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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
PIANO AND ORGAN
FELTINGS
OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION.
A. B. CROCKEB & CO,
31
A 3 7 A v o n Street,
BOSTON.
creased their business to such an extent that Mr. C. S.
ESTABLISHED 1851.
Brainard thought it a veritable case of the " tail wagging
the dog," and the removal to Chicago was with a view of
" giving the poor dog a chance." Mr. Brainard's inter-
ests in Cleveland have been closed out, the small goods
going to Messrs. Geo. W. Richardson & Co., while the pi-
ano and organ business has been (or will be) disposed of
to Mr. H. M. Brainard. The building on Wabash ave.,
at present occupied by the branch house, will probably
be so enlarged as to afford accommodations for the
business. Mr. C. S. Brainard is expected in Chicago
Saturday.
Mr. Mark Ay res, manager of the Mason & Hamlin
warerooms, has gone to Boston to attend the annual
meeting of the stockholders of his company.
Mr. I. N. Camp is at present on a trip to St. Louis
and Des Moines. Mr. Alanson Reed is also looking
after business in the West.
ARK UNIVBKSAL FAVORITES,
They combine Sympathetic, Pure and Rich Tone, Greatest
Among the "strangers within our gates" during the
Power, Klegance and Durability.
past ten days we niay mention Messrs. Jack Haynes;
COMPETITION BEWILDERED.
CUSTOMERS DELIGHTED.
Jacob, of Jacob Bros., piano makers; S. Q. Mingle, of
Reliable Agents Wanted.
Williamsport, Pa.; F. W. King, representing Chickering
V0SE&S0NS,170Treinont St.,Boston,Mass.
& Sons; De Volney Everett, I. N. Rice, C. Hinze. W. F.
Boothe, and a score of Western dealers, including Mr.
J. P. Lounsbury, whom you will remember as an old-
TIHIIE
time traveling representative of Ivers & Pond, but at
present doing a nice business on his own account at
Sioux Falls, D. T. I think it quite probable that Mr.
Lounsbury bought a bill of Wheelock pianos, for when
last seen he was under the kind care of Manager Wright.
With so many interior dealers showing up, it cannot be
that business in the country is " very quiet." Of course
the unseasonable weather has been a set back to no in-
considerable extent, and yet hew much better off musi-
cal instrument manufacturers and dealers are than the
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unfortunate rubber and clothing men.
"How many piano and organ dealers are there in the
United States?" I have asked this question of a dozen
dealers and the estimates vary very widely. Of course
every town of even a few thousand population cannot
support a regular dealer, more especially if located
within a hundred miles of a large city. I believe there
are in Illinois not over 400 dealers and not over 6,000 in
the Union. As a matter of fact there are thousands of
commission sellers, agents, etc., but I refer only to
actual dealers. One firm in Chicago has a select list of
10,000 dealers, including all who are at all liable to sell
an instrument, and a list of 25,000 teachers.
I understand W. H. Lehmann, for many years mana-
ger of Estey & Camp's Des Moines house, is about to
sever his connection with the firm. By the way, the
Estey & Camp warerooms in Chicago are as handsome
as any in the city and the stock of pianos and organs is
very large, there being approximately 650 instruments
in the establishment. Before the close of navigation IS A MARVEL OF SWEETNESS AND POWER. OF GRACE
Estey & Camp, as well as several other Chicago con-
BEAUTY AND BRILLIANCY.
cerns, tax their storage capacity with shipments from
the different factories via water, the rate being about
fifty per cent, less than by rail—a great saving—and EVERY NOTE IS CLEAR AS A EELL.
then as fast as necessary replenish by rail shipments.
EVERY CHORD IS PERFECT HARMONY.
Reed & Sons exhibit some very finely finished instru-
EVERY PART EVENLY BALANCED.
ments of their own make, and I also noticed some
splendid looking new styles in Wheelock's warerooms.
THE ACTION IS LIGHT, FIRM. ELASTIC. RESPONSIVE.
Did you notice the bill lately untroduced in the Ne-
braska legislature by Hon. F. T. Ransome ?
