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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1887 Vol. 10 N. 18

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Music Trade REVIEW.
The Only Music Trade Paper in America, and the Organ of the Music Trade of this Country.
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VOL. X. No. 18.
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1879.
NEW YORK, APRIL 20 TO MAY 5, 1887.
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SINGLE COPIES, 16 CENTS.
which have been fitted into the sides of each car*
Cushioned settees are fixed in the recesses thus
created, and the general effect upon the interior of
the cars is said to be very fine. No attempt will be
made to shorten the time of running at present.
PUBLISHED • TWICE • EACH • MONTH.
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EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
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THE MOELLER ORGAN FACTORY.
MONG the numerous industries contributing
to the prosperity of Hagerstown, the Moeller
Organ factory deserves high rank. Its oper-
ations are continuous throughout the year and it
gives employment to a large number of mechanics
and laborers. The factory is purely a local enter-
prise. Quite recently a quantity of new machinery
has been introduced and Mr. Moeller is now building
an additional hot-air brick dry-house, which by far
exceeds any arrangement of the kind in this cily.
The Moeller organs have won a deserved success,
which is owing partially to the very excellent woik-
manship in their manufacture and very largely to
leading features of these organs, patented only last
June, that place them far ahead of other competitors
for popular favor. Moeller organs have been shipped
to nearly every State in the Union, to England and
Australia, and the company has now inquiries for
other instruments from nearly all the States and
territories.
Mr Moeller manufactures every variety of instru-
ment, from the small reed to the large pipe organ.
Among the latter built at this factory are some of
the finest in the United States ; notably those at St.
Luke's Methodist Episcopal church, Newark, New
Jersey, which stands thirty-two feet high, is twenty-
four feet wide and lias eighteen hundred and four
pipes; and a fine two manual organ at the First
Methodist Episcopal church at Jamestown, Chautau-
f'orty-flve pipes.
On Monday of last week Mr. Moeller received the
contract for a large two manual pedal pipe organ to
be placed in the First Presbyterian church at Wat-
sontown, Pa.- He is also building two other fine pipe
organs—one for the Lutheran church at Selinsgrove,
Pa., and the other for the Presbyterian church at
Sunbary, Pa.
The pres; has been lavish in its commendation of
the Moeller organ. Concerning the one in the Meth-
odist church at Jamestown, the Evening Journal, of
that city, after describing the new church edifice,
says : "Of the great organ as a fixture of the church,
it can be said it is fully commensurate with the scale
on which all parts of the edifice have been built and
furnished. The builder is M. P. Moeller, of Hagers-
town, Maryland, who has personally superintended
the work of getting it up. Even a novice scarcely
A
A BOLD FISHERMAN WHO PROPOSES TO
HOOK DANIEL F. BEATTY.
JOSEPH McCREDAN is a bluff, hearty Long Is-
land fisherman, who lives at Canarsie, digs for
clams, and catches fish by hook or by crook.
The Tribune tells us that last summer, by toil, pru-
dence and economy he laid up $45 against a rainy
day. He has two daughters, and one day Mrs. Mc-
Credan suggested that as the girls were getting old
enough he could not do better than to get them an
organ. She had seen Daniel F. Beatty's $45 organ
advertised as made in Washington, N. J.,and a great
bargain, and so the fisherman sent on the money
for the instrument. But he got none. He waited
patiently; then he wrote. He got circulars in return
from Mr. Beatty. McCredan wrote again ; more cir-
culars. Finally he received a letter from Beatty
saying that if he would send $5 more he would get
his organ. Thereupon, some six weeks ago, the fish-
erman started for New Jersey and made a sworn
complaint setting forth these facts before United
States Commissioner Muirhead, who issued a warrant
for the arrest of Beatty under the statute providing
against the use of the United States mails for fraudu-
needs to bo informed that the mechanical parts are lent purposes. The warrant was placed in the hands
of the very best material and that the workmanship of Deputy Marshal Taylor, who has not yet succeed-
is unsurpassed. This superb instrument is unques- ed in arresting Beatty, although he has been seen in
tionably the finest of its kind in the city. It is an this city within a few days, and is said to be going
instrument of great power, sweetness and variety of about as usual. McCredan is now asking what ails
tone, is pronounced highly satisfactory by all who the Deputy Marshal. Beatty is now under $1,500
heard it, and the First Methodist church is to be bail imposed by Commissioner Muirhead in Decem-
congratulated upon its possession."
