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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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JACK HAYNES is taking a trip through the New
England States in the interest of the Newman Bro-
thers organ. He has recently completed arrange-
ments with N. G. Post, of Essex, Conn., whereby he
wii control the territory of Middlesex and part of
New London counties. Mr. Post is well known
throughout Connecticut, and controlling, as he does,
a arge territory will no doubt make many sales for
the Newman organ.
IT was over at one of the picnic parks. The leader
of the band arrived and went to survey the place and
the music. He came with two or three musicians to
the piano. They got their instruments out, and were
tuning them when the proprietor came along. Just
as he came up to them, the leader was sounding the
note on the piano. " Too low," he said to the cor-
net, " too low." " What's that V" said the proprietor.
"The piano -too low—that's all." " Here Jake,"
yelled the proprietor to a carpenter across the place.
"Here Jake: this piano wants raisin." Just tell
him how high you want it. That's what he's paid for.
He'll raise it three feet if you need it. I don't want
no slouchin' of this music—San Francisco Chronicle.
"NED
PAYSON," of the Emerson Piano Co., of
Boston, dropped in on us a day or two since and gave
us a very pleasant visit. " Ned " has been making a
flying trip South and reports a healthy condition of
trade there and bright prospects for the future,
THE recent speech delivered by Alfred Dolge to his
workmen on the labor question is attracting wide-
spread attention, and well it should, for it is an able
discourse on that knotty problem and could be read
by employer and employee with advantage.
& DAVIS has just completed a fancy case
concert grand for a well known railway magnate. It
is a fine specimen of the work turned out by this eon-
cern.
IN a conversation with W. W. Kimball, of Chicago,
he said that he regarded the business prospects of
his city as extremely bright owing to the recent
election held there.
MR. CHARLES TAYLOR will sign in liquidation for
the old firm of E. H. McEwen & Co.
B. SHONINGER Organ and Piano Co., New
Haven, Conn., are rapidly perfecting arrangements
so that they can turn out llfty pianos per week. One
of the largest Western dealers last week ordered one
hundred Shoninger pianos, which goes to show that
these instruments are in great demand.
WESSELL, NK-KET, & Guoss have made itpplicntion
JAMES H. WHITE, of the Wilcox & White Organ Co.,
has purchased the exclusive right < f patent window-
hoist especially adapted to hoisting pianos and or-
gans. The patei,t hoist was formerly owned by M.
B. Hall, of Essex, Conn., and can be attached to any
window and quickly and safely raises the instru-
ment, thus obviating the slow and dangerous method
of carrying up stairways.
NOTHING but praise is heard on all sides for the
Behr Brothers piano muffler.
and repairer, will remove May 1st to elegant new
warerooms at No. 13 East 16th street, between Union
Square and Fifth avenue.
C. D. PEASE & Co. are very busy turning out all
the instruments they can, and still getting behind on
the fulfillment of their orders.
SOHMER & Co. are creditors of Paul W. Friedrich,
of Grand Rapids, Mich., to the amount of $3,840.
ISAAC I. COLE & SON, the veneer house, have been
composed a very pretty waltz entitled " Lights and
Shades." We acknowledge the receipt of a copy.
P. H. POWERS, of the Emerson Piano Company, has
been confined to his house with a severe attack of
pleurisy. He is convalescing.
THROUGH the courtesy of Mr. Al. Hawes, who is
now the sole proprietor, we recently had the pleasure
of a visit to the fancy wood importing yards of
William Hawes & Co., foot of Eighth street, and were
impressed with the fact that the amount of fancy
woods used in this country is enormous, and this is
only one of the many yards in the vicinity of Eighth
MESSRS. SIMPSON & PRODDON and Mr. Brambach,
of the Estey Piano Co., recently returned from street. Nearly all the logs used for veneering by I.
Brattleboro, Vt , whither they went to submit to I. Cole A Son are obtained at the Hawes & Co. yards.
