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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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We hereby tender thanks to our numerous
friends for favors already shown us, and trust
we may receive a still larger share of their
orders in the future, while to active dealers not
yet practically acquainted with the piano, an in-
vitation is hereby extended to send for full par-
ticulars and prices.
Very truly yours,
S. G. CHICKERING & Co.
Musical instrument, No. 480,315, C. Bozza.
Mute for musical instrument, No. 480,578, D.
Genese.
Pianoforte sounding-board, No. 480,488, C.
Brambach.
Piano or organ attachment, NO. 480,296, J.
M. Stukes.
Piano pedal foot, No. 480,696, A. H. Hastings.
Pick for stringed instruments, Henry G. A.
Smith, Buffalo, N. Y. This is an inexpensive
device, whereby a pick, operated through the
medium of a key or lever, will cause a string,
stretched in connection with it, to vibrate, thus
providing for a new class of musical instru-
ments, similar in tone to the zither, harp, or
guitar, but having keys as in a piano. The
pick is pivotally attached to the key or lever,
and a trip mechanism operates in conjunction
therewith. The pick has a simple tension de-
vice adapted to hold it in a predetermined po-
sition during its downward or upward stroke,
until the trip mechanism restores it to its nor-
mal position for the next stroke. The trip
mechanism consists of stops or abutments be-
tween which a rearwardly extending lip of the
pick projects.
Hand drum, Edward H. Droop, Washington,
D. C. This is a description of musical instru-
ment designed to be carried in and sounded by one
hand. A drum head is carried on the end of a
handle, and the latter is furnished with an elas-
tic hammer support through a spr ing shank,
whereby the hammer is held normally out of
contact with the head, but in such a manner
that by moving the drum the hammer is vibrat-
ed and brought into contact with the drum head.
Several hammers can be arranged, if desired, to
strike the drum head successively.—Scientific
American.
S. Q.
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BOSTON, August 12, 1892.
DEAR SIR : We would respectfully beg to in-
form you that we are now prepared to make spe-
cial styles in fancy woods to order for fall delivery
Our regular fall assortment is nearly complete,
and we have some of the handsomest burl and
Circassian walnut cases we have ever made.
We are offering this year fancy cherry cases,
in styles A and C, with either hand-carved, fret
or combination panels, at the same price as
ebony or rosewood cases. These cases are
sold by many dealers for mahogany, and are
fully equal to the average mahogany cases in
looks and wearing qualities. We find that many
of our agents and customers prefer them to ma-
hogany on account of price.
If you have not handled any of our goods in
these cases, it would pay you to send us a sam-
ple order. All of our pianos are made with the'
full agraffe bridge throughout the scale. This
is the most expensive as well as the most dur-
able way of stringing an instrument. It is to
this fact that we attribute its extraordinary
singing tone, clear, pure, and sweet treble and
base, and its capacity for staying in tune and
up to pitch for long periods, in which point it is
unexcelled by any.
The well-known reputation of our pianos
renders any comment or description unnecessary,
and our prices are as low as the quality of ma-
terial and workmanship will admit of.
P. S. Styles A and C are made with teles-
cope cases to admit of being taken apart to the
plate, and thereby avoid the expense of putting
in a window.
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Decisions.
CORPORATION—MORTGAGE —VALIDITY.
The New York Court of Appeals held, in the
case of Rittenhouse vs. Winch, that a mortgage
given by a corporation was not invalidated by
the fact that the resolution therefor was adopted
by the votes of persons owning the indebtedness
intended to be secured, where it appeared that
such indebtedness was a valid and binding one,
the greater part of it being already secured by
mortgages, and that the rate of interest was re-
duced.
ORAL PROMISE—DEBT—CONSIDERATION.
The New York Court of Appeals held, in the
recent case of Tolhurst vs. Powers, that the
oral promise of the defendant to pay the plain-
tiffs a debt owed to them by a third party, the
promise being made to induce them to ship to
the defendant with the consent of the third par-
ty, a machine belonging to the latter in the pos-
session of the plaintiffs, but on which they had
no lien, was not binding on the defendant
though shipment was made, for the reason that
it was without consideration.
INSURANCE—CONTRACT—PLACE.
