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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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R e l i a b l e A g e n t s ' W a n t e d for these incomparable instruments, which
possess many valuable improvements not found in pianos of any other make
Specially adapted as leaders, and sold exclusively as First Grade Instruments.
AHLSTROM PIANOS.
C. A. AHLSTROM,
MANUFACTURER.
Nos. 112, 11* & 116 East 3<1 Street
E S T A B L I S H E D 1875-
THE McCammon Pianoforte Company, Albany, N. Y.,
are flourishing. Mr. E. McCammon has just completed
an extensive business tour, in which he met with great
success among the firm's agents and dealers generally,
having received orders for nearly a thousand pianos.
G. O'CONOR, manufacturer and carver of piano legs,
lyres, and pilasters, 510 & 512 West Thirty-fifth street,
New York city, is overwhelmed with orders. The ex-
cellence of the work done by Mr. O'Conor is recognized
and appreciated throughout the trade.
THERE is no limit to the enterprise of the Sterling
Company, Derby, Conn. Two of their pianos have
been cased up for shipment to Tegucigalpa, Central^
America. During the last week they dispatched some
large orders for organs to Liverpool, London, and
Glasgow.
THE organs manufactured by the Clough & Warren
Company, Detroit, Mich., furnished with the reed and
pipe combination, are superb instruments. The elec-
tric motors by means of which they are operated are
claimed to be the most simple and effective attachments
ever invented for the purpose. This firm are also mak-
ing distinct headway as piano makers.
MR. WILLIAM STEINWAY has presented a $1,500 piano
to the Isabella Heimath, the charitable institution
erected at 190th and 191st streets, N. Y., and presented
to that city by Mr. Oswald Ottendorfer.
THE Guild Piano Manufacturing Co., Boston, Mass.,
informs us that they are " overrun with orders."
HEMME & LONG, San Francisco, Cal., have incorpor-
ated as The Hemme & Long Piano Company, with a
capital of $100,000. The. new company will continue
the manufacture of pianos on a large scale.
THE
A. B. CHASE CO.,
;
Jf OR WALK, OHIO,
P i l p (Hid Organs,
CELEBRATED
FOR
A Remarkably Beep, Rich, Singing Quality of Tone,
Light, Responsive Action, and
Great Durability.
JACK HAYNES, N. Y., returned this week from a very
successful trip through Tennessee, Georgia, the Caro-
linas, and other Southern States, during which he es-
tablished several new agencies for the James M. Starr
& Co. (Richmond, Ind.) pianos, and the Newman
Brothers (Chicago, 111.) organs. Mr. Haynes reports
that since the last-mentioned firm moved into their new
factory they have been able to fill orders with much
greater rapidity than formerly. Mr. Haynes will leave
New York in a few days for his anrtual Western trip
embracing Chicago, 111., and Richmond, Ind.
MR. ROBERT WEISHAC-H, Tacoma, State of Washington,
now occupies his new establishment in that city. These
elegant quarters are well stocked with pianos of various
excellent makes, sheet music and merchandise.
MEHLIN & SONS, N. Y., are having a booming trade.
This is a proof that merit tells. In this case it has told
quickly.
THERE seems to be a good deal of enterprise about
the " Opera" piano of Peek & Son, N. Y, According
to its advertisement, this instrument is determined to
get West ahead of the sun. Peek & Son were always
early risers,
THE under veneers of C. H. O. Houghton, No. 1
West Fourteenth street, N. Y., are in great general de-
mand. They are just what the trade wanted.
BEHR BROTHERS & Co's pianos maintain an undimin-
ished prestige. This firm have just patented another
invention, the effect of which is to purify the tone and
make it more even throughout the scale. Verily the
name of Behr is exalted among piano makers.
THE following prayer was recently composed by a
Reclaimer against the iniquities of current musical criti-
cism : " O Father of all things, of Art as well as journal-
ism, how much longer is this community to be disgraced
by such incompetent dunces as are now permitted to
abuse what is worthy, and to publish falsehoods when
their interests command it ? " We now await the prayer
of the incompetent dunces.—Musical Times.
C. H. HENNING'S piano factory at No.- j^h East
Eleventh street, N. Y., presents an animated scene. It
is with the utmost difficulty that Mr. Ilenning can fill
orders. His pianos are rapidly coming to the front
Hardly a week passes in which he is not called upon to
assign territory. He conducts his business in a thorough,
quiet way, and is " getting there " with a vengeance.
