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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
& Clark organs the Case 720 and Style 61 had
a very large sale, and a still larger sale is pre-
dicted for the new cheap Style 71, with mirror
top, which the Story & Clark Organ Co. are
just bringing out.
notice that the German piano manufac-
turers are about to follow the example of
their American brethren, as Mr. William Stein-
way told our representative on his return from
Europe. On October 25th a meeting was held
in Leipzig for the purpose of forming an asso-
ciation of pianoforte makers. Mr. C. Bechstein,
of Berlin, was unanimously elected chairman of
the association. Mr. Julius Bliithner, of Leip-
zig, and Mr. Adolf Schiedmayer, of Schiedmayer
& Sons, Stuttgart, were elected vice-presidents,
and the following are members of the committee,
to wit:—Messrs. August Grand (A. Grand, Ber-
lin) ; Eduard Rachals (M. F. Rachals & Co.,
Hamburg) ; Wilhelm Grotrian (Grotrian, Helffe-
rich, Schulz, Th. Steinweg Nachf., Brunswick);
Hermann Feurich (Julius Feurich, Leipzig;
Albert Ronisch,(Carl Ronisch, Dresden); Eduard
Sponnagel (Selinke & Sponnagel, Liegnitz);
Carl Mand (Carl Mand, Coblenz); Heinrich Kaim
F Kaim &Sohn, Kirchheimu. Teck); and Fritz
Scheel (Carl Scheel, Cassel).
A NATIONAL UNION OF PIANO
WORKERS.
HE tendency of the times is gravitating 1
rapidly towards associations or unions of
all lines of trade. This is true not only of
manufacturers but of workmen in the various
departments of labor. In the piano trade we
have the Manufacturers' Association, formed
for business and social purposes ; the Tuners'
Association, formed for protection against the
itinerant or irresponsible tuner; the Piano
Makers' Union, which is purely a labor organ-
ization and which now seems to be assuming
national shape. A dispatch from Boston dated
December 8, says :
" It is learned here that the pianforte workers
of Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Boston and
other centers of the pianoforte manufacturing
industry have decided to organize a national
union. The formation of a national union was
initiated by the Piano Varnishers' and Polish-
ers' Union of this city, and they have applied
to the American Federation of Labor for a char-
ter. Immediately upon the receipt of a charter
a national convention will be held, and the
union organized by the general organizer of the
American Federation of Labor. The organiza-
tion will include every man employed about a
piano factory as a day worker.''
f
Jl?e Barker fflogtl? for Busl?.
Bush & Gerts Piano Co., of Chicago,
have every reason to feel gratified at the
volume of business they are conducting. In a
recent
communication they say :
1
' We would like to have you make note of
the fact that the month of November was the
largest month in the history of our trade, our
shipments aggregating very close to three hun-
dred and fifty pianos, and the first five days of
December we have shipped out eighty pianos.
Our eastern trade is especially gratifying, as
nearly one-third of our pianos shipped during
the month of November went east of Ohio, which
is virtually ' bearding the lion in his den.' "
^3? HE undersigned firm beg leave to call atten-
-
The reputation of the senior member of this
firm, who has been established in this country
as a maker of violins, violas and cellos since the
year 1847, a n d for the past twenty years in
Astoria, N. Y., is too well known to make any
comment necessary. In view of the fact, how-
ever, that artists, amateurs and lovers .of the
violin in general, have in many instances been
imposed upon by misrepresentations in reference
to instruments purporting to be made by the
" world renowned Gemiinder, " we desire to em-
phasize most particularly that the only instru-
ments to which the term "world renowned
Gemiinder " violins, etc., can justly be applied
are those heretofore made by George Gemiinder,
and hereafter by the firm of George Gemiinder
& Sons, at 27 Union Square, New York City.
Having secured large and commodious pre-
mises at the above address, we are now in the
position to offer to our patrons a very large and
complete stock of violins, violas and cellos of
many makers, both old and modern ; also a
large assortment of cases, bows and strings of
every description; in short anything in the
violin line. We have also added a new depart-
ment containing a fine stock of American made
guitars and mandolins of all styles and prices.
The department for the repairing and recon-
struction, the restoration and tone improvement
of violins, violas and cellos is under the per-
sonal supervision of the members of the firm.
The high standard of work in the line of fine
and artistic repairing, for which the name
" Geo. Gemiinder " has become celebrated, will
be strictly maintained.
