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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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jkfnsN the next Congress at Washington the
(sW> music trade will have two active repre-
sentatives, Mr. C. G. Conn, the well-known
manufacturer of band instruments, Elkhart,
~< Ind., and Mr. Johnston Cornish, of Cornish &
Co., piano and organ manufacturers, Washing-
ton, N. J.
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3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
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Braumuller Co. may be reckoned among
the busiest concerns in New York. They
are working early and late to fill their orders
with promptitude. Their instruments contain
many improvements which quickly commend
them to the trade and the public. Dealers
visiting New York should be sure and call at
the Braumuller factory. It is less than ten
minutes from any hotel in Union Square. They
will there see much to interest them and to ad-
mire in the line of piano construction.
another portion of this paper we print an
interesting article carefully compiled by
our Washington correspondent. It is entitled
'' Further Facts and Figures From the Census,
Gleaned at the National Capital." It is an in-
teresting statement of facts and figures relating
to the musical industries of Chicago, and is a
careful compilation of facts concerning the great
development of music trade industries in the
metropolis of the West.
We desire to state in this connection that this
matter has been specially prepared for THE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, is authentic in every
particular according to the statistics at Wash-
ington, and
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW is
the
first paper having the enterprise to obtain these
facts and publish them for the benefit of the
music trade.
THE A. B. CHASE CO. IN BOSTON.
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P. CUMMINGS & CO., the well
*cp known dealers of Boston, Mass., will
shortly enter the domain of piano manufactur-
ing. A number of instruments made by them
will soon be ready for inspection.
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HE A. B. Chase Co., of Norwalk, Ohio, have
completed arrangements with the Oliver
Entered at the Neiv York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
Ditson Company, Boston, whereby the great
Boston firm will hereafter carry a full line of the
justly popular A. B. Chase pianos. The first
order placed with the Norwalk firm was for
Cornett Piano Co. has recently been twenty-five pianos for immediate shipment.
reorganized, and is now on a firmer finan- The Oliver Ditson Company have, after careful
cial footing than ever before. Mr. H. M. Cor- consideration, decided that the A. B. Chase
nett will, as heretofore, supervise the construc- pianos are instruments of great merit and artis-
tion of the pianos in every detail. Business tic value, and will give them a prominent posi-
tion in their wareroom. In addition to Boston
with the concern is unusually brisk.
they will control considerable territory in Mas-
sachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.
'R. FREEBORN G. SMITH, the proprie-
This move establishes for the Norwalk firm a
tor of several piano factories and many
tbe cmf tfeit
omplete
line of agencies in the principal cities
branch houses, is always busy superintending
Her t|a *r»g thai unit tm&
his vast commercial enterprises and laying out from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. In Boston
For tfee future in the fotaaee
plans for further conquests. Business is superb the Oliver Ditson Company; Chicago, Lyon,
with him in every section, and the "old and Potter & Company; San Francisco, Kohler &
reliable Bradbury '' piano continues to grow in Chase. We emphasize these cities specially
as they are the principal distributing centres
favor with the trade and the public.
for the Atlantic coast, Mississippi valley and
Pacific coast trade. In many other cities they
t h e last m e e t i n g of t h e P i a n o Manufac-
Emerson Piano Co. have recently con- have well-established agencies with representa-
t u r e r s ' Association of New York City
eluded arrangements whereby they will tive houses. In fact it has been the policy of
and Vicinity, held N o v e m b e r 15th, t h e Weber
open a branch of their business in Chicago, the A. B. Chase Co. to place their pianos only
P i a n o Co. was a d m i t t e d to m e m b e r s h i p . A
having secured quarters in that city at No. 218 with representative firms, and their list of agen-
n o m i n a t i n g committee was appointed to present
Wabash avenue, an admirable location for the cies is perhaps to-day unsurpassed by that of
n a m e s of officers for t h e Association for t h e en
distribution of their wares in the Western any other manufacturing firm.
s u i n g year.
T h e question of awards at t h e
metropolis. The manager of this Western
W o r l d ' s F a i r was also b r o u g h t before t h e meet-
branch will be Mr. J. W. Northrup, who for
ing, a n d resolutions were passed e n d o r s i n g t h e
HARDMAN AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.
many years has been associated with the W.
action of t h e Association last s p r i n g in t h i s
URING the past two weeks the allotment of
W. Kimball Co.
matter, w h i c h was in effect t h a t t h e Associa-
space to the various exhibitors in the mu-
t i o n as a body were firmly opposed to g i v i n g
sic trade has been steadily going on, and a large
territory for the agency of the Emerson
awards on pianos at t h e great Fair.
number of applicants have received notification
piano, formerly controlled by the W. W.
of the space and location allotted to them. The
MM J. W H I T N E Y , head of t h e g r e a t firm of Kimball Co., has been gradually reduced, and
music trade exhibit will be located in the south-
*$&' C. J. W h i t n e y & Co., Detroit, Mich., the firm will now control Chicago and adjacent east corner of the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts
was in t o w n t h i s week selecting a stock of territory direct from the parent house at Boston.
Building, containing 67,000 square feet of space.
S t e i n w a y p i a n o s for h i s Detroit e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
In another portion of this paper we reproduce the
official
plan of the ground floor of this building.
'ESSRS. BEHNING & SONS have just
S T E I N E R T , a c c o m p a n i e d by h i s
scored another success which shows the It will be seen from this that the music exhibit
son Albert, arrived W e d n e s d a y from E u - high appreciation with which their instruments will be in Department I. The diagram which
we present to our readers will show the relative
rope on t h e s t e a m s h i p City of P a r i s . Mr. Stei- are regarded in this city. They have received
nert's exhibition of old instruments at the Vi- an order for six square pianos for the public size of the music trade exhibit compared with
enna Exposition, created widespread admira- schools of New York City. Coming, as this the entire area of space in the building.
Messrs. Hardman, Peck & Co., the eminent
tion throughout Europe, and elicited the warm- order does, unsolicited, it may be regarded as a
high compliment to the Behning instruments.
piano manufacturers of New York City, have
est praise from the European press.
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