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Estey Piano Co.,
New York City.
Ferris & Rand,
Galesburg, 111.
Guild Piano Mfg. Co.,
Boston, Mass,
Haines Bros.,
New York City.
Hallett & Davis,
Boston, Mass.
Hastings & Winslow,
Montclair, N. J.
Hazelton Bros
New York City.
Henning, C. H
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Ivers & Pond,
Boston, Mass.
James & Holstrom,
New York City.
Keller Piano Co.,
Bridgeport, Conn.
MORE LETTERS OF APPROVAL.
Kimball, W. W. Co.,
Chicago, 111.
Kranich & Bach,
New York City.
A COMPLETE LIST OF ADHERENTS UP TO DATE.
Lawrence Organ Works,
Easton, Pa.
Lester Piano Co
Philadelphia. Pa.
Albany, N. Y.
THE following further letters from manufacturers McCammon Piano-Forte Co.,
McEwen,
C.
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New
York City.
approving ot the formation of a Protective Union of
Mehlin, Paul G. & Sons
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American Piano and Organ Makers have been received Miller, Henry F. & Sons' Piano Co
Boston, Mass.
by us since our last issue:—
Miller Organ Co.,
Lebanon, Pa.
Newby & Evans,
• New York City.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. i6, 18S9.
New England Organ Co
Boston, Mass.
MESSRS BILL & BILL,
GENTLEMEN: We are heartily in favor of forming a New England Piano Co.,
. .New York City.
Piano & Organ Makers' Protectve Union, and think it Newman Bros
Chicago, 111
is a necessity for both makers and dealers.
Peek & Son,
New York City.
Respectfully yours,
Raymond, F. L.
Cleveland, Ohio.
THE BUFFALO PIANO MFG. CO.,
1489 & 1491 Niagara St.,
Smith, C. A. & Co.,
Chicago, 111.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Smith, F. G
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Sohmer & Co.,
New York City.
LEOMINSTER, MASS., Aug. 16, 1889.
Starr, James M. & Co.,.
Richmond, Ind.
MESSRS. BILL & BILL,
Steinway & Sons,
,
New York City,
New York city.
GENTLEMEN: We are strongly in favor of a Piano & Sterling Co
,
Derby, Conn.
Organ Makers' Protective Union, and you can depend Sturz Bros.,.. .7*.
New York City.
upon our being represented at a preliminary meeting,
Taber Organ Co.,
Worcester, Mass.
if held in Boston or New York.
Respectfully yours,
Vose & Sons
Boston, Mass.
W. H. JEWETT & Co.
Waterloo Organ Co.,
7. Waterloo, N. Y.
Weaver Organ & Piano Co.,
York, Pa.
CONCORD, N. H., August 7, 1889.
Weber, Albert,
New York City.
Messrs. BILL & BILL:
... Auburn, N. Y.
GENTS: Your postal card was duly received but ab- Wegman & Co.,
New York City.
sence of the writer from home on a business trip has Weser Bros
Wessell, Charles A.,
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prevented an earlier reply.
We hasten to say that we heartily approve of the Wilcox & White Organ Co
Meriden, Conn.
project and should take special pains to be present.
New York will, no doubt, suit the larger number best,
and September will be as good a season as any for us.
Yours, &c,
DURING a recent trip West we interviewed many
PRESCOTT PIANO & ORGAN CO.
prominent members of the trade upon this subject, all
NEW YORK, August 1, 1889.
of whom thoroughly ageeed with the action taken by us
Messrs. BILL & BILL,
in this matter, and expressed their beliefs that much
Editors Music TRADE REVIEW.
GENTLEMEN: Your postal card in reference to the benefit to the trade might result from such an associa-
holding of a meeting with a view to the formation of a
Piano and Organ Makers' Protective Union came duly tion as that proposed by us. Mr. W. W. Kimball, presi-
*o hand, and in reply I desire to say that such an asso- dent of the W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago, voiced the
,!ation, or something of a similar nature, would, in my
opinion, be a good thing for the music trade in general. opinions of numerous firms with whose representatives
The advantages that would arise from it are too obvi- we conversed in the West. Said Mr. Kimball, " I be-
ous to need recapitulation, and you may set me down
lieve there may be good in it. I see that good may re-
as heartily in favor of it.
