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TRADE IN "THE HUB."
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and after enjoying one or two of his choice
stories, I departed.
When I go to Boston I always think of Karl
Fink, and when I think of Karl Fink I always
think of Boston. Why? Because Karl Fink
has been part and parcel of the Boston trade for
so many years that one is immediately asso-
ciated with the other.
Here is a little story which Karl entertained
me with. His son, Karl, Jr., had just sent him
a letter which contained the following :
Who are the three greatest presidents ?
Answer. Washington, Lincoln and Cleveland.
Why?
Washington, because he freed the country
from English rule.
Lincoln, because he freed the slaves.
Cleveland, because he freed the working men
from work.
* * *
As I walked down Tremont street with the
genial John Merrill he said : '' My business is
running along satisfactorily. We are making
new agents, and those who have handled the
Merrill pianos like them. They order more.
Monday I am going down to Lawrence to attend
the formal opening of Lord & Co. 's store at that
place, who, by the way, have ordered a large
stock of Merrill pianos." Mr. Merrill possesses
the requisite amount of energy to succeed in
piano manufacturing. The Merrill pianos are
conscientiously constructed and possess an in-
dividuality which commend them to purchasers.
They are instruments that are destined to be-
come wider known.
Cambridgeport may be properly designated as
the "supply" suburb of Boston. Here are
located three action factories and two hammer-
covering establishments.
I did not see Sylvester Towers, but I know if
I should have had the pleasure of greeting him
that h^s reply would have been, " business is
booming." Why? Because never yet have I
known Mr. Towers to make a reply other than
this. Why should he at this time have changed
the usual answer.
At the Seaverns factory Mr. Seaverns, the
elder, said that business lately had improved
considerably with them. The Seaverns action
has been long before the trade and is popular.
At the factory of the Standard Action Com-
pany I found three earnest men who had united
their business interests in the firm name of the
Standard Action Co. They are all practical
men, and when they began they knew what the
piano manufacturers desired in the way of ac-
tions, and they knew how to make them. Their
business has been a success since its inception,
and there is a big future before them.
The piano hammer covering business formerly
managed by A. K. Smith, deceased, is now run
under the name of the Boston Hammer Cover
Co.
*
S. A. Gould, formerly manager of the piano
department of the Oliver Ditson Co., is doing
well with the Estey establishment on Tremont
street.
•it-
Edward Anibuhl, the veteran traveler for the
Chickering concern, who recently returned from
an extendtd trip as far as the Pacific Northwest,
is now recuperating at his farm in New York.
*
Calvin Whitney, president of the A. B. Chase
Co., Norwalk, Ohio, has, at the present time of
writing, made no arrangements for the future of
his instruments in Boston. He is at present
spending a few days in this town.
*
Mr. Edwin A. Potter, of Lyon, Potter & Co.,
Chicago, was also here this week.
*
Leases for a number of warerooms on Tremont
street expire this spring and I hear it rumored
that there will be several firms who will not
JAMES & HOLSTROM have a new petite grand
ready for the market. It is an excellent instru-
ment and worth examining.
C. J. HEPPE & SON will represent the Merrill
pianos at Philadelphia. This is a case of good
pianos in a good house. C. J. Heppe & Son
will find the Merrill to prove of mutual advan-
tage.
MR.
A. M. WRIGHT, of the Manufacturers'
MR. PHILLIP WIRSCHING, well known as a
builder of organs at Salem, Ohio, is now con-
nected with the Farrand & Votey Organ Co.
His experience and practical knowledge will
find a splendid outlet through his present con-
nection. Mr. Wirsching will take active charge
of many of the large instruments which are being
built by the Farrand & Votey Co.
MR. O. A. KIMBALL, of the Emerson Piano
Co., Boston, is making an extended tour of the
far West and South. He is at present in Texas,
and it is expected that he will take in the Mid-
winter Fair before he sees trie gold dome of the
State house in the " City of Culture. "
THE Cathedral style reed organ which has
been put on the market by the Sterling Com-
pany is proving to be one of the most attractive
and saleable instruments of the many styles
manufactured by that Company. It will prove
an undoubted favonte with small churches and
concert halls.
BROUGHTON BROS., of Abilene, Kan., have
incorporated the Broughton Music Co.
