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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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It may have meant a personal participation in
business cheating, but I could not back out.
At length Smith returned, and luckily brought
the kind of cord suited to the task before me. I
now started in, unscrewed the hammers, one by
one, and—there was no way out of it—pared the
sides slightly, glued the felt and tied each
securely with the cord. Nearly four octaves of
hammers had to be treated in this way, and
when they were all replaced on the rail, there
was so much pairing and spacing to be resorted
to that I fancied I never would get through.
Thank heaven ! I got the action in a working
condition finally ; the hammers were positioned
correctly, but the tone was soft and flabby,
owing to the impossibility of securing the ham-
mer felt as it was at first. I, however, dressed
my hammers and got a fairly good tone ; then I
proceeded to tune the instrument, taking care
to play a little between whiles, so as to impress
Mrs. Jones, whom I heard speaking in the next
room.
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So far, so good. The most important move
was yet to come. Mrs. Jones had to be con-
vinced that the Weber square of Smith's was all
her fancy painted it. However, she remembered
it in better days, and knew the commercial
value of a Weber. I invited them into the par-
lor in due time, played a little, and before a
quarter of an hour, Mrs. Jones, under the press-
ure of an offer of $300 for the instntment from
the writer, and a threat on the part of Smith
Mrs. Jones gave way, and the deal was closed
amid tears for the departed relic of Smith. The
deal, meanwhile, was formally concluded, and
half the battle won.
Within an hour, I was in Butler with the $75
in my pocket. It was then five o'clock, and I
promptly wired to Brown and returned home by
the next train.
Next morning, I went to the warerooms, and
found that the piano had been shipped the eve-
ning before to Smith's place, where it was
duly delivered.
Smith did not expect this, it almost spoiled
his game, but he made the best of it, paid his
cash, and got married in three weeks after.
I fancy if he is dead now, it is through the
curses of Mrs. Jones, who was in reality a widow,
with a matrimonial eye on poor Smith. I went
out afterwards to tune the upright, and found
that both Smith and the new Mrs. Smith prized
it highly. And the latter thought Mr. Brown,
the salesman, such " a real lovely man." So
did
T H E REVIEWER.
5l?e Qourt of /}pp
A POINTS OF SUPERIORITY
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or THE
Celebrated
"Conover"
Pianos.
IMPURITY AND SWEETNESS of TONE.
^-SCIENTIFIC CONSTRUCTION.
(THE ONLY STRICTLY
INSURABILITY.
HIGH GRADE PIA NO
MANUFACTURED
IN CHICAGO.)
CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGAN COMPANY,
SOLE FACTORS.
(Tlie Largest Dealers in Pianos and Organs in the World,)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WAREROOMS,
(SECOND FLOOR.)
215 WABASH AVE.,
CHICAGO.
Enterprising dealers all over the Country are
fast securing the agency for the wonderful
A.
B.
CHASE
PIANOS.
Wonderful in Tone Quality.
Wonderful in Selling Qualities,
Style, Finish, Strength,
Action, Durability and Popularity,
and
Improvement of Tone by Age and Use.
the subject of awards was before
the commission another attempt was
made to adopt rules of the committee on awards
which provide for a court of reference and ap-
peal. This question caused no little contro- The Company Scrupulously protect their
versy when it came up last week, and so great
agencies,
was the opposition that no action was taken.
and
Never chan&re when it can be aroided.
The rules as promulgated by the awards com-
mittee provide for a court of appeals of two Hence the agency becomes more valuable
members, and the committee has already ap-
every year.
pointed Commissioner Hundley, of Alabama, If y»u can, you should secure it at once,
and Commissioner King, of Iowa, as those two
by writing to
members.
OBJECTIONS TO THE COURT OP APPEALS.
To this court are to be referred all cases
wherein manifest injustice has been done an
exhibitor, and the rule in the first place made
Used Exclusively in Seidl,
Thomas and Gilmore Concerts
at Madison Square Garden,
New York.
the action of this court final. The great objec-
tion to that arrangement when the rule was first
presented to the commission caused the awards
committee to insert a clause to the effect that
the decision of the court was subject to review
by the committee.
In this shape the rule was called up yester-
day by Mr. Hundley, who asked that it be pass-
ed. Commissioner Ramsay, of South Dakota,
objected, claiming that it would give too much
authority to the two commissioners who con-
stituted the court of appeal. Finally Mr. King
amended the rule so as to make the decision of
the court reviewable by the commission as well
as by the awards committee. The commission
was not ready to adopt the rule even in that
shape, and the matter went over until to-day.
Commissioner Tousley, of Minnesota, had his
amendment deferred and published with the
original rule. It is to the effect that the pre-
sident of the commission appoint six members
of the commission who are not members of the
standing committee on awards, and that the
awards committee select two of its members,
these eight to constitute a court of reference
and appeal.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
THE A. B. CHASE CO.,
NOR WALK, OHIO.
CUSTOM HOUSE, BOSTON,
Collector's Office, August i8, 1893.
Exportations of Musical Instruments from the
Port of Boston, Month ending July 31, 1893.
To Netherlands:
Seven (7) organs -
To England :
One hundred and fifty-one
(151) organs
-
-
- $9-512
Two pianos
.
.
.
610
All other and parts of -
- 3,945
1,067
Nova Scotia, etc. :
Six (6) organs
Three (3) pianos
75o
All other and parts of
673
i,(
Total -
$16,558
Importations of Musical Instruments into t h e
Port of Boston, Month of July, 1893.
Countries :
Belgium
$835
France
2,698
Germany -
-
-
-
-
-
1,892
England
.
.
.
.
.
.
2,089
Total
7,514
Landlord.—I beg your pardon, Miss, but
really you have no idea how many nights' sleep
I have lost on your account.
Tenant's Daughter.—Why don't you speak to
my mother then ?
Landlord.—Why should I ? It is not your
mother who plays the piano.—Fliegende Bldetter.
Recipe for a domestic broil : First catch the
hair on your husband's coat collar.—Boston
Gazette.
Essential.—St.Peter.—" Won't you walk in ?"
Boston Spinster.—"Is Browning here?"—
Kate Field's Washington.
130 Fiftlt Avenue, o*raer iStli Street, New York.
BOSTON,
NEW YORK,
CHICAGO.