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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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T H E potters of ancient Peru used to manufacture an
ingenious musical instrument which may very properly
be called a whistling jug. In collections of antiquities
it is called silvador or silvio. Specimens are obtained
from the ancient burial places of Peru. One of these
which is owned in Philadelphia is described as follows :
It consists of two vases, whose bodies are joined one to
the other, with a hole or opening between them. The
neck of one of these vases is closed, with the exception
of a small opening in which a clay pipe is inserted,
leading to the body of the whistle. The closed neck of
this double vase is modeled into a representation of a
bird's head, thrush-like in character. When a liquid
is poured into the open-necked vase, the air is com-
pressed into the other, and in escaping through the
narrow opening is forced into the whistle, the vibra-
tions producing sounds.
T H E trade in Richmond, Va., is flourishing. Manly
B. Ramos of that city is doing splendidly with the
Knabe, Behning, Gabler and Everett pianos, while
Walter D. Moses & Co. have no complaint to make
concerning their sales of Steinways and Hardmans.
H. 1. Solomons is now employed by Moses & Co. as
salesman. Richmond would be a poor place if the
united wisdom of Moses and Solomon did not result in
a pretty brisk business.
company was formed, and was incorporated on April
4th. The trustees named in the articles are Edward
McCammon, G. Dudley Van Vliet, Thomas W. Cant-
well, Wm. K.King and Elmer Blair. The offer from
Davenport of $ 100,000, according to the Albany Argus,
did not reach Mr. McCammon until after the formation
of the new company, and was refused.
T H E ivory memorandum tablet issued to the music
trade by Albert Weber is a neat and elegant reminder
of that bright and enterprising gentleman.
AFTER a career of forty years in the music business,
H. N. Hempstead of Milwaukee, Wis., has had his store
attached in respect of debts amounting to some sixteen
thousand dollars. The W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago,
III., issued attachments for nearly $9,000, and the Wis-
consin Marine and Fire Insurance Company Bank filed
a suit for $6,762. The store is closed. A statement of
assets and liabilities will be issued later.
ON the 5th proximo Mr. Alexander Steinert, of Bos-
ton, Mass., will be wedded to Miss Bessie Shuman of
the same city. The ceremony, at which Rev. Minot J.
Savage will officiate, will be performed at the residence
of the bride's father.
T H E pianos of the A. B. Chase Co., Norwalk, O., are
provided with a new style of music desk which is ex-
ceedingly useful and handy, and also very attractive to
the eye.
I T is alleged in certain Texas newspapers that the
Dallas Piano Company has been chartered to do busi-
ness in that city and state, and that the concern has a
capital of $75,000.
The firm of S. Brainard's Sqns, Cleveland, O., was
dissolved, by limitation, on the 22d ulto. All the assets
have been taken, and all the liabilities assumed, by
Charles S. Brainard.
AMONG the Americans who sailed for Europe on Wed-
nesday last on the German Steamer Aller was Mr. George
W. Beardsley, of the firm of Beardsley & Cummings,
Boston, Mass.
CHICKERING & SONS* have disposed of their renting
business to S. T. Gordon. The sale includes, it is said,
nearly 400 rented pianos. Mr. Gordon will occupy
warerooms in the basement of Chickering Hall, N. Y.
MR. LOUIS KAEMMERER, of the piano firm of George
Steck & Co., N. Y., sailed for Europe on the 13th inst.
DR.
