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PIANO AND ORGAN
FELTINGS
WE have received a copy of the new illustrated cata-
logue of C. H. Henning, the well-known piano-manufac-
turer of this city. It is a concise and well gotten-up
pamphlet, containing illustrations of three styles of up-
rights, and a clear and straightforward statement of the
claims of Mr. Henning to his share of the national cus-
tom. Dealers will be interested in this catalogue, the
whole of which may be committed to memory in a few
minutes."
DURING a recent visit to the warerooms of Wm.
Knabe & Co. on Fifth avenue, N. Y., we had the pleas-
ure of inspecting sixteen upright pianos, fifteen being
elegantly finished in plain and one in antique oak, and
the whole having been specially ordered for use in the
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Manhattanville. The
order was taken by Mr. Ferdinand Mayer in June last,
during the erection of the new convent, where the
pianos will probably have been delivered ere we go to
press. In style and tone they are admirable specimens
of the art and skill of the Knabe firm, whose instru-
ments long ago found such abundant favor both among
private purchasers and in conventual and other educa-
tional institutions of the highest order.
C. H. HENNING now occupies three floors of the
building No. 341 East Eleventh street, N. Y., and is
shipping pianos as rapidly as he can make them. Dur-
ing last week he shipped ten instruments, some of which
went to Chicago, and others to Kennedy & Co., of
Dover, Del., who have them on exhibition at the State
Fair in that city. Orders for as many as twelve and
sixteen pianos are constantly being received by this
rising manufacturer, whose facilities are taxed to the
last extremity. He finds it impossible to fill all orders
with the desired promptitude, and contemplates a
speedy increase of his powers of production.
MR. AL BEHNING, the popular and energetic repre-
sentative of the firm of Behning & Son, N Y., recently
started on an extensive tour through the states of New
York and Pennsylvania. He reports trade as being ex-
cellent in the country through which he passed. Dur-
ing his trip, Mr. Behning booked an enormous quantity
of orders for the Behning piano, notably in the cities of
Middletown, N. Y., Wilkesbarre, Pa., Reading, Pa., Leb-
anon, Pa., Harrisburg, Pa., Williamsport, Pa., Altoona,
Pa., Pittsburg, Pa., Olean, N. Y., Buffalo, N. Y., Sus-
pension Bridge, N. Y., and Rochester, N. Y. All the
dealers in these places express themselves as being
highly pleased with the Behning, and report that their
business is steadily improving. We heartily congratu-
late this energetic young hustler upon his marked
success. The house of Behning & Co. are as famous
for the intelligence and push of their members and rep-
resentatives as for their skill in piano-manufacture. The
Behning piano is a first-class instrument, and the deal-
ers who handle it exhibit first-class discrimination and
judgment.
MAURICE A. HAGER, Behning & Son's (N. Y.) agent
at Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge, N. Y., is a
candidate for the post of County Clerk of Niagara
County. If elected, the records of the county will
be in safe hands. Mr. Hager is accustomed to hold
his own amid stormy surroundings. He is an expert
sculler, and it was in his boat that Campbell made his
successful trip through the perils of the Niagara Rapids
THE Atlanta Pianoforte Manufacturing Company,
Atlanta, Ga., that new and promising feature of the
progress of " The New South," is making great strides.
We have before us a number of photographs of their
admirable styles of pianos. They include a fine grand
in Hungarian ash, exquisitely carved and embellished,
and uprights in oak, mahogany, maple, ebony and rose-
wood. The fretwork and engraving which decorate
these latter are simply magnificent. Their general
OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION.
A. B. CROCKER & CO,
Kingston, Essex & Edinboro Streets,
BOSTON, MASS.
THE
Sterling Company,
MASfUFACTlRKRS OF
pmp?
FACTORY:
DERBY, CONN.
It Is admitted by all that no piano ever put upon
the market has met with such success as T E E
STEELING, and thousands will testify to their supeii-
ority of workmanship and durability. Why? Be
cause they are made just as perfect as a pkino can be
made.