THE proposed series of concerts which were
to be given by Anton Seidl on tour, at which
the Wissner Grand was to be played by Mme.
R've King, have been postponed until Fall.
Piano Co., Chicago, has left for an extended
trip to the far West and the Pacific Slope.
GEORGE STECK & Co. have received an un-
solicited testimonial letter from Mr. Chas.
Dempster, of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, B.
C , which speaks in enthusiastic terms of a
piano which he purchased from a local dealer.
This letter give* an idea of the great popu-
larity abioad as well as at home of the famous
Steck instruments.
MR. JACOB DOLL'« optimistic about the future
for the Doll piano and the business situation.
Evidently he has reason to be, for during a
recent trip among his customers he was gratified
to receive some very large orders. The Doll
piano will be represented in Albanv, N. Y., by
Fiank W. Thomas. He has given a preliminary
order of twenty-four instruments for immediate
deliver}'.
A. C. MOORE, formerly connected with Mont-
gomery's music store at York Corner, Me., has
opened a music store of his own in the same
town.
MR. WILLIAM STEINWAY has donated a prize
to the student in the Normal College who proves
most proficient in the study of German. The
trustees have accepted the offer, and written Mr.
Steinway a letter of thanks.
THE Thompson Music Co., of 367 Wabash
avenue, Chicago, will remove April 15th to 261
Wabash avenue, where they will have a first
floor and basement. The store is large and
gives them an opportunity of handling their
different line of goods. They carry the Sohmer
piano.
WE are very pleased to learn that George
Bothner, Sr., is almost entirely recovered from
his long and painful illness. Business, however,
has not suffered, for it is in good hands when
entrusted to the care of George Bothner, Jr.
G. A. STEINWAY, of Steinway & Sons, met
with an accident recently at his home at Great
Neck, L I. He injured his foot while stepping
from a car. It has proven serious enough to
confine him to the house.
WE beg to acknowledge receipt of a very
pretty wal:z entitled, " U of M," composed by
Lew H. Clement, the secretary and business
manager of the Ann Arbor Organ Co., who,
by the way, are the publishers. The nit-lody is
good and the arrangement shows the prac-
tised hand of a musician. It ought to prove a
great su cess.
THE Rhode Island Music Co. will be the
name of the new concern which will lake the
place of Cory Bros., at Providence, R. I., as
soon as affairs are adjusted. Mr. Z. Cory will
be one of the officers.
GOVERNOR LLVI K. FULLER, of Brattleboro,
Vt., returned from his visit to the Midwinter
Fair, California, Saturday of last week, and his
appearance physically would indicate that a rest
from active work once in a while is productive
of good.
MR. FRANK H. STRATTON will leave next
week for an extended tour West in the interest
of his house. He will journey as far as St. Louis
and Kansas City, and expects to turn in some
good orders for his house.
A SOIREE MUSICALE will be given by Frau-
lein Kitty Berger, the celebrated harp-zither
virtuoso, at the ball room of the Hotel Bruns-
wick, Saturday evening, April 14th. It will be
under the patronage of .som^ twenty of the lead-
ing society laiies of the metropolis, such as Mrs.
A M. Palmer, Mrs. Howard Cirroll, Mrs Jesse
S.-ligman, Mrs Gen. Ch is. Collis and others,
ROBERT HARRY, who-e resignation from the and will undoubtedly prove a highly interesting
piano department of Phillip Werlein's estab- occasion. Miss Barger is considered one of the
lishment, at New Orleans, we announced last foremost players of the day on this instrument,
wtek, is considering an offer made him by the and she has won an international reputation.
Junius Hart concern.
She will be assisted by Mr. Conrad Behrens,
ANOTHER combination is under way, it is basso; Mme Lopez and Miss Marie Millard,
said, in Detroit, Mich. The houses mentioned sopranos; Mr. Alfred Carreed, pianist; Miss H.
are S. E. Cla k & Co., and Henry Ling & Co. Chalmers and D. M. Stanfidd, readers ; Mr.
The plan proposed is very similar to the Ward Stephens will have charge. Tickets are
Whitney Marvin deal, which we recorded in our to be had at Schuberths, 23 Union Square, or at
last edition.
the office of the Hotel Brunswick.