ber for a similar alleged offence in the case of Miss
Another organ of the Moeller manufacture that Clara A. Delaney, of Brooklyn.—American Art Jour-
has been highly praised is the one in the Church of nal.
the Reformation at Washington. Of this instrument
the Washington Capital says: " The Moeller organ is,
for its size, one of the finest in the city, and is a credit MAYOR HEWITT ON MUSIC AND MORALS.
both to the maker and to the committee which se-
AYOR HEWITT has sent the following face-
lected it. It has twenty stops, about eight hundred
tious letter to Mr Jerome Hopkins :
pipes, with both manuals, pedals and mechanical
DEAKSIK : Your favor of the 25th inst. is
register. The tone is sweet, pure and full, and in
pianissimo movements was singularly articulate and received. You ask me to reply to the question, "Do
distinct. Judging by the character of this instru- you think Sunday oratorio would conduce to aid or
ment, Mr. Moeller will have opportunities to con- weaken the cause of Sunday morality in New York ? "
struct others as they may be needed in the churches As I am not an expert in music I ought not to have
been asked this question; but I should say on general
in Washington. He has no reason to be disap
pointed with his handiwork and the church may principles that it depended upon the character of the
congratulate itself upon having such an excellent audience. Tf the music were bad and the audience
instrument."—Hageratoxen (Md.) Herald and Torch- intelligent I should think it would, not conduce to
morality on the part of the audience. If the music
Light.
were good and the audience bad, I fancy they would
be awfully bored by the performance.
THE NEW EXPRESS TRAINS BETWEEN
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BOSTON AND NEW YORK.
HE two limited express trains between New
York and Boston are to be made the most ele-
gant in the country. Thirteen new cars have
been built for them. They are long, extra heavy,
and exquisitely fitted with dining cars, headrests,
and all that goes to make such chairs desirable.
There are two dining cars furnished with all the
recognized luxuries of the day. Plate and colored
glass form leading features in their make-up. The
cars are to be ready for the road in a few days. The
principal feature about the passenger coaches, how
ever, one that will attract general attention and elicit
approval, undoubtedly, will be the large bay windows
T
FACTORY SUGGESTIONS.
W. H. asks : How do you temper brass for springs,
etc., after the temper has once been taken out for
shaping? A. Only by hammering. Thero is no chemi-
cal or heat process for hardening any other metal
than steel.
G. S., Chicago, writes: 1. What is a good receipt
for gluing pearl to wood? A. Dissolve 1 part isinglass
and 2 of white glue in 30 of water, strain, and evapo-
rate to 6 parts. Add one-thirtieth part of gum mas-
tic dissolved in >£ part of alcohol, and addl part of
zincwhite. When required for use, warm and shake up.

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW,
Communications of interest to the music trade are so- Mr. Merrill was the head of the firm. His son Henry
licited. All Western correspondence will receive prompt is now, and has been for a number of years, with
Lyon & Healy.
attention by addressing Lock Box 492, Chicago, III.
H. E. Twiford, musical instiuments, Burlington,
la.; stock in hands of a receiver.
Alex Orr, Kendallville, Ind., organ dealer, died las
week.
Mr. Aug. Newell, manufacturer of organ reeds, has
PROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
gone to San Francisco and other points in California,
on a trip for his health.
W. W. Kimball Co. branch house at Des Moines,
Lock Box 492. TRADERS' BUILDING, CHICAGO,
la
, have moved into new warerooms.
April 15th, 1887.
Howes & Adams, piano and organ dealers, Bloom-
ington, 111., failed April 3. Liabilities about $5,000.
There are live music houses in Sioux City, la.
April has not brought forth many showers so far,
J. M. Ingold, Cedar Rapids, la., has sold out.
hut it has brought forth a good trade for the retail
Smith & Meyer, Cedar Rapids, la., piano and or-
and wholesale dealers. The following have had the
gan dealers; firm has been dissolved. H. L. Myers
oream of the trade :
Lyon & Healy have had a good run with the Stein- will carry on the business in the future.
way and have sold a great many of the Fischer.
