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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
tinguished friend and humorist, Marshall P.
Wilder, tells of a frog, which, with a brother
frog, found himself in a pail of cream. The
brother frog lost his nerve and cried, " I sink ! "
The companion replied in a disgusted tone,
" Hustle, you duffer ! Who knows what may
turn up ? " and he hustled and jumped up and
down all night long. Dawn came and his con-
tinual agitation and unflagging zeal had mean-
while churned the cream into butter, and the
two walked out on dry land. There is a moral
in this tale which may well be taken into con-
sideration in the present times. Many a suf-
ferer from financial depression feels like crying,
'' I sink ''; but let him keep '' hustling '' and
he is bound, somehow and sometime, to walk
out on dry land.
if equal bulks, and not weights, of the metal
were taken, the price promises to be lower than
copper or tin.
We cannot quite agree with our esteemed con-
temporary's views as to the application of alum-
inium to the manufacture of pianos. It is our
opinion that the time is coming when aluminium
will be generally used not only for piano plates
—in whole or in part—but for actions and gene-
ral supplies. Whatever they do in England,
manufacturers on this side of the water are
not afraid " t o introduce experiments of this
sort."
LYON & H£ALY'S
NEW MOYE.
| R . JAMES E. HEALY, of the great West-
ern firm of Lyon & Healy, Chicago, was
in town Wednesday. Mr. Healy informed us
that his firm had signed, Saturday, December
23d, a lease for ten years for the building occu-
pied by the J. H. Walker Co., southwest corner
Wabash avenue and Adams street, Chicago. This
is one of the most prominent buildings on Wa-
bash avenue, having one hundred feet frontage
on Wabash avenue and one hundred and seventy-
five feet on Adams street, six stories and base-
Our present high standing as manufacturers
ment, yielding one hundred and twenty-five
is due to this spirit of originality and progress- thousand square feet of available working
iveness which has made the American instru- space. The lease of this superb property for the
ment the leading piano of the world. Alumin- ten years will be a cool half million. Lyon &
ium has everything in its favor—appearance, Healy will at once commence extensive improve-
ments in their new property. They will prob-
specific gravity, cost and utilization—which
A KIMBAL.L SOUVENIR.
ably spend fifty thousand dollars in fittings and
HE W. W. KIMBALL CO., Chicago, have appeal to the up-to-date manufacturer of to-day. changes. No expense will be spared to make
the arrangement of the premises perfect in every
favored us with a remarkably neat broch- We hail aluminium as the coming metal.
detail.
ure, entitled "The Kimball at the World's
They will occupy their new quarters on March
Fair." It is an excellent specimen of the
A FRENCH OPINION OF THE AWARDS. 1, '94. A comparison of the space used in their
printer's art, and its pages are illumined with
present warerooms on State street with their
|UR Parisian contemporary, Le Monde Musi-
half-tone portraits of the jury on pianos and
future home on Wabash avenue gives double the
cal, takes issue at this late day with the amount of available space to the latter location.
organs and the celebrated musicians heard at
the World's Fair, accompanied by letters extoll- French Commissioner, M. Krantz, for his action In the new quarters will be concentrated all the
ing the many good qualities of the Kimball in refusing to accept the general system of Chicago stock, with the exception of what is at
their factory at Union Park. Lyon & Healy
pianos. There are also copies of the diplomas, awards inaugurated by the Fair authorities.
are
the last of the great houses to vacate State
ribbons, medals, etc., given to the Kimball reed It remarks : " We believe that our general com- street for Wabash avenue, and in their new
and pipe organs, and pianos. A feature of the missioner was wrong in treating in a manner locality they will occupy premises which are
book is the letter of Dr. Max. Richter, German that seemed almost disdainful the concours offer- more in harmony with their position in the
Commissioner to the Exposition, dated Decem- ed by the directors of the Exposition, as we trade than their old stand on State street. They
ber 3d, in which he says : " It gives me pleasure would prefer to see our country subject to the still have a lease of about two years in the
present building, but they did not intend to
to state that the piano made by the W. W. same rules which governed other nations. The
allow an opportunity to escape, such as has now
Kimball Co., which was used during the World's monarchical countries of Russia, Germany, presented itself, to secure the admirable build-
Columbian Exposition, at the Deutsche Haus, England, Italy and Spain gave their acquies- ing which will be occupied entirely by them.