Messrs. Estey and Lieut. Gov. Fuller plans andspeci
WM FOLKS & Co. report a steadily growing trade
(ic:itions for the extension of their factory on the
Boulevard, Harlem. The additions to be made are
one hundred feet on each end, thus giving the factory
a total length of four hundred feet. The construc-
tion will bebegunimmediately and will be completed
in time for the fall trade.
at the Patent Oflice for an improvement in grand
piano actions.
MARO A. B.
THE magnificent new wareroom of Chas. Blasius &
Son on Chestnut street, Philadelphia, has a fine
array of Steinway and Pease pianos.
THE beautiful Circassian walnut cases now being
turned out by the Estey Piano Co. are meeting with
great favor.
doing an extensive trade with all the great piano
firms for many years. The accounts of these firms
with Messrs. Cole have been very large, Mr. N. J.
M. STEINEKT visited this city during the past week Haines, for instance, having, in accordance with his
and left an order with E. Gabler & Bro. for 100 own statement, purchased veneers to the amount of
$3,800 and $3,500, and similar sums at one time from
pianos.
Messrs. Cole. Other houses have done the same
AUGUSTUS BAITS & Co. have appointed Foster & thing frequently. This shows how large the veneer
Hennessey as their New London, Conn., agents. This business is and how the Coles conduct it.—Musical
firm is one of the most energetic in Connecticut.
Courier.
J. N. PATTISON leaves 42 Union Square and will re-
move to 2.'i7 Fourth avenue.
THE following personal was clipped from a recent
daily paper:
"If John C. F. will read the issue of April 20th of
the Musical Courier h« will see something of Interest
to him."
AUGUST GEMUNDER, the well known violin maker
THE
IT is the prevailing impression in the trade that
Messrs. Chickering & Sons own the EARTH.
ON the day of our going to press Mr. Albert Weber
sailed for Europe to take charge of his interests at
the American Exhibition at London, and to take a
much needed vacation abroad. A large number of
Mr. Weber's friends bade him adieu and bon voyage
as the steamer left her moorings.
In the Dunham pianos. The present management of
this concern are sparing no efforts to make the old
Dunham piano one which will satisfy the public and
at a reasonable price.
V QUNCAN
PIANOS
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SEND FOR CATALOGUE AWD PRICES.
COLBY, DUNCAN & CO.,
518, 520, 522, 524 and 526 WEST 48th ST., N. Y.
J. A. ELDRIDGE, of the McEwen Company, has
ALBERT WEBER left on Friday for Chicago, to visit
his branch house in that city. When he returns he
will immediately start for Europe. He will first
visit the London exhibition, after which he intends
to see nil the principal features of the great centres
of Europe. He will return about the latter part of
the summer.
AN American business man, long resident in the
city of Mexico, writes with picturesque earnestness
as follows: "This country is in the midst of a busi-
ness boom. It is a ' whooper'and no mistake. The
American Congress is a sardine of the first water for
not having put through the reciprocity treaty, but
the English and German ministers are correspond-
ingly delighted at the inability of the Ameiicans to
see a point of advantage for foreign tradii g."—
American Art Journal.
JOHN H. ALLEN, Mystic Bridge, Conn., who recent-
ly died, was a piano maker by trade, lie retired
from piano making some years ago and took to boat
building as an amusement. He was in California
when the country was new and constructed the ihbt
piano made on that coast.
R W. TANNER &SON, Albany. N. Y., have moved
into their new factory on Railroad ave., which will
give them much more room and enable them to fill
their orders promptly. The firm were compelled to
make this move owing to the increasing demand for
their hardware.
CHAS. BLASIUS & SONS, of Philadelphia, hare con-
structed an elaborate wagon for the delivery of
pianos. The high sides of the wagon are ornament-
ed with finely executed paintings. The whole being
an advertisement of the C. D. Pease & Co. pianos.
THIE
STORY & CLARK ORGAN FACTORY,
Canal and 16th Streets, Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.
'The best equipped Heed ©i
N| arm factory in tlje world. Its
ideographical situatioij Vov digtpi-
butiorj and produchs used unpar-
alleled.
SEND FOR NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.
(fonfcrolligg its own patents, (which)
cannot be purchased) it produces an.
action, perfect, a tone correct, rich,
smooth and sweet, arjd cases ever
new cirjd ele^arjt.