Their musical merchandise trade has been immense.
Iteed & Sons have done more than usual with the
THIS
popular Knabe, on account of their generous outlny
in advertising of late.
B. Shoninger Co. are constantly increasing their
sales in both the retail and wholesale. Their instru-
ments always give perfect satisfaction.
Estey & Camp are well pleased with their move to
their new and commodious store. It is in all points
the finest in Chicago; a fitting home for the magnifi-
cent Decker B: others pianos^that they so well repre-
MANUFACTURERS OP
sent.
W. W. Kimball Co. are in their new store, corner
State and Jackson streets. It is a fine store, but it
doe3 not impress one as the old store did, with its big
square space of 80 by 80 feet, with its big columns
&c The old store surpassed any piano wareroom in
the United States and showed the stock off to great
advantage-
On Wabash avenue, the Weber house is moving
right along. The retail business is improving since
Mr. Drummond has been on the Moor.
John V. Church & Co. are doing a good retail busi-
ness with the Hardman & Everett pianos.
The other dealers on Wabash avenue do not seem
to be rushed at present.
Bush & Co. and C. A. Smith & Co. are justas busy
as they can be; also the Story & Ciark Organ Co. are
working night and day to keep up with their orders.
Mr. Hawkhurst, manager F. G. Smith, has gone
on a trip to St. Paul and Minneapolis to put in some
Bradbury pianos.
Mr. P. J. Healy, of Lyon & Healy, has gone to
California.
George E. Ambuhl, late salesman of the Sterling
Co., opens a new store on West Madison street, with Best of Workmanship and Quality of
a stock of Sterling pianos.
George Schletffarth, late of Brainard Sons, has gone
Goods Guaranteed.
to the Sterling Co.'s warerooms as head salesman.
Brainard Sons are closing out their stock of pianos
Correspondence Solicited.
and organs. Will run straight sheet music, books, and
their own publications in future.
G. E. Van Syckle, Bay City, Mich., has sold out
ADDRESS,
to W. D. Richardson, his interest in the musical
merchandise business.
W. W. Balcom, Storm Lake, Iowa, has given a
mortgage for $55.
Mr. James Shoninger has gone East to see his
brother Simon, who sails for Europe May 4th with
his family, on a three months trip. Mr. A. de An-
guera will take charge of the wholesale in Mr. Shon-
inger's absence. Mr. Anguera is good for it, as he is
just as much at home in wholesale as he is at retail.
Henry S. Mackey, piano dealer, Rochester, N. Y.,
visited Chicago some days ago, as did John Church,
of Cincinnati, Ohio.
A. Meinberg & Co., Omaha, Neb., a new piano
M. C. Christy & Co., Des Moines, In., are doing a
and organ house just opened. Mr. Meinberg was fine trade with the Story & Clark organ.
salesman for. Horace Waters years ago. Of late years
M. A. Paulsen, of the Century Piano & Organ Co.,
he has been with Max Meyers it Hro., Omaha. His St. Paul and Minneapolis, has just gone East, with
partner is W. W. McBride. They are both enterpris- his pockets full of cash, to make arrangements for a
ing men and quite popular, and no doubt they will good medium piano. As he says, cash talks.
build up a fine business.
The following dealers and manufacturers have
Mr. C. C. Colby, of Colby, Duncan & Co., is here, been in town since we last wrote you :
having just returned from atrip to St. Paul and Min-
L. Connor, Braidwood, 111.; S. H. Daniels, of
neapolis.
firm of Benedict & Daniels, Pontico, Mich.; G. E.
L. Cavalli, of Alfred Dolge, New York, has been in Cook, Bryan, Ohio ; H. T. Kyser, Wenona, 111. ; John
Summers, Joliet, 111.; Mark Ament, Peoria, 111. ; G.
town, as handsome and enterprising as ever.
Charles Anderson, Eldora, la., piano and organ N. Pollard, Sioux City, la. ; C. A. Elemdorf, Creston,
la. ; I. D. N. Osborne, Benton Harbor, Mich.; L. E.
dealer, closed out.
