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J. if. Steger.
- t h e subject of this
—^>~ sketch, was born in Ulm, Wiirternberg,
in the early fifties. In 1879 he commenced in
the piano business in Chicago. He found his
quarters on State street inadequate to meet the
demands of his steadily growing business, and
now he occupies the entire building at 235
Wabash avenue, known as the Steger Building.
This location is a splendid one for the retail
trade, and the establishment is tastefully fitted
up throughout. The Steger quarters have
always been a favorite calling place for travel-
ing salesmen, who are ever sure of a hearty
welcome from the genial proprietor.
The business of Steger & Co. is steadily ex-
panding, and aside from an extensive retail
trade they control a considerable wholesale
trade tributary to Chicago. During the present
year the firm of Steger & Co. became incorpor-
ated, Mr. Steger admitting into partnership two
younger members, Messrs. Rapp and Harcourt.
Being desirous of entering the domain of piano
manufacturing, the firm have erected a magni-
ficent structure at Columbia Heights, which has
been specially planned and built for the manu-
facture of pianos. The Steger piano seems des-
tined to become popular, as, although the firm
have been manufacturing but comparatively a
short time, they are compelled to run their fac-
tory over time in order to keep up with the
orders that crowd in upon them.
The remarkable success achieved by Mr.
Steger in the field of his operations is due to his
original methods of conducting business backed
b} T a thorough knowledge of his trade.
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STEGER
which to see the Fair, and hear the great
choral and orchestral concerts given under
the auspices of the Bureau of Music.
Delegates from all the best musical clubs
in America are expected to attend these
conventions, and each club is invited to
send its president and as large a number
of its active members as possible.
The president of each club will be expec-
ted to read a ten-minute paper sketching
the character, objects, and methods of work
of her club, after which thirty minutes will
be allowed in which the best executants
of the club, either vocal or instrumental,
or both, will be expected to perform a
shoTt program. In all, forty minutes will
be allotted to each club in which to make
its exhibit before the other clubs of the con-
vention.
A diploma of honor will be awarded
to those clubs whose work comes up
to the highest standard. After each
session, the Amateur Musical Club of
Chicago will entertain the visiting clubs,
refreshments will be served, and care will
be taken to introduce the visiting clubs
to each other and give opportunity for
social conversation.
The Bureau of Music and the Board of Lady
Managers believe that these meetings of
Women's Amateur Musical Clubs from widely
separated parts of America will be productive of
very important results, by showing the world
the character and quality of the educational work
being accomplished by women in this direction,
by stimulating the formation of similar clubs in
places where they do not yet exist, and by the
interchange of ideas which will take place
amongst clubs whose homes, objects, and meth-
ods of work are so widely diverse.
(Signed)
COMMITTEE ON MUSIC, WOMAN'S BUILDING.
Sfo HE Bureau of Music of the World's Colutn-
•>& bian Exposition and the Board of Lady
Managers of the World's Columbian Commis-
sion, are desirous of making a complete exhibi-
tion of the work of the Women's Amateur Musi-
cal Clubs of America. Six conventions of
Women's Amateur Musical Clubs have, there-
fore, been appointed to be held during the Fair,
in the Woman's Building, according to the fol-
lowing plan:
Each convention will last four days, and the
hours for its sessions will be so arranged that
those who attend will have ample time free in
p/atiopal ^observatory Of
Of pmeriea,
NOS. 126 & 128 EAST 17TH STREET, NEW YORK.
Semi-Annual Entrance Examination of
The National Conservatory of Music, Nos.
126 & 128 East 17th street, New York, will be
held as follows :
Composition—January 9th, 1893, from 9 A. M.
to 12 M.
Piano and Organ—January 10th, 9 A. M. to
12 M., and 2 to 5 P. M.
Harp, 'Cello, and all other Orchestral Instru-
ments—January n t h , from 9 A. M. to 12 M.
Violin—January nth, 2 to 5 P. M.
Orchestra—January n t h , from 4 to 6 P. M.
Voice—January 12th and 13th, from 9 A. M.
to 12 M.; 2 to 5 P. M.; and January 13th, from
8 to 10 P. M.
Chorus—January 13th, from 8 to 10 P. M.
The object of the National Conservatory of
Music being the advancement of music in the
United States through the development of
American talent, applications for admission into
the classes of the Conservatory are hereby in-
vited. It is expected that positive aptitude
shall be shown by the candidates for admission,
without regard to the applicant's stage of pro-
gress, and that his or her desire to receive the
instruction imparted in the Conservatory shall
be the outcome of a serious and well-defined
purpose. The successful candidates will enjoy
the tuition of the best teachers that can be en-
gaged, and, after graduation, will be afforded
opportunities of making known their accomp-
lishments, thus securing engagements. The
conditions of admission as to fees, etc. (varying
according to the classification of the pupil), are
determined by the Board of Directors. Instruc-
tion in all branches will be given free to students
whose talent and circumstances warrant it. The
course embraces tuition in singing, operatic
and miscellaneous, solfeggio and theory of
music, stage deportment, elocution, fencing and
Italian, piano, organ, harp, violin, viola, 'cello,
flute, oboe, clarionet, bassoon, French horn,
cornet, trombone, harmony, counterpoint and
composition, history of music, chamber music,
orchestra and chorus.
Exposition Qtyoral f
CUSTOM HOUSE, BOSTON, MASS.,
Collector's Office, Dec. 17, 1892.
Exportation of Musical Instruments from the
Port of Boston, Month ending Nov., 1892.
To Germany :
Five (5) organs
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$ 2 5°
To Netherlands :
Seventeen (17) organs
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$1,040
To England :
Five hundred and one (501)
organs
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$25,315
Two (2) pianos -
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500
All other and parts of -
- 5,014
$30,829
Bureau Of (T\usie at tl?
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To Nova Scotia, etc. :
Five (5) organs
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$315
Four (4) pianos
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- 1,000
All other and parts of
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$i,394
To British East Indies :
Six (6) organs
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Total
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.
$621
$34,134
Importations of Musical Instruments into the
Port of Boston, Month of November, 1892.
Countries :
Belgium
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$96
France . . . .
-$3,969
Germany
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- $5,111
England
. . . .
$641
$9,817
7, 8 and 9, 1893, are the days appointed
for the choral festival at the World's
Columbian Exposition by representative East-
ern oratorio societies, and the following program
has been selected :
June 7, Cantata, " Festo Ascensionis Christi, "
Bach. " Israel in Egypt " Selections, Handel.
June 8, " Elijah," Mendelssohn.
June 9, " Hallelujah " Cantata, Opus 50, A.
Becker. Selections, "Moses," Rubinstein.
Vorspiel, Quinttt, Chorus from third act, " Die
Meistersinger," Wagner.
These concerts will be given in Festival Hall,
which has a sealing capacity of 6,500, and in
association with the Exposition Festival Orches-
tra, numbering 200 players, organ and eminent
soloists.
THE; largest tuning fork ever manufactured
was one recently made at Hanau for the Physio-
logical Institute at Leipsic, and weighs 27 kilo-
grammes, or a little over 72 lb. and gives 14
double oscillations a second.
WE regret to learn of the death of Mr. Victor
S. Flechter's father, who recently died in Cin-
cinnati, O. The deceased was seventy years of
age, and in life was respected, in death is
mourned by all those who knew him during his
long residence in that city.