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VOL. XVIII. No. jj8.
published Every Saturday.
BRIEF NEWSLETS.
ELKHART, IND.—Mr. Conn, representative in
Congress from Elkhart, Ind., who makes musi-
cal instruments when he is at home, has a ring
that was given him by Levy, the cornet player,
to whom it was presented by the Czar of Russia.
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SANDUSKY, O. Mr. Fred N. Goodman, who
has been with Jno. Schoepfle for some time, has
purchased the entire stock of sheet music and
musical merchandise from J. Hy. Gardner. The
business will be conducted at old stand, Masonic
Temple.
OWATONNA, MINN.—H. R. Thompson & Son,
dealers in musical instruments, have made an
assignment to O. B. McClintock. Assignment
was brought about by sickness a ad hard times.
SEYMOUR, IND.—S. V. Harding, well-known
piano and organ dealer, of Seymour, has started
a branch store in Franklin, Ind., with C. H.
Terrell and O. E. Bills in charge.
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FREEPORT, III.—The Burdette Organ Co.
has been incorporated at Freeport, with $15,000
capital. J. H. Brockmeier, F. J. Burdette and
F. L. Brockmeier, directors.
CARTHAGE, MO.—W. J. Warrington moved
his stock of musical instruments to Joplin, Mo.
S. W. Knepper has rented the room vacated by
him and at once put in a stock of pianos and
organs.
FLINT, MICH.—Michigan Music Teachers'
Association's Convention meets at Flint, June
27th, 28th and 29th.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Geo. W. Chadwick, com-
poser, Boston, has carried off the prize for the
best American symphony in the annual com-
petition of the National Conservatory of Music.
$3 00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
CHATHAM, N. Y., is to have a music store,
which will be managed by C. S. Green.
J. N. BURTIS will conduct the business former-
ly carried on under the title of H. J. & J. N.
Burtis.
MR. N. M. CROSBY, Freeborn G. Smith's
popular roadman, is meeting with a good deal of
success on his present tour for his house. He
reports large orders and an improved condition
of trade.
MR. A. H. FISCHER, of J. & C. Fischer, is on a
business trip through New York State and the
chief New England cities, in the interest of his
house.
W E have received the latest catalogue issued
by the iEolian Company, 18 West 23d street.
It is chaste and attractive exteriorly, and the
entire work displays a perfection typographical-
ly that must command the highest praise. Of
its very interesting literary features, we will
speak in a future issue.
MR. E. W. FURBUSH has started on his first
trip in the interest of the Briggs Piano Company.
He will undoubtedly be heard from in due time.
M. P. CONWAY, of Holyoke, Mass., has re-
moved his music store to the corner of Suffolk
and High streets.
J. L. JACOBS and J. F. Browning, of Jackson*
ville, have opened up a music store at Tampa,
Fla.
MR. JULIUS BRITTING, a talented musician
and a member of a family well known among
musicians of this country, died in Cincinnati,
April 12th. John Britting, the father of the de-
ceased, was the founder of the first piano manu-
factory West of the Allegheny mountains. He
came to Cincinnati from Nuremberg, Germany,
and in 1834 started on the canal the first piano
factory ever seen in the Western States. In
1857 his three sons opened the first piano sales-
room in Cincinnati at Fifth & Plum streets. In
1880 they moved to 137 W. Sixth street, where
they at present have a piano salesroom, and of
which the deceased was a member.
THE Worcester Gazette in its issue of April
16th prints a fac-simUe of a business announce-
THE Rhode Island Music Company has made
ment made by the founder of the well known
house of S. R. Leland & Son in March, 1842. It its appearance on the ruins of the business of
is an interesting, dignified and comprehensive Cory Brothers, who recently failed. The paid
DIXON, I I I . , is to have a new piano factory.
statement of the three year old business of the in capital is $5,000 with the privilege of in-
BOSTON MASS.—Steinert & Sons, dealers in late Samuel R. Iceland, and gives a good idea of creasing. The directors and officers will proba-
musical instruments, will this month celtbrate an ability which he subsequently demonstrated bly be elected in a week or two. Mr. Z. E. Cory
the twenty-fifth anniversary of their association by building up the business which is being will be the business manager, and the business
with the house of Steinway & Sons.
carried on so ably by his successor. Among will be located at 482 Westminster street, Provi-
other
things it says: " Rosewood and mahogany dence, R. I.
DUBUQUE, IA.—Enterprising stationery and
music house of Harger & Blish are having their pianos of all patterns from the manufactories of
MR. CHAPMAN of Wickham, Chapman & Co.,
store completely renovated. It will be the finest Messrs. Chickering & Mackey, Lord & Cums- Springfield, Ohio, is in New York.
ton, Hews and Lemuel Gilbert on hand, which
music store in Dubuque when completed.
MR. GAVIN REED, father of Mr. A. C. Reed,
are warranted to give satisfaction for tone and
president, and grandfather of Mr. Malcolm Love,
KANSAS CITY, KAN.—Kansas City Piano Co., workmanship."
treasurer and secretary of the Waterloo Organ
owing to increase of business, must have more
A SPLENDID Farrand & Votey organ was Co., Waterloo, N. Y., died at the residence of
room, and will move May 1st into four story
heard in the church scene in '' Faust '' at the his son in that town April 7th. He was born in
building at 1211 and 1213 Main street.
Metropolitan Opera House last Monday night. Argylshire, Scotland, some 88 years ago, and
CANTRIL, IA.—John Van Fleet has opened up
It is a magnificent instrument, well supplied came to this country in 1849. The deceased re-
a musical instrument business here.
with varied stops and full set of pedals, and is a sided in Waterloo for the past 20 years, where
CHANDLERVILLE, I I I . — D . B. Hawks, who great improvement on the old organ which was he was honored and highly respected by all who
has been in the employ of J. W. Heinrich, of destroyed by fire in 1892. It contains about knew him.
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Havana, will open up a music store In Chandler - eight hundred pipes, and there is only one
THK issue of the Austrian and Musicians' 1
ville.
manual with a compass of sixty-one notes, the
Journal, of Vienna, for March 9th has been con-
POTTSDAM, N. Y. Frank Marr has left Potts- pedal organ having a compass of thirty. The fiscated by the Government. It seems it con-
dam for Massena, where he will establish a completed instrument cost something over four tained an article on military bands, criticising
thousand dollars.
music store.
certain Government officials and con tractors-
JOHANN STRAUSS, the composer of waltz mu-
J. M. ANDERSON, general manager of the pretty severely. The proprietors, however, dis-
sic will soon celebrate his musical jubilee. He Duluth (Minn.) Music Company, will connect played a good deal of enterprise and push by
was born in 1825 and at the age of six became a himself with the house of W. J. Dyer & Bro., immediately issuing another edition with the
composer. He visited this country in 1869 in Minneapolis, as soon as he can arrange to close article entirely expunged which has reached the
connection with Gilmore 's Peace Jubilee.
subscribers.
out the business of his concern.