H. T. Merrill died April 5th, of pneumonia. Some Thayer, of the Fort Wayne Organ Co., Ind.; M. A,
twenty years ago one of the most popular piano Paulson, of Century Piano Co., St Paul, Minn.; C. C.
houses in Chicago was the firm of Merrill &Brennan. Colby, of Colby, Duncan & Co., New York; John
Church, Cincinnati, Ohio ; H. S. Mackey, Rochester,
N. Y., &c.
Yours,
OWEN.
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.
HIGHEST GRADE
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS.
The following firms are in the music business in
St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn. :
W. J. Dyer & Bro., the largest and most promi-
nent in the Northwest, have two large warerooms,
one in St. Paul and one in Minneapolis. They sell
the Steinway, Weber, Gabler and Shoninger pianos,
and the Shoninger organs. They do a very extensive
business in the above makes of pianos and organs
throughout Minnesota and Dakota.
R. C. Munger, St. Paul, has been the largest in the
music trade; sells the Haines Bros, pianos and Wes-
tern Cottage organ.
A. E. Whitney, St. Paul, sells only the Kimball line
of goods; Hallet & Davis, Emerson, and Kimball
pianos and organs.
Peterson & Blaikie have a store in St. Paul and
Minneapolis; they are a new house, and are agents
for Chickering, Colby & Duncan pianos, and Wilcox
& White organs.
Nathan Ford, St. Paul, sells the Knabe and Decker
Brothers pianos, and the Estey and Clough & War-
ren organs. This is a very enterprising house and
does a fine business.
The Century Co., Minneapolis, sell the Steck,
Sterling, Vo«e, and Hallet & Cumston pianos and
Story & Clark organs.
I. M. Root & Co., Minneapolis, Behning pianos and
Farrand & Votey organs.
Castle & Brooks, Minneapolis, Haines Brothers
and Everett pianos and Estey organs.
Mrs. S A. Pentield, Minneapolis, H;illot & Davis,
Emerson and Kimball pianos and Kimball organs.
Foster Bros & Whitcomb, Minneapolis, Wheelock,
Sturvesant, and A. B. Chase pianos and Miller or-
gans.
S. P. Saborn, Minneapolis, sells Newman Bros, or-
gans. The above are the principal dealers.
PARLOR AND CHAPEL
A.+B.+CHASE+COMPANY,
19 Whittlesey Ave.,
NORWALK, OHIO.
FANCY STEINWAY PIANOS.
MONG the many fancy-case pianos recently
completed by Messrs. Steinway & Sons, the
following examples of artistic workmanship
may be mentioned : A large concert grand made for
Sir Donald Smith, president of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, whose residence is at Montreal. This su-
perb instrument is finished in satinwood, with satin-
wood figures in relief, making a procession of artistic
figures in groups around the sides of the piano. The
top and fall-board are inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
Two additional uprights for the Sultan of Turkey
were shipped to Constantinople, both handsomely en-
graved in gilt and silver. These instruments were
forwarded last week, making a total of seven Stein-
way pianos sold to His Majesty the Sultan in two
years.
A magnificent upright of solid mahogany, with
imported gilt ornaments, for W. K. Vanderbilt's
steam yacht "Alva."
Also an upright grand made of satinwood, the dec-
orations of which consist of musical and musical al-
legorical subjects and designs, all painted in oil by
hand.
Two fancy maple upright grands for Lyon & Healy,
of Chicago, the one of birdseye, the other of curled
maple, both with solid carved maple ornaments, the
designs being followed according to the wishes of the
parties who ordered these instruments.
These instruments are absolutely gorgeous in ap
pearance and always made with the purpose of ad-
hering to the highest artistic form of the cabinet-
maker's art. Having a soul o la Steinway, the body
of the piano must nocessarily be a la Steinway, and
we all know what that signifies.—Musical Courier.
A
MUSICAL UNION TROUBLES.
ARL HAMM has obtained an injunction from
Judge Donohue in Supreme Court Chambers
restraining the Musical Mutual Protective
Union, of which he is a member, from proceeding
against him on any charges, or trying, or expelling,
or doing anything to interfere with him in his privi-
leges. —Evenivg Post.
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