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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
Continued from Page 560.
/TVitteriQgs.
found business very good since our removal,
both in the Bluthner and Chickering.
I expect to take a week's vacation commenc-
ing to-morrow, the first I have taken in six
years. I shall probably take my horse and drive
through the country. I don't know now where
I shall bring up. If you were only in Boston I
would take you along.
Yours hastily,
C H A R L E S P. CUMMINGS.
A N N ARBOR, M I C H . , J u l y 16, 1892.
E D W A R D LYMAN BILL,
New York City, N. Y.
DEAR S I R : We have just sold to the Univers-
ity School of Music two Mehlin upright grand
pianos, and one Steinway grand, to be used in
the school. The committee, of which Prof.
Stanley, professor of music in the University of
Michigan, was chairman, gave the matter seri-
ous consideration, and nearly all the prominent
manufacturers were in competition with us.
Prof. Stanley, however, had used a Mehlin
grand in his house for the past year, and from
his experience believed the Mehlin to be the
most suitable piano for the purpose, and chose
these with the Steinway for the school. With
It is a splendid thing to be appreciated. Sev-
eral dealers from out-of-town told me last week
that I was the only editor of any ability worth
talking about in the country. Harry B., James
G., H. and all the boys say the same thing.
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I '11 be awfully lonesome for Otto while he is
away in Europe this summer. Otto is funny,
any way, but he is pretty easy to pull with. Of
course he admits my superior genius. Besides,
I'm the man with V de pull—see! " Excuse me
for getting in a blast upon my own bugle.
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I can't see for the life of me why the members
of the Association advertise in any paper only
the Scourier. They must be a lot of mugs, any-
way. Why only for the Scourier the Association
wouldn't live a day. Of course they must ad-
vertise in the Scourier; it is the only paper
which goes through the mails—I arranged all
that with Wanamaker—but I can't understand
why they give that so called trade paper, T H E
MUSIC T R A D E R E V I E W , SO much support.
Was
there ever such a lot of idiots ? It makes me
tired.
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best wishes for T H E MUSIC T R A D E R E V I E W , we
are,
Very truly yours,
T H E A N N ARBOR ORGAN C O .
Per Lew H. Clement,
Secretary and Manager.
CUSTOM HOUSE, BOSTON, MASS.,
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Collectors Office, July 18, 1892.
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Exportation of Musical Instruments from the
Port of Boston, Month ending June 30th, 1892.
To Austrian-Hungary:
One (1) piano :
$300
To Netherlands :
Twenty-five (25) organs -
1,610
To England :
One hundred and seven (107) organs
All other and parts of
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6,778
937
7,7i5
To Nova Scotia:
Six (6) pianos
All other and parts of -
1,370
92
$1,462
To Br. West Indies :
Three (3) organs
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All other and parts of -
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150
25
$i75
$11,262
Importations of Musical Instruments into the
Port of Boston, Month of June, 1892:
Countries :
Austria
France
Germany
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England
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$164
1,255
13,095
$6j
$15,081
The Scourieri&oesn. 't care a continental about
any piano manufacturer. W h y the members of
the Symphony and Oratorio Societies alone con-
tribute as much in subscriptions as the piano
makers do in patronage. I'm the only trade
editor in this country anyhow. Harry B., James
G. and all the boys say that. Otto says the
same.
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Great Scott! what a place Cincinnati is. I
was out there a couple of days ago on a steer and
had a good time. I stopped over at a certain
city coming home to give a certain manufact-
urer a few points on making pianos. What's
the good of a trade editor anyhow if he can't
teach people like Mehlin, Conover, Kroeger and
all those how to run things when they get into
a hole? Harry B., James G. and all the boys
say the same thing.
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That reminds me. A certain piano firm were
in a big hole two weeks ago. It was I who
pulled them through. They couldn't tune a lot
of pianos up to A—two hundred and something,
so they sent for me. I got a fork in Dolge's,
tested it by the tonometer and went over to
their shop and fixed things up. Harry B.,
James G. and the boys say that they never saw
such a clever thing.
