany, and the officers are : Charles E. Bourne, Pres-
nish. A. Use the following : Pulverize 1 ounce san- western territories, and are recognized as the largest ident and Treasurer; Frank W. Bailey, Secretary
darac, % ounce mastic, % ounce elemi, dissolving music house in this sect on of the West. They do a and Manager, and Frank E. Lake Superintendent. We
them in >£ ounce Venice turpentine, and adding to it very large retail as well as wholesale business and shall give further particulars in our next issue.
a solution of 4 ounces shellac and 3 ounces oil of maintain branch houses in Hastings, Nebraska, and
KICHARD A. SAALFIELD, music publisher, has
Wichita, Kansas.—St. Joseph, Mo., Daily Gazette.
lavender in 12 ounces alcohol.
rented the store on the corner of Union square and
17th street.
Q. A. L. asks how organ pipes are made, what TESTIMONIALS TO THE NEWMAN BROS.
MR. HASKELL, of Powell, Haskell & Co., Los An-
solder is used, and how the soldering is done. A.
ORGAN.
geles, is stopping at the Coleman House.
Organ pipes are made of equal parts by weight of tin
and lead, which melts at :S70®, rolled in sheets. The
WATEBBURY, CONN., Jan. 31, 1887.
solder is made of V,i parts tin, 1 part lead by weight, J. HAYNES, Esq.:
which melts at !134°. Solder with a copper and resin.
DEAR S I R : Please find enclosed check in pay-
Some care must be used and a little practice to ac-
ment
of Newman Bros, organ.
complish the soldering smoothly, so as not to melt
MANUFACTUBEB8 OP
I wish to bear my testimony to the merits of the
the pipe. If the solder should be found not tracta-
ALL KINDS OF
Newman
Bros,
organ.
For
richness
and
sweetness
ble enough for your experiment, add half a part of
of
tone
they
surpass
any
other
make.
bismuth to the solder as above.—Scietnifie American.
With kindest regards, I remain
Very truly yours,
TESTIMONIALS TO THE RICHEY PIANO
J. M. KELLOGG.
Hake a Specialty of Piano Case Yeneers.
COYER.
SAID TO BE AN EMBEZZLER.
A
L
T
ISAAC I. COLE & SON,
YENEERS.
THE ROOT & SONS Music Co.,
S. E. Cor. Wabash Ave. and Adams St.
CHICAGO, NOV. 12, 1886.
MRS. SARAH E. RICHEY :
DEAR MADAM : We wish to compliment you on
producing the handsomest and most complete Cover
for Upright Pianos we have ever seen. All to whom
we have exhibited it are taken with it at once. The
perfect fit and handsome designs of ornamentation,
PHILIP J".
RENTISS HILL, a dealer in musical instru-
ments and sewing machines, who suddenly
sold out his effects last week and disappeared
with his family, is declared to have been an embez-
zler to a considerable amount. Hill has been agent
for the Estey Organ Company of Chicago, H. N.
Hempsted of Milwaukee, and the Western Organ
Company of Mendota, 111.—Exchange.
P
,
(Successor to LAWRENCE BROS.)
MANUFACTURES OF MAGNIFICENT ROSEWOOD FINISHED OR BLACK WALNUT
PIANO CASE ORGANS.
Thin new Instrument has no Stops, but is so constructed as to insure the most beautiful effects, by the
use of two levers operated by the knees. The appearance of the instrument is that of a HANDSOME
UPRIGHT PIANO, and it cannot bo distinguished from it, except by playing upon it, and as it is of the
same size, it forms at once the most charming ornament for the Boudoir, Parlor or the Drawing Room, and
combines the sustained Orchestral effects of an Or^an, with the perfect proportions and symmetrical
exterior of the newest and most artiBtically designed Piano.
For full particulars, address,
PHILIP J. LAWRENCE,
Tenth Street, near Washington, Eaitan, Pa., IT. 8. A.
FACT0B7 AND WABEBOOMS,
Foot 8th St., E. R., New York.
FLORAL
GUIDE
For hundreds
1887 of Il-
Now ready, contains 2 Colored Plates,
lustrations, and nearly 200 paces—32 pertainmc to (,ar-
denine and Flower Culture, and over 1M) .oiitainiiip an
Illustrated List of nearly all the FLOWERS and VEGE-
TABLES crown, with directions liow to prow them,
where the best WKKDS, PLANTS, and BUM**
can he procured, with prices of each. This book mailed
free on receipt of 10 cents, and the 10 cents may l>e dc-
ducted from the first order sent us. Every one inter-
ested in a garden, or who desires pood, fresh seeds,
should have this work. We refer to the millions who
have used our seeds. Buy only Vick's Seeds at Head-
quarters.
JAMES VICK, SEEDSMAN,
Rochester, N. Y.