THE STERLING ORGAN has always taken the lead,
and the improvements made this year puts it far
ahead of all others. £&- Send for Catalogue.
S. D. SMITH, President.
H. W. SMITH, Vice-President.
E. W. SMITH, Treasurer.
BOSTON, MASS.
LONDON, ENG.
KANSAS CITT, MO.
ORGAN & PIANO Go.
BOSTDN. MASS.
MANUFACTURERS OF
NEW CATALOGUES NOW READY.
CORRESPONDENCE
SOLICITED.
THE SMITH AMERICAN
ORGAN & PIANO CO.,
BOSTON,
Davis Pianos
appearance is graceful to the last degree, and also in-
dicative of great durability. The originality of the
designs will at once make a striking and favorable im-
pression on the mind of the dealer. We are also in
receipt of photographs of the keyboards and actions of
the company's instruments.
The tone of these '• Cooper " pianos, as they are called
(after the name of their introducer, one of the company),
is pronounced wondrously pure, sweet and voluminous.
The " Cooper" is on the high road to fame. The tests
made of it by experts, before critical audiences, have
resulted in the very highest opinions being formed in
regard to it.
WK have received from Messrs. Lyon & Healy, of
Chicago, 111., the " Washburn Souvenir," a tastefully
gotten-up catalogue of the Washburn guitars, mando-
lins and zithers, containing illustrations, full descriptions
and net prices, and twenty art designs embracing por-
traits of the most celebrated pet formers upon, and
teachers of those instruments in the United Stales.
Twentythousand of the Washburn instruments, all of
which are manufactured by Lyon & Healy, are now in
use, and their popularity is ever on the increase. The
testimony of experts in all parts of the country to their
marvellous qualities of tone and durability is practically
unlimited. The Washburn instruments are far superior
to any others of the kind produced in the world.
Changes of climate have no effect upon them. The
most renowned professional players of Italy and other
old-world countries regard them with unbounded aston-
ishment and admiration.
MESSRS. NEWMAN BROTHERS, Chicago, 111., will be
settled in their new factory in that city before the dose
of the present month. The factory is situated at the
corner of Dix and Chicago avenues, is five stories in
height; and measures 55 by 140 feet. Its machinery
will be operated by a 100-horse-power Hamilton-Cor-
liss engine and two large boilers. The dry kilns, engine
room, and stables will be separate from the factory
building. Everything necessary to the production of a
perfect organ will exist in this great establishment.
R. S. HOWARD, representing the New England Piano
Co., Boston, Mass., is making a trip westward. He
reports a great demand for his firm's instruments.
MELVILLE CLARK, of the Story & Clark Organ Com-
pany, Chicago, 111., has invented an excellent stop knob
for reed organs. It is made of the finest mateiial used
in the manufacture of chinaware, and can be decorated
so as to harmonize with the color of any case. The
name cf the knob is put into the material by a firing
process.
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THE W. W. Kimball Co., of Chicago, 111., are doing
an immense business in pianos and organs, including
those of their own manufacture. Notwithstanding their
enormous manufacturing facilities, they are so much
behind on orders that their agents have been notified
that orders must for some time to come be subject to
delay.
MR. BENJAMIN STARR, of James M. Starr & Co.,
Richmond, Ind., reached his home in Indiana on Satur-
day morning last, after a pleasant trip East, during
which he took an active part in the founding of the
Union of Piano and Organ Manufacturers of America.
In a recent letter to Jack Haynes, New York, the Starr
firm mention that they are highly pleased with the
results of that gentleman's efforts in their behalf since
his appointment as their Eastern manager.
JOHN T. MORSE, who has become greatly interested
in the new Koehler Piano Co., New York, has sold out
to Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., of this city, his
magnificent string - manufacturing business, which,
through his ability and enterprise, has acquired a world-
wide reputation.
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT.
Indorsed by Liszt, Gottaohalk, Wehli, Bendel Straus, Soro Abt
Paulus, Titend, Hellbron and Germany's Greatest Masters.
Established Over Hali a Century.
BOSTON, MASS.