CHARLES N. ROMATNE, of the veneer manufacturing
house of Romaine Bros. & Mannie, Petersburg, Va.,
was not shot during the recent election excitement in
that city, as was reported. Mr. Romaine, as a target
is not y"et in need of any repairs.
VOSE & SONS PIANO CO., Boston, Mass., have at pres-
"Crown" organs, is enjoying a rapidly increasing trade.
During the present year he has sold nearly double the
number of organs turned out by him in 18S8.
iLooK out for the new styles of cases now being per-
fected by the Story & Clark Organ Company, Chicago,
111. Artistic by nature, and fertile in resources, these
manufacturers will shortly prove in a very especial
manner their powers of ministering to the cultured and
refined. .
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C. H. O. HOUGHTON, No. 1 West Fourteenth street,
N. Y., has just received from Turkey a quantity of the
fine figured red wood of that country, to be used in the
manufacture of fancy piano cases. A magnificent piano
of this species of wood was recently manufactured in
Paris for the Sultan's private use.
ent little or no use for travelling men. The orders
received by them directly from dealers for some time
past tax their facilities to the full.
GEORGE P. BENT, Chicago, HI., manufacturer of the
JUDGED by the contented appearance of Mr. Augustus
Baus, the business of Baus & Co., N. Y., must be in a
prosperous condition. We have reliable information
that this firm are by no means inclined to complain.
THE new club house at Montclair, N, J., contains two
magnificent pianos, a Steinway grand and a Shoninger
upright.
Manufacturers of
R. W. TANNER & SON, manufacturers of piano and
organ hardware, Albany, N. Y., report a good business
and excellent prospects.
MR. J. W. CURRIER, NO. 18 East' Seventeenth street,
N. Y., manager of the Vocalion Organ in this cky, is
enthusiastic over the increase in the sales of that instru-
ment. The Vocalion is highly commended for its power
and tonal quality.
JAMESTOWN, N. Y.
Wor the Fall Trade
THEY OFFER
NEW STYLESJF ORGANS.
NEW AND NOVEL FEATURES
WITH
Great Improvements.
A full iine of Organs with French Plate
Mirrors.
Send for Catalogues and Net Prices.
THE A. B. CHASE CO.,
NOR WALK, OHIO.
MR. L. M. PIERCE, of Springfield, Mass., is building
a music store in Holyoke, Mass., which will be com-
dieted about the 15th inst., and used as a brati< h of his
store at Springfield. Mr. Pierce is a first class sales-
man and man of business generally. His new venture
promises to be eminently successful. His leading in-
struments are the Sohmer and Sterling pianos, of which
he has sold a large number in Springfield,
MR. CLARENCE EDDY has been appointed director of
ihe organ department of the Chicago (111,) Conservatory
HENRY WALLER, the distinguished concert pianist,
now located at Louisville, Ky.,has made a brilliant suc-
cess at his recent concerts in that city, at which he has
used the Henry F. Miller Artist Grand piano.
A. C MOORE, recently with the Smith-American
Organ Co., Boston, Mass., has taken the position of
head salesman with the Montgomery Music iStbre,
Portsmouth, N. H.
STKAUCH BROTHERS. N. Y., the pianoforte action
makers, are having, to say the least, their full share of
trade. ^ hey are running their factory until 8 p. m.
daily in the effort to keep abreast of orders.
THE Emerson Piano Company's (Boston, Mass.)
New York branch have secured the services of Mr, W.
A. White, formerly with Horace Waters & Co.
C. W. DRUCKENMHXER of Owego. N. Y., will open
piano and organ warerooms in that city early next
month.
On Hit that Hardman, Peck & Co., N. Y., intend to
establish piano rooms in Chicago, 111.
MR, O. BRAUMULLER, of the Braumuller Co., N. Y.,
was in Chicago, 111,, last week,
" MONEY," says Presto, " has been referred to as the
root of all evil." By whom ? " The love of money is
the root of all evil," says Timothy (I Tim., VI. ID), but
that is a very different thing. Our esteem for our con-
temporaries leads us to impress upon them the necessity
and value of accuracy.