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VOL.
XVIII. No. 26
published Euery Saturday.
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f/euj YbrKJaQiiary 20, 1894.
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TH£ SALESMEN'S
ASSOCIATION,
executive committee of the Music
Trades Salesmen's Association of America
held a meeting on Monday evening last at which
a formal application for a charter was drafted
and placed in the hands of Attorney Clarence J.
Shearn, of 247 Broadway, this city, who will
present the matter to the Secretary of State im-
mediately. It is as follows:
1. Co-operation of the members, with a view
to strengthening each other's position in this
trade. 2. Holding of an annual dinner. 3. Fur-
CHICAGO, January 17th, 1894.
nishing aid to members in time of need.
EDITOR MUSIC TRADE; REVIEW :
The application is made for a society, as char-
Business continues to improve, and the trade ters are not obtainable for associations.
is in exceeding good humor thereat. The Chi-
The board of directors, now consisting of five
cago Music Company has averaged three pianos members, will be increased to seven.
a day at retail this week, and other houses are
As all indications promise a consummation of
doing equally well. It looks at this writing as the complete organization of the society at once,
if January was going to show a very satisfactory all persons interested and not members should
total.
enroll their names and become associated with
The remains of the lamented George W. Lyon the society, as it will be for their benefit.
were brought home and buried with imposing
ceremonies from his late home on Monday. A
large number of his old friends and acquaintances
in and out of the trade showed him the last
mark of respect. Calvin Whitney and Nahum
u/itl? tl?e U/^ll
Stetson were among the pallbearers. After the Jrade
burial a very generally attended meeting of the
Firm.
trade was held, at which resolutions of respect
were passed. Among the local dealers who
BOSTON, Mass., January 16th, 1894.
attended the funeral were: C. C. Curtiss, Platt
EDITOR
THE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW,
P. Gibbs, J. O. Twichell, E. S. Conway, J. W.
3
East
14th Street, New York, N. Y.
Reed, Adam Schaaf, E. P. Dodge, J. Bauer, Dr.
DEAR SIR : On page 10 of your issue of
F. Ziegfeld, R. W. Cross, I. N. Camp, W. O.
January 13th, 1894, you have a notice that the
Bacon and Mr. Potter, the deceased's partner.
DeVolney Everett, of the Starr Piano Com- Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co. 's factory at
pany, has been here for some time inspecting Wakefield, Mass., is shut down until times are
machinery used in piano construction with a view better, etc.
You have made use of a dispatch in the papers
to adopting any improved methods that he
which
was not only exaggerated but in many
might find. He went East yesterday.
respects
entirely false. In your next issue will
P. J. Simmons, of Buck & Simmons, of Louis-
ville is here. He is just starting in business you please make the correction. The Henry F.
and has secured the Chickering piano as a Miller & Sons Piano Co. 's factory at Wakefield,
Mass., has not at any time been shut down ;
leader.
some
departments have been at work throughout
H. D. Cable, of the Chicago Cottage Organ
Company, will shortly leave ior Havana on a every day of the year except Sundays and holi-
days. The rearrangement of wages in some of
trip for business and pleasure combined.
My old friend and fellow-laborer in this vine- the departments has been amicably adjusted,
yard has, strange as it may sound to those who and on Monday, January 15th, all the employes
have seen the youth, reached the half-century were at work, and with every prospect of the
mark. He still looks, acts and talks like a factory being run on full time.
While we have shared with others the dis-
vigorous boy in the twenties, and while his na-
tive modesty would not let him confess, yet his tressed condition of trade, we feel much pleased
grandchild '' gave the matter away'' while re- when others tell us that in many respects our
porting for the Indicator recently. Now, Orvin factory has been run nearest to normal condi-
is glad of it, as the trade gave him a great sur- tions of any in the trade.
We hope to see an increased business for all of
prise. They all assembled at an agreed rendez-
vous and summoned him when he was presented our pianoforte manufacturers at an early date.
Very truly yours,
with a handsome diamond ring inclosed in a sil-
HENRY F. MiUvER & SONS PIANO CO.
ver box. Yours etc.,
HARRY MANNING.
CHICAGO.
FUNERAU OF
GEO, W.LYON,
HENRY F, MIULER.
Paderewski will return to this country next
November under the management of C. F. Tret-
bar and will begin his season in San Francisco.
That he will again garner shekels goes without
saying, only
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If Rubinstein visits us, as Herman Wolff, of
Berlin, believes he will, then even Paderewski
will have to look to his laurels. The old Rus-
sian Bear is 65 years of age, but his playing is
as volcanic as ever. I only hope that he will
overcome his aversion to sea travel, for we will
hear the greatest tone that the fingers of man
ever coaxed from the unsympathetic keys of a
piano.
The topic of the week in connection with
theatrical affairs, has been the adoption of the
continuous performance at Herrmann's Theatre.
The scheme was no sooner conceived in Mana-
ger J. M. Hill's mind than it was put into exe-
cution. It was on Friday afternoon that he an-
nounced his intention, and on the following
Monday, January, 8th, the continuous perform-
ance was in operation from noon until 10.30 p.
M. Within the last month the vaudeville given
by Mr. Hill's Entertainers has met with aston-
ishing and unique success. It combines almost
every form of theatrical amusement and the
various features are presented in rapid succes-
sion.
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A Hindustani work on music says that'' music
is the painfully acquired art of speaking very
loud in a shrill voice. "
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It is stated that in all ten thousand people at-
tend the services at St. Paul's Cathedral, Lon-
don, every Sunday, the morning and afternoon
services each attracting 2,500 worshipers, and
the evening service 5,000. The fact that the
musical portion of the service is said to be the
most perfect of its kind in Europe has, no doubt,
a good deal to do with its popularity.
M. Jean de Reszke, the great tenor, may be
heard at times when among his friends, to sing
"Mrs. 'Enery 'Awkins." Nothing, it is said,
could be more piquant than the effect produced
by his glorious voice together with his quaint
imitation of the Cockney dialect.
THE REVIEWER.