To avoid mistakes, so often made when in-
tended to communicate with the ' • world re-
nowned Gemiinder," we especially draw the
attention to address all correspondence to
GEORGE GEMUNDER & SONS,
27 Union Square, New York City.
Continued from first page.
test. The fiddlers won the toss, and took the
inside, with the chandeliers right in their eyes.
The umpire, with a small stick, also acted as
starter.
Just before the start he stood upon a small
cheese-box, with a lunch counter before him,
and shook his stick at the entries to keep them
down. The contestants first started it to
" Landliche Hochzect," by Goldmark, Op. 26.
They got off nearly even, one of the fiddles
gently leading. The man with the French horn
tried to call them back, but they settled down
to work at a slogging gate, with the big fiddle
bringing up the rear.
At the first quarter of the course the little
black whistle broke badly and went into the
air, but the fiddles on the left kept well together
and struck up a rattling gait. At the halfway,
the man with the trombone showed signs of
fatigue. There was a little bobtailed flute which
wrestled sadly with the bugle at the mile, but
he was wind-broken and wheezed.
The big fat bugle kept calling " w h o a " all
the time, but he seemed to keep up with the
rest till the end of the race. They all came un-
der the string in good order, but the judge on
the cheese-box seemed to reserve his opinion.
He seemed tired, and the contestants went out
to find their bottle-holder and get read}- for the
Beethoven handicap. It was a nice exhibition,
but tiresome to the contestants. All bets are
off.
THE REVIEWER.
375
Ear appliance or instrument for teachers of
music, etc., No. 486,725, G. Mellor.
Music leaf turner, No. 486,573, A. F. Vorce.
Upright piano action, No. 486,808, G. M.
Guild.
Pianoforte action, No. 486,500, J. H. Phelps.
Piano tuning pin, No. 486,561, H. B. Enos.
DOUBLE PIANO STOOI,.—John
J.
Hering.
Seattle, Washington. The two seats of this
stool are movable toward and from each other
on a verticallj T adjustable base, each seat also
having an independent vertical adjustment. It
may be used as an ordinary single stool, or may
be quickly adjusted to form two seats, each of a
different height if desired.—Scientific American.
Trade (T)arKs.
Pianos, No. 22,048, F. G. Smith.
P. J. HEALY, of the firm of Lyon & Healy,
of Chicago, has been in town visiting E.
McCammon and inspecting the factory of the
McCammon company. The firm of which Mr.
Healy is a member is one of the largest dealing
in pianos in the world, and before leaving he
left a large order for McCammon's.—Oneonta
Star, Dec. 2d.
R. W. HUGHES, organ manufacturer of Fox-
croft, Me., has been in Old Town, Me., this
week on business.
MARVIN WHITTAKER
&
LEWIS SCRIVEN.
Hoosaic Falls, N. Y., have purchased organs
from Cluett & Sons through their local agent,
Mr. G. W. B. Wells.
T. H. RILEY has sold his restaurant in Rome,
N. Y., but will stay in Rome and devote his time
to his music business.
MESSRS. TALISMAN & HARRIS, Nyack, N. Y.,
have moved into their new quarters, corner
Main street and Broadway, and fitted out tlieir
place with pianos, organs and musical instm-
ments of all kinds.
GOETZ & Co., at 81 and 83 Court street,
Brooklyn, are celebrating their thirty-fifth anni-
versary by sending out souvenir catalogues con-
taining a large amount of choice music.
FIRE broke out in the building occupied by
A. W. Turner and the Macon Light Infantry at
Atlanta, Ga. The infantry lost a large quantity
of equipments, and Card's band lost instruments
amounting in value to $500.
A NEW industry has been started in Mauch
Chunk, Pa., by Bert Moyer. The proprietor is
now buying up all the old bedsteads he can find.
He says he will manufacture them into Italian
harps.
LAST Saturday evening the Republicans con-
nected with the house of Lyon & Healy, Chi-
cago, treated the Democrats connected with the
same house to a splendid dinner at the Hotel
Victoria in that city. The menu card was got
up in a unique and decidedly humorous man-
ner, the titles of the various viands contain-
ing comical allusions to circumstances of the
political campaign. The occasion was charac-
terized by the most cordial hilarity, and victors
and vanquished enjoyed themselves to their
hearts' content.