I think it an important movement and one which THE SCALE IS SCIENTIFICALLY CORRECT AND MUSICALLY
should be incorporated by the laws of every state as it
PERFECT.
will be in Nebraska. I refer to the bill requiring insur-
ance companies to pay the full face value of policies in-
THE WORKMENSHIP THE HIGHEST SKILL CAN MAKE THEM,
sured in case of loss; and that too in a specified time.
AND MATERIALS ARE THE BEST.
This will do away with all " proving up " and adjuster
business, and the insured, who for years has been paying
premiums on full face value, will be able to receive his THIS WONDERFUL PIANO IS MEETING WITH A PHENOMENAL
SUCCESS WHEREVER IT HAS GONE.
just dues. It's a wise measure but one which will meet
with the strongest opposition from insurance companies.
More anon.
Fraternally,
THE AGENCY FOR THIS PIANO IS A BONANZA TO ANY ONE
Vose & Sons Piano-fortes
A. B. CHASE C O S
Upright grand Piano,
" CHICAGO."
For Prices, Terms and Territory, address,
A NEW catalogue will be shortly issued by Newman
Bros., the prominent organ manufacturers of Chicago,
whose recent improvements in organ construction have
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created something like a sensation in the trade.
NORWALK, OHIO.
THE business of the Garden City Stool Co., Blue
Island avenue, Chicago, is extending with great rapidity.
H. H. HAZARD & Co. of Austin, Tex., have dissolved
partnership. The entire stock of pianos, violins, guitars
banjos, flutes, music boxes, etc., will be closed out by
auction sales, commencing early in the present month
and continuing de die in diem until every article is dis-
posed of. Mr. Chas. F. P. Pullen, agent and manager
for E. B. Hancock, at the old stand of H. H. Hazard &
Co., 912 Congress Avenue, Austin, has all arrangements
in charge. " Prices will be slaughtered indiscriminately
on the altar of a hard-up community."
IT is announced that Mr. E. Strodl, for many years
with the firm of C. Bruno & Son, is about to open a retail
store at 190 Grand street.
MR. GEORGE SCHLEIFFARTH is no. longer connected
with the Chicago house of A. H. Rintelman & Co.
A CORRESPONDENT at Charlotte, Eaton Co., Mich ,
asks for our opinion of the tone and durability, etc., of
the Schubert piano, and if it is " a good piano for a deal-
er to sell that wants to do a square business." We have
no hesitation whatever in informing our friend that the
Schubert piano is all that its manufacturers describe it
as being. Its tone is excellent, its durability undoubted,
and its price extremely moderate. There is no question
as to its merit, as is demonstrated by the ever-increas-
ing demand. Whitney & Currier, of Toledo, O., are
agents for the Schubert in the territory in which our
correspondent resides.
J. H.CHRISTIE of Stamford, Conn., controls theSibley
Music Stand, and will shortly commence manufacturing
it upon a large scale. This is the most convenient and
best-made article of the kind that we have ever seen.
When folded it occupies not more than twenty inches
in length, and one and a half inches in width. It may
be raised or lowered, at pleasure, to any required height,
and the rack holding the music is capable of easy ad-
justment at any angle. The three legs upon which the
stand is supported are also adjustable. Mr. Christie
will speedily be in a position to fulfil all orders with
promptitude.
THERE have been, and still are, many distinguished
natives of Connecticut. We ourselves were born in that
noted town of the Nutmeg State, Lyme. Fred. L. Bab-
cock is another of the Lyme luminaries for whom fame-
is reserving the choicest niches in her temple. Fred,
edits and publishes The Sound Breeze, which organ
promises to acquire even a greater renown than was
enjoyed by the Skibbereen Eagle. Fred, has his eye on
the President elect, who realizes that he must behave
himself. The Breeze is breezy. It is one of the three
papers that Secretary Bayard regularly peruses, the
other two being the New York World and THE MUSIC
TRADE REVIEW. We congratulate Fred, upon his paper,
and wish him all the success to which his industry and
ability entitle him.