With regard to the time and place for holding the sult from such an organization in various ways, and I
preliminary meeting, I beg to be excused from naming
either, with a promise to attend, no matter when or am favorably inclined towards it."
where it may be held, unless something unforeseen
should prevent me from doing so.
Yours very respectfully,
PETER DUFFY, Pres.
Mr. Homer D. Bronson, head of the Homer D.
SCHUBERT PIANO CO.
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Bronson
Co., the celebrated makers of artislic bronzes
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A full list of names of the firms who have previously for pianos, Beacon Falls, Conn., called upon us on the
indorsed the proposal by letter and in conversation with 6th instant. In reference to the Protective Union Mr.
Bronson remarked that, though his firm did not manu-
the proprietors of THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, and of
those who have expressed the belief that the trade facture pianos or organs, yet their position in reference
would benefit by such an organization as that advocat- to the trade caused them to feel a lively interest in the
proposed movement. In other words, what affected the
ed, is here appended:—
UNION !
afk no respectable downpour or deluge has occurred;
These persons now hold a different opinion. The events
of the past few months prove that, as with other mat-
ters, American weather entertainments are conducted
upon a larger scale than those of the older, slower and
duller continents. Against Manager Noah's forty days'
and forty nights' wetting, we can point to ninety or a
hundred days and nights of almost constant rainfall.
Notwithstanding all the storms and floods and fresh-
ets and inundations of the last three months, however,
we are consoled by the fact that the smiles of Provi-
dence have fallen between the raindrops, and irradiated
the rushing stream. On the whole, goodly crops have
been harvested. The farmer has thrown his cap in the
air with wild yells of delight, and retired to his chim-
ney corner to enjoy his briar-root calumet and apple-
jack; also to meditate upon the day of his departure to
the nearest town, where he will purchase a piano for
Minnie, or Maggie, or Molly.
The New York Sun, in sending out its reporters to
ascertain the condition of crops, and the state of the
money market, has done the public a great service.
Among other things, the Sun, with the view of ob-
taining as accurate a forecast as possible of the money
market, submitted the following questions to a number
of the leading bankers of New York:—
1. What is your opinion of the prospects of the money-
market?
2. What is your opinion of the probable drain of
money from this money centre to the West and South
to aid in " moving crops ?"
3. Is there a large amount of money here belonging
to Western banks or will their demands for money be
in the nature of borrowing ?"
4. How have the late shipments of gold to Europe
affected this country in its relative condition as debtor
or creditor with other nations of the world? Can
Europe draw much more from us ?
5. To what extent do the facilities now existing for
quickly transferring money and credits from one centre
to another, and from Europe to this country, tend to
lessen the dangers and ill effects of tight money and
prevent the continuance of such condition ?
6. Is it not a fact that if money commands a higher
rate of interest here than in Europe, the inevitable
result would be the immediate transfer of sufficient
money to equalize its usage value ?
7. To what extent can the government be depended
on to relievejthe money market in case of stringeecy?
So vast and important a fraternity as that identified
with our musical industries cannot but be interested in
the replies given to these queries, and we propose to
collate a few of the opinions elicited by the enterprise
of the Sun for the benefit of our readers:
The Hon. Russell Sage, Vice-President of the Im-
porters' and Traders' National Bank, expects a better
demand for money to set in shortly, and he believes it
will last out the year. " But there is plenty of money
in the great money centres on both sides of the Atlan-
tic," Mr. Sage continued, "and there will be no strin-
gency. There will doubtless be a hardening of rates
here in New York, and of course that will attract money
from Europe. I believe that before the year is out we
shall receive back some of the $40,000,000 of gold we
have sent abroad since January. Then Chicago and
Cincinnati and other big Western cities have got money
to lend. Of course some of our money will have to go
West and South to move the unprecedentedly large
crops, and I anticipate that the railroad business will
for a long time exceed that of any year. This, with
a fair price for transportation, is bound to induce con-
fidence in railroad property. I am convinced that the