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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
COLONEL WM. MOORE ENTERTAINS HIS
EMPLOYEES AND FRIENDS.
UK gallant and royally hospitable Colonel Wm.
Moore, treasurer and Manager of the Everett
Piano Works of Boston, celebrated the seven"
teenth of June, as he did last year, by inviting about
two hundred and fifty of the boys and men from the
factory, together with a few other guests, to a splen-
did dinner upon the lawn of his beautiful residence.
The company came by a special train from Boston,
arriving at one o'clock in the afternoon. They were
met at the depot by the Walepole Cornet Band, and
forming in line were marched to the house, when
having scattered themselves about in groups and
parties, they were photographed with splendid suc-
cess- The dinner was perfect in every particular, as
in everything which the Colonel attempts to do.
After the eating had subsided and the cigar smoke
began to wreathe and curl and climb into clouds, the
host welcomed his guests in a strong and able
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of flowers with which they had presented his lady.
After the Colonel had closed his speech Mr. Seeley
arose, and on behalf of his fellow employees, in a
neat and touching speech, presented the completely
surprised treasurer with a magnificent Howard gold
watch. Mr. Moore accepted in a feeling and elo-
quent speech. Speeches were then made by Rev. N.
E. George, J. B. Morrison, of the Commonwealth;
editors Emmans of Walpole and Nichols of Foxboro,
O. J. Neff, A. O'Mally, Peter Caddlngton, Mr.
Cowdrey of Winchester, G. W. Seaverns of Cambridge-
port, Mr. Burrill of Messrs. Burrill & Deniott, S.
Gerby, and others. This gathering and all the drift
of these speeches testified to the high esteem and
universal respect in which Col. Moore is held by
neighbors,friends, employees, and by everybody who
comes in contact with him. The party broke up
about five o'clock with round after round of applause
from the boys for their beloved and honored chief.
Long live the gallant Colonel.—Walpole, Mass.,
Central Norfolk
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DR. TALMAGE writes : *' All my family, except myself, play on Bradbury Piano-Fortes, and if T find one of tho Instruments in IToavon (and why not?
they havetrunipets there), I shall have to learn to play oil one of them myself. Bradbury is there, and you are going, and 1 don't know what either of you
would do without a piano to amuse yourselves with.
" I should have no faith in the sense or religion of a person who does not like the Bradbury. It is tho pet of our household. Tt occupies out a small
space in our room, but tills the whole house with music. It is adapted to morning prayers or the gayef t 1 parties that ever shook my parlors. ¥. G. fcsmith, the
maker, is a Methodist, but his Bradbury Pianos arc all orthodox. You ought to hear mine talk and sine ."
DU. 1)12 WITT TALMAGE, Pastor Brooklyn Tabernacle.
LETTER FROM T H E W H I T E HOUSE.
FBEEBORN G. SMITH,
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Manufacturer of the Bradbury Piano.
Washington, D. C, April 7th, 1877. j
Wareroom a~id Office, 95 Fifth Avenue, New York.
DEAR SIR : Mrs. President Hayes directs me to write you that the new liradbury upright piano which
she ordered has been placed in the Ex'cutive Mansion in the private parlor—tho best place in the nous ;—
where she receives and entertains her friends—where it \% greatly admired by her and all her friends who
see it. It is a remarkably fine instrument in quality of tone, finish and touch, and everything 1 that goes to
make it a truly first-class piano, and further, that it gives entire satisfaction in every respect.
Very truly yours.
W. K. KOGEKS, Private Secretary to Vie President.
EW men are better known in the piano trade than tho gentleman whose portrait appears above.
Mr. Smith offers a remarkable example of what native intelligence, businesi tact, an* an
abundance of pluck will do for a man. Beginning "at the bench" in tlie original "Bradbury"
factory, Mr. Smith, by slow stepB, worked his way to the position of confidential adviser of the
house, and, at the death of Mr. Bradbury, found himself the sole director of the ripidly growing
establishment. Mr. Smith tells of his early struggles, »nd with pardonable pride recites the trials
which beset his fnjtsteps in his early triumph. To-day he stands among the mo-t substantial in
the trade, and his name is known wherever music is a delight. His business embracos stores in
Feveral large cities, in addition to his factory in Brooklyn, and hiscase manufactory in Leominster,
Mass. All in all, Mr. K. <>. Smith is a genial gentleman, and a han Isome spscimen of the self mule
American. He lias been the architect of his handsome fortune, and may he continue to build
liberally upon the princely foundation already laid. One by one the fine arts and manufactures of
Europe are b ing perfected here. Step by step we have gone on in the good work of emancipating
this Great Republic from the thraldom to despotic Europe. First, we asserted political indepen-
dence; next came emancipation in art, science, invention and commerce. Some few years ago an
American firm made a breach in the wall of dependence which Europe had built around us. They
began to make piano-fortes from American materials for the American market. It was a bold move-
ment but this was nothing unusual, for things American are generally bold. Our forefathers left the
weary treadmills of the Old World behind them when they plucked up their family trees from the
worn out Roil oi their ancestors and transplanted them into a new and more congenial clime. All the
best American productions have been the outgrowth of daring, and those which seemed most hazard-
ous at the start have proved the best in the end. Thus has it been with the manufacture of the Brad-
bury piano, an undertaking which, though seemingly chimerical in the beginning, has resulted in a
lasting benefit to both the public and the manufacturer, and we find to-day that not only the Ameri-
can markets are supplied with these superior instruments, but that they are sent to every civilized
quarter of the globe. When Mr. Bradbury, the eminent composer of music, had perfected his
celebrated piano, it took precedence over those of all other makers in the refined musical circles of
both hemispheres In the hands of a skilful performer it is capable of producing such wonderful
combinations of sound, of holding such perfect control over the human passions, stirring the soul
so grandly, soothing the troubled spirit into such deep tranquility, that it is sought for'and has
bfccomc popular everywhere. Mr. Bradbury has been gathered to his fathers, and the legacy of
thiR great business has passed under the guardianship of Mr. F. G. Smith. Mr. Smith was the
master mechanic, the presiding genius who supervised the construction of every instrument manu-
factured by the late Mr. Bradbury. He has devoted his entire life to the practical details.of the
pian) in its artistic mechanism in the most extensive manufactures in the country. Gifted with
all tbe enthusiasm and genius requisite to the successful creation of a perfectly constructed piano,
and possessing the keenest practical experience, we see in Mr. Smith a fair illustration of the thor-
oughly educated mechanic—a master of the whole science—who ia determined to lift it up into an
art and bear himself aloft with it. Probably no man of hiB years has acquired a morn complete
knowledge of his business, as he has superintended every detail of it himself, and his remarkable
success speaks the just appreciation which a discriminating public manifests for a man of wide
intelligence, unwearied application and artistic genius. It was fitting that when Mr. Bradbury
had perfected his many improvements that he should give the benefit of them to the world. The
tributes which were paid to him from every country must have fallen sweetly upon his ear.