In the case of Marden vs. Hotel Owners' In-
surance Company, where it appeared that the
secretary of the defendant, an Iowa insurance
company, not authorized to do business in Neb-
raska, while there solicited the insurance of
plaintiff, a resident thereof, whereupon an ap-
plication and premium notes were signed pay-
able at the home office in Iowa, from which
place a policy was thereafter issued payable in
Iowa, the Supreme Court of Iowa held that the
contract of insurance was made and completed
in Iowa, and must be construed by Iowa laws.
FORGERY—SWINDLING—NOTE—ILLITERATE.
According to the decision of the Supreme
Court of Georgia in the case of Wells vs. The
State, one dealing with an illiterate person,
writing a promissory note for him to execute,
inserting therein an amount larger than that
stipulated for, falsely and fraudulently reading
over the note as if it contained the true amount,
signing the maker's name thereto at his request,
and also the name of an attesting witness, the
maker and the witness both subscribing with
their mark, commits the offense of cheating and
swindling, but does not commit the offense of
forgery.
CONTRACT IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE.
Where a person entered as a clerk the employ-
ment of a firm dealing in oils and drugs and
machines for the soap and perfumery trades,
agreeing not to take any other clerkship nor es-
tablish himself in trade within a radius of fif-
teen miles, without the written permission of
the firm, for a period of three years after leav-
ing such employment, the English Court of Ap-
peal held (Peris vs. Saalfeld ) that as the clerk
in question was not to engage in any kind of
business without the written permission of the
firm, the contract was too broad, and consequent-
ly was void as being in restraint of trade.—
Bradstreet's.
who erect mortuary emblems before
their demise, to mark their final resting
places, are liable to have caused to be woven in-
to such structures some pet theory or design of
theirs, if for no other reason than just to see
how their idea of things in cold stone would
greet the public—or to judge what possible re-
marks might be made to chance visitors to THEIR
tomb.
Gordon Cody, of Norwich, Conn., is one more
example of this idea of ante-mortem effect. Mr.
Cody has caused to be erected in the Evergreen
Cemetery at Norwich, Conn., a monument with
a relief violin carved on the stone. Not only
has he had the musical instrument brought out
in strong relief in this coldest of type—a stone
image—but above the violin, in the same stony
language, the familiar, yet out-of-date style of
announcing when a quadrille was formed, "All
ready, Mr. Cody," is cut in black letters.
The monument is there, and anyone can read
the inscription on its square front. These read-
ers may become somewhat confused when they
turn from the contemplation of the musical part
of the monument to the lacteal part, because on
another side the announcement that '' Rosie, my
first Jersey cow; Record, 2 lb. 15 oz. of butter
from one day's milk," is made. On the third
side is the name of Mary J. Lee, and beneath the
name, "She Was Kind to Dumb Animals, "and
on the fourth side the family inscription.
Gordon Cody for many years was a familiar
figure in almost every dance held in Southern
Connecticut. His novel, and at the same time
original, way of calling the changes in a quad-
rille won for him a reputation State-wide, and
when a poster announced that " Gordon Cody "
was to be the "prompter, " the hall was sure to
be filled to overflowing, no matter what the
weather proved to be.
So perfect was his musical ear, that if one was
not stepping in harmony with his clean-cut direc-
tions, he would not hesitate to call the party so
offending by name if he knew them ; and not
knowing their name, he would single out some
peculiarity of dress or movement and call force-
ful attention to their way of keeping time with
the music.
Mr. Cody lives in Norwich, and he is in the
peaceful possession of a generous competence
won by his indefatigable skill and originality as
a "prompter " in the country dances. Like
"Virginia Reel," where no especial care is
needed, if the personality counts for very much,
Mr. Cody was irregularly conducive to enjoy-
ment.
Your correspondent has seen Mr. Cody betray
the most unmistakable regard for the careful
conduct of a set, composed of eight of his per-
sonal friends, and at the same time have an
adjoining set of dancers, not one of which he
was acquainted with, engross much or most of
his attention, simply because they were not on
time.
When the final announcement is made, " All
ready, Mr. Cody,'' Mr. Cody will be able to say,
in his well-known intonation, " Last Call! "
Among the many prizes to be awarded by the
Manhattan Athletic Club, at their second An-
nual Cycling Carnival, to be held at the Man-
hattan Field, on the 27th inst., is a beautiful
Style 1 A., antique mahogany " Opera " piano,
manufactured by Peek & Son, New York.
You can easily spend $3 and not know where it
goes. If you send that sum to THE MUSIC
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