FRANCIS H . UNDERWOOD, formerly
with the
IN "A Concise Description of Norwalk of To-Day," Smith American Organ & Piano Company, and who
T H E S. D. Lauter Company, of Newark, N. J., have compiled by Mr. George G. Nichols, the able and re- was appointed by President Cleveland American Con-
spected publisher of the thriving Ohio city, some pages sul at Glasgow, Scotland, has so endeared himself to
purchased the title to the entire " O u r Building," hith-
are very properly devoted to the factory and business his Scottish friends that they committed to ex-Minster
erto only partially occupied by themselves. They will
of the A. B. Chase Organ and Piano Company. After
Phelps for transmission to President Harrison an ad-
spend from $5,000 to $10,000 in making alterations,
an interesting account of the rise, progress, and present
dress in which the retention of the worthy doctor in
which will give them the finest and largest piano estab-
highly prosperous condition of this great firm come a
Glasgow is strongly urged. The foremost public men
lishment and show rooms in New Jersey.
couple of poetic efforts, the subjects being, respectively, in Glasgow signed the document.
MR. AND MRS. C. M. LOOMIS, of New Haven, Conn.,
the A. B. Chase Co's piano and their famous organ. In
REALTY mortgages for $45,500 and $1,500 have been
will sail for Europe on the 29th inst. They will stay
the course of his lines upon " Norwalk's Pride" the
conveyed by R. S. Bassett, piano and organ dealer,
some time in the French capital.
versifier says of the former: —
Pomono, Cal.
C. T. SISSON, the veteran representative of the Far-
" To see it, simply is to prompt admire;
rand & Votey Organ Co., Detroit, Mich., was in town
To hear it will ./Eolian love inspire!"
last week. Mr. Sisson has recently returned from one
And of the latter:—
of his successful trips through the West, in which he
" Prompt you'll own, since Jubal's day
received splendid orders from Hoffman of Leavenworth,
No finer make hath e'er held sway."
Kan., and from the Bollman Brothers Company of St.
No great exaggeration either. The A. B. Chase
Louis, Mo.
Company are an honor to the Buckeye State, and their
MANUFACTUBER8 AND IMPORTERS
IN 1885, Newby & Evans, N. Y., made 234 pianos. products bear an unsullied reputation throughout the
In 1888 they made 1,300, and there is every probability
Union.
that their output for the present year will exceed 1,600.
T H E trade of the Colby Piano Co., Erie, Pa., is
T H E McCammon Piano Company of Albany, N. Y., booming.
have decided that they will not go to Davenport, Iowa.
They will continue to manufacture in Albany. The
T H E Brown-Barron Piano Company of Chicago have
Davenport overtures to Mr. Edward McCammon were
begun the manufacture of pianos at No. 2221 Cottage
made some time ago, and pending negotiations a new
Grove avenue in that city.
Piano Covers,
Scarfs, Stools,
TABLE COVERS AND SCARFS,
ESTABLISHED 1878.
WESER BROS.
Mantel and Window Decorations,
MANUFACTURERS OP
PIANO FORTES,
ART EMBROIDERY,
PAITORY AND OFFICE i
Upholstery Trimmings and Decorative
Upholstery in General.
524, 526 & 528 W. 43d St.
WESER BROS. PIANOH are thoroughly constructed, neat
and attractive, fiuely finished, brilliant in tone. A piano
that will speak for itself. Every dealer should thoroughly
examine these pianos to their own advantage. For terri-
tory apply to factory and office.
1 1 1 Market Street,
WESER BROTHERS,
JVos. 524, 520 and 528 W. 43d St.,
Warerooms, 1O3 W. 14th St.,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
HASTINGS & WINSLOW,
Manufactures of
MANUFACTURER OF
FINE VARNISHES
PIANO-FORTE VARNISH
A SPECIALTY.
Factory, 237 & 239 East 41st Street.
MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY,
Organ and Piano Springs.
We make a specialty of the manufacture of Organ
and Piano Springs of the standard styles, made from
best quality steel-oil tempered, and every spring
tested, and true to weight. All springs guaranteed.
Send for prices.
SABIN MACHINE CO., Montpelier, Vt.
Warerooms, 4 East 42d Street.
YORK:
TIHIE
OOLZB"^" DPI-A-ILTO
CO.,
IIANUFACTURERS OF
Grand and Upright Pianos,
ERIE, PA.
NEW YORK OFFICE: 18 East 17th Street, with G. W. HERBERT.