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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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J. R. GRAHAM, JR.,
ESTABLISHED 1840.
(SUCCESSOR TO J. R. GRAHAM.)
MILLS AND FACTORY: Thirtieth Street and Eleventh Avenue, New York.
teacher, after awhile, dismissed him as incor-
rigible.
For all that, the boy even then had dreams
of being a composer, and a few years later, at
his own request, was put under an instructor in
harmony.
The poor man had a hard time with his eager
but headstrong pupil, and before long he, too,
was constrained to give him up in despair, say-
ing, like the professor of the piano, "Nothing
Bows for stringed musical instruments, No. can ever be made of the boy.''
482,255, E. A. Kretsehmer.
And yet the boy was to become, if present
judgments are to be trusted, one of the few great
Piano action pilot, No. 482,008, J. Herr- musicians of the world.
burger.
Swinging treadle for organs, No. 481,976, \V.
E. Sleight.
Piano expression regulator, No. 482,16s, J.
Y. Drucken miller.
Musical notation, No. 482,442, J. W. Robber-
son.
Stringing pianos, No. 482,512, C. S. Weber.
Bow for stringed instruments.—Emil A.
Kretschmer, Horicon, Wis. A slide mounted
on the bow staff, according to this invention,
has a transverse threaded aperture, through
which a screw extends into contact with the
staff, the head of the screw having a concave
outer face to receive the end of the thumb. This
improved bow is designed to enable the player,
especially a beginner, to more readily hold the
bow in correct, easy position, without danger of
its slipping.—Scientific American.
J r N great musicians, as in great poets, the
^
gift of genius usually manifests itself at an
early age, says the Youth's Companion. Mozart
and Keats are only brilliant examples of what
may be called a general law. It is the more
interesting, therefore, to note a case like that of
Wagner. His step-father, Ludwig Geyer, who
died when the boy was seven years old, was very
fond of him, and on the evening before his
death, we are told, asked the little fellow to play
on the piano two operatic airs which he had
been taught. Richard played them not so very
badly, and the sick man said in a feeble voice
to his wife, " D o you think he might have a
taste for music ? ''
The next morning the mother talked to the
children about their dead father's affection, and
said to Richard, '' He would have liked to make
something of you. " The boy never forgot the
words.
At that time, however, no one would have
dreamed of making him a professional musician.
When he was nine years old his mother devoted
him to a classical education. He is described
as a headstrong, " fantastic " child, who would
fly into a passion at nothing, but who, never-
theless, gave himself up to an enthusiastic study
of Greek, and soon became his master's favorite
pupil.
He took lessons on the piano, almost of
course, but had little taste for the instrument,
and found the technique of it a bore. His
New York.
A. B. CHASE
PIANOS.
's Boyhood.
Used Exclusively in Seidl,
Thomas and Gilmore Concerts
at Madison Square Garden,
THE WONDERFUL
1. Wonderful in Tone quality.
Rich, deep, bell like and pure.
OUT OF REACH.
The discomforts and disadvantages of exces-
sive obesity are many. A curious and pathetic
example is thus recorded by an exchange :
" What has become of the big man who used
to beat the bass drum ? '' the leader of a military
band was asked.
1
' Oh, he left us more than three months
ago.''
" Good man, wasn't he ? "
"Yes, first rate; but he got so fat that
when he marched he couldn't hit the drum in
the middle.''
WHAT HE WANTED.
"Oh, that star is Mars!" cried the girl,
pointing upward.
"All right," replied the youth; "she can
have it. Give me the earth.''—Judge.
Revenge is Sweet—St. Peter: A man who
used to write jokes about me for the New York
papers came up to-day.
Michael—What did you do to him ?
St. Peter—I first sent him down by the tobog-
gan. Then I had him brought back and sent
him down by the elevator ; brought him back
again and told him to "slide." I used all the
methods he used to credit me with. — Town
Topics.
2. Wonderful in strength of frame.
"Miss Frolique's diamonds
" began the
advance agent.
'' Can't run that for less than seven dollars a
line,"
interjected the dramatic editor.
3. Wonderful in improving by age and use.
"Aw, I wasn't goin' to give you any guff
Pianos sold five years ago are said to be better
about their being stolen. I had just a rattling
in tone than when they were sold.
good story about how the gas went back on us-
4. Wonderful in selling qualities.
up in Kalamazoo, and we had to use the spark-
Tone, action, style, finish, patented improve- lers for footlights. Perfect success, too. Does
ments all taking.
it go? "
5. Wonderful in popularity.
It went.—Indianapolis Journal.
Even our strongest competitors all praise them.
One of the best things a young writer can do
6. Wonderful in phenomenal success.
is to write verse, but there is no obligation to
Only 5 years since the first A. B. CHASE read it to his friends or send it to a magazine
pianos were made, and now they are taking for publication.—Great Divide.
the lead everywhere.
Farmer's Boy—Kin I go fishin', dad?
7. Wonderful in character of its agents.
Farmer—Is the pastur' fence all laid up ?
The very best men in the trade seek the agency
Farmer's Boy—Yes, dad; every panel of it.
for these instruments. No others need apply. Kin I go ?
Farmer—Is th' seed corn shelled ?
For terms and territory, address:
Farmer's Boy—Ev'ry ear of it. Kin I go ?
Farmer (reluctantly)—Yes ; dig yer bait in th'
garden 'n throw th' stones up side o' th' fence.
NOR WALK, OHIO.
Strongest possible combination of woods glued
and bolted together.
THE A. B. CHASE CO.,
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130 Fifth Avenue, corner 18th Street, New York.
BOSTON,
N E W YORK,
CHICAGO.