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This is on the dead level ! A couple of jay
dealers dropped in last week to the office. I
gave one of the boys a tip. The jays wanted
to see the town ; they had a little loose currency
and were too fresh, so the boys thought it would
be proper to cool them. About five o'clock they
were seen around West 16th street with one of
the fellows from the office. Next morning I got
a note from the 24th Precint Station House.
That day they left town. The boys haven't left
off laughing since.
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I was talking high art with Seidl, young
Damrosch, J. G. Blaine, Carnegie, and a few
others last week. Seidl thinks that too much
ratiocination in the prerogatives of the sym-
phony form is destructive to reciprocal relations
between the high-class musician and his hearer.
That is perfectly correct. The canons of classi-
cal music cannot be repeated too often. Carne-
gie thinks that this is to be a warm summer.
I was trying to pump Carnegie on his bank ac-
count. Blaine passed some remarks upon his
future political plans but they were strictly
private of course.
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Talking of classical music reminds me. Years
ago, when I used to swap square pianos in Balti-
more, I attended all the high-class events there.
The Baltimore magazines used to be filled with
articles on the art and the universities drew very
large classes. A lot of colored kuckoons got into
the swim at last with their banjo business and I
left off. When I took u p with Otto and Wagner
a few years ago, I got into the thing again ;
though Wagner was not quite popular in Balti-
more. I was telling the boys about some of
my experiences in the Monumental city, the
other day, and Harry B., J. G., and all of them
were dropping down from sheer fun.
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Wagner is not understood by everybody. He
is very deep. I repeat it, Wagner is very deep.
You may appreciate his music when you have a
lively beer j a g on, but you can't understand him
if you are not in touch with his profound philoso-
phy. Look at Siegfried for instance ! Isn 't that
a grand caution ? They call Wagner a pagan,
but he wasn't. I'm sure he wasn't, for Krehbiel
and Otto told me so. Harry B., J. G., and the
boys say the same and whatever any member of
the Scourier staff says, goes ! Write that down
on your hat and don't forget it.
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Our circulation last week was 100,000. This
is bona fide. All our books are open for inspec-
tion. John Wanamaker, Harry B., James G.,
and all the boys will swear to that. How's that,
eh ? What's the use of a trade paper, anyhow,
if it doesn 't come back in tons every week ?
Cock-a-doodle-doo !
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P. S.—I have just heard from an authoritative
and exclusive source that four certain piano
manufacturers are about to suspend within a
few days. We told you so ! If those houses
had only advertised in the Scourier they would
not have cause to rue the day. It pays to sup-
port a good thing, eh ? Harry B., James G., and
all the boys say the same thing ; Otto does also.
MARC ANNANIUS.
" T H E L E G E N D O F CHIBIABOS " is the title of
a very elegant brochure forwarded us by the
Wilcox & White Organ Co. The "Legend " is
one of those contained in Longfellow's " H i a -
watha, '' and the story is very interesting. The
little book is most artistically printed and en-
graved, and contains some very highly com-
mendatory notices of the Wilcox & White in-
struments written by musicians and others of
the highest standing.
T H E National Association of Piano Tuners has
been incorporated at Chicago, 111. B. F . Carr,
H. E. Shephard, J. H . Strong, incorporators.
M R . A. J. KIEKHOFER, well known in musical
circles of Baltimore and Washington, celebrated
his 88th birthday at his residence, 607 North
Mount street, near Edmonson avenue, Ellicott
City, Md. ( on July 7th.
W A R R A N T S are out for the apprehension of
Peter Nelson, late manager of the defunct Rock-
ford Piano Company of Rockford, 111. Charge
is made that he obtained money under false pre-
tenses and sold pianos upon which he had pre-
viously given a chattel mortgage. Factory is
still in the hands of the sheriff, and Nelson's
whereabouts is unknown.