proved itself, on several festal occasions, a cence to this system, while, extraordinary to
beautiful and effective instrument. Will you say, the exhibitors from a purely Republican
kindly thank Mr. Kimball for courtesy extended country such as ours refused to accept this demo-
cratic form of recompense. We can see how
to us."
justly
proud the American houses are of the *$£HE termination of the Schubert word can-
The W. W. Kimball Co. are to be congrat-
success
achieved. For instance, Messrs. Lyon 't!) test took place at the Madison Square
ulated on presenting the public with this elegant
souvenir. It is not alone a compliment to the & Healy, of Chicago, received twelve medals, Concert Hall, on Tuesday afternoon, December
26th, in the form of a public concert, and the
Kimball products, but to the many artists men- while they in all cases display in showy lines
award
of the piano to Miss Bessie S. Ackerson,
the motives which determined these diplomas.
tioned so prominently therein.
of 227 West n t h street, New York City, who
We could cite several others, but it is not our
submitted a list of 1711 words, from which 135
purpose just now. We insist solely upon this were rejected by the Committee of Award.
fact, that aside from the uniformity of the
The competition was for one of the best
ALUMINIUM AS APPLIED TO PIANOS.
pianos
made by the Schubert Piano Co., of 29
medal,
there
are
'
some
'
words
that
express
the
low price of aluminium, says the Lon_
East
14th
street, New York, to be awarded to
appreciation
of
the
jury,
and
it
is
these
words
don and Provincial Music Trades Review,
the
person
sending
the greatest number of words
has attracted attention to the question whether which give the award a special and significant made from the letters in the word '' Schubert.''
this metal cannot be more largely employed in value. The same system was in vogue in Lon-
The announcement of this competition was
musical instrument manufacture.
Into the don in 1852, and the prize medals granted then made public through the press and by circular,
manufacture of pianos it promises to enter but have not depreciated in general value to the October 1st last.
There were 1674 lists presented, coming from
little, and, indeed, makers are not by any means recipient, and maintain to-day as high a pres-
all
parts of the country. The Rev. Gerard
anxious to introduce experiments of this sort. tige as ever.''
Spielmann made the presentation. The Com-
It has, however, been suggested that aluminium,
It is pleasing to know, however, that our mittee of Award was Herbert L. Bridgman, of
as a metal, might be more largely employed in French friends who withdrew from Mr. Thacher's the Standard Union, Brooklyn ; Ellis S. Masters,
military band instruments, and in metal flutes. supervision will not suffer, as the French gov- the New York Ttibune; Frank M. Stevens, the
The decline in its cost is now so great that it is ernment, with extreme thoughtfulness, appoint- Musical Courier, New York.
A large audience enjoyed an attractive musi-
said that it can be produced at the price of 4.?. ed judges who made examinations of the goods
cal and literary program rendered by Miss Mable
per kilogramme, or less than 2s. per pound. exhibited, and upon whose report gold, silver Stillman, Miss L. Louise Tooker, Miss Bessie
There are many manufacturers of aluminium in and bronze medals will be awarded. The ex- Mecklem, Mr. Carl Odell, Mr. A. M. Taylor,
the United States, and a very large factory has hibitors of musical instruments, we imagine, Mr. H. C. Mecklem, Mr. George Appel, and the
also been started in Neuhausen in Switzerland, will not be forgotten, and even if it is a con- New York Ladies' Quartet.
where a very large installation of machinery is solation prize, it is from the home government,
SAMUEI, S. FAI,K, music dealer, Texarkana,
now at work. It must be remembered that, and what is dearer to the Frenchman than the Texas made an assignment this week, he makes
owing to the low specific gravity of aluminium, approval of la belle France /
preferences. His liabilities approximate$18,000.
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