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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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A NEW ACTION.
KSSRS. MERKKIy & MERSMAN extend
an invitation to the members of the
music trade to visit Hotel Kensington, next
week, and investigate the merits of a new action
invented by Mr. L. C. Merkel, of St. Louis, who
will be present with Mr. Mersman to exhibit his
invention, which is already placed in upright
pianos so that its effect can be carefully studied.
The manufacturers are always ready to investi-
gate the merits of new inventions, and will, no
doubt, study this invention carefully. A cordial
invitation is extended to all members of the
trade and musicians to test the merits of this
new action.
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THE ROOSEVELT BUSINESS.
some time past it has been rumored
that Frank Roosevelt, proprietor of the
Roosevelt organ works, New York, would dis-
continue the manufacture of pipe organs ; also
that the Roosevelt name would not be used by
any other firm. The latest advices, however, are
that Messrs. Farrand & Votey, of Detroit, Mich.,
have purchased the entire stock, together with
the good-will of the firm, and will manufacture
the Roosevelt organs in Detroit.
desire to announce that Mr. Draper E.
Fralick, who recently resigned his posi-
tion as editor of Presto, Chicago, has joined the
staff of this paper. Mr. Fralick has had an all-
around experience as a newspaper man and
writer, and is well known to members of the
Chicago trade. He will make a thorough trip
through the country, visiting many points on
his way East.
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It is said that the little horse is Mate's hobby,
and that when not engaged in hurling scathing
condemnation at the heads of stencil dealers,
and writing p;eans of praise of stencil manu-
facturers who make the pianos, he amuses him-
self by leading this little horse on wheels back
and forth over the floor of the Courier office,
thus recalling the innocent days of childhood
and forgetting for a while the unholy cause of
the stencilers. It is also said that during these
reveries, these moments of calm and placid
recollection of childhood, his whole mind be-
comes pacified, and at such times his heart is
frequently assailed by the pangs of conscience.
That after such periods he has become purified
to such an extent that his first impulse is to
seize his pen and write laudatory articles con-
cerning Gildemeester and others whom he has
persistently traduced for years. It is further
said that the jingle of the golden guinea assists
his pen in its rapid movements across the page
while writing of these once abused persons. It
is likewise said that while the gaslight flickers
from the student's lamp, and the little horse
rattles back and forth over the floor, the tears
course down the smooth cheeks of the con-
science-stricken man, and he cries aloud, " O,
happy days of childhood ! O, stencil days of
Baltimore ! Wilt thou return again ? ''
If the little horse, poor innocent toy, creates
this change of heart, this softening and sooth-
ing feeling, no doubt there could be a fund
raised at once to purchase Marc a pair of rock-
ing-horses and thus double the source of his
childlike inspiration. We can now readily un-
derstand why turf terms are frequently found
in the Courier; such expressions as "running
favorites," " a good trotter," "will make a
strong run," " g e t up and hump yourselves,"
etc.
European correspondent, Mr. Daniel
Spillane, is back from his travels. Mr.
Spillane has given to the readers of THIS MUSIC
the countless processions that during the
present year will meet and march to com-
memorate the discovery of this Continent, four
hundred years ago, New York, as in almost
everything else, will lead the way.
Jjp? USINESS in the metropolis and elsewhere
(9*3F has, during the past ten days, taken a
decided boom. Manufacturers who, a short
time ago, were complaining of the slackness of
orders, are now having demands made upon
them which keep them exceedingly busy. It
seems that 1892 will be an exceptionally good
year for business, or at least the last three
months will make a magnificent showing. This
condition is exceedingly encouraging when we
consider that presidential years are generally
looked upon as '' off " years for business.
TRADE; REVIEW the best descriptions of the mu-
sical industries of Europe that have ever been
printed in an American paper.
§
N another portion of this paper we print a
poem on the late P. S. Gilmore, written
reflection upon the origin of the
inelegant phrase used recently by Blu-
menburg, '' Get up and hump yourself,'' has
suggested the idea that a '' pack peddler '' might
have been addressed thus when he was decided-
ly in the way.
Sau/ tl?e parad?.
expressly for THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW by
Mary J. Holmes.
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members of the music trade who
^=» saw last Wednesday's procession from the
warerooms were:
THE PASSING OF THE COURIER.
At the A. B. Chase Co. 's establishment were
Mr.
E. F. Droop, Washington, D. C ; J. F. Allen,
September 28 until October 19 there
of Philadelphia, and John Davenport and Daniel
will be but one issue of The Musical
F. Treacy, the piano plate makers of this city.
Courier. In the minds of a great number of our At the Shoninger rooms were J. H. Van Auken,
readers that is quite often enough. This inter- of Schenectady, N. Y. ; R. C. Burton, Utica, N.
val of time would have been sufficient, it seems Y. ; M. J. Dewey, Oneida, N. Y., and S. A.
to us, to have brought out one number contain- Ward, of Newark, N. J. At the Starr piano
ing some merit. A number which would have warerooms on Seventeenth street Jack Haynes
entertained the following: J. H. Kurzenknabe, Sr.,
contained something besides the opinions of of J. H. Kurzenknabe > & Sons, Harrisburg, Pa. ;
is stated that Mr. K. W. Reeves, conductor dealers on the commission evil, and a supple- J. E. Hunt, Pawling, N. Y.; Williams & Butler,
of the American Band of Providence, K. I., ment giving views of the offices of the Courier. of Butler, Pa.; Mr. Mackie, of the Mackie Piano,
has been asked to accept the leadership of Gil- Perhaps the view in "President Marc's" office Organ and Music Co., Rochester, N. Y.; F. M.
Hulett, Plainfield, N. J.; Charles Jacobs and
more's Band, and it is believed that he will not of the little rocking-horse in the corner was family, of this city. At the Steck warerooms
decline. The members of Gilinore's Band have sufficient to compensate his admirers for the were C.'J. Heppe and Florence Heppe, of Phila-
recently held a meeting, and have resolved to loss of one half a month's publication of the delphia, Pa. C. W. Harris, of Troy, N. Y., was
paper.
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at Gordon's rooms.
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maintain the band on its old footing.