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very popular, not only with " the boys," but it
AT THE FALLS.
Of course being so near "The Falls, " my Sun- is confidently said that there are aching hearts
day was passed close to the thunder of Niagara, among the dark eyed Canadian maidens when
and I again voluntarily submitted myself to the " L,ouie " leaves the Queen's domain.
At Auburn I ran across L. E. Thayer, of the
tender mercies of Niagara hackmen and found
Fort
Wayne Organ Co. He looked bronzed and
that there had been no reduction in the rate sched-
hearty
after his European trip.
ule. However the enjoyment amply repays for
Strolling
down the lobby of The Powers, at
the outlay, because a day can always be spent
Rochester,
I
met William Cumston, who had
pleasurably and enchantingly here. I have
been
sojourning
for a couple of weeks in Wash-
been under the earth at the Mammoth Cave,
ington.
have gazed with feelings of awe at the Natural
Bridge, have passed hours of wonderment amid
INDICATIONS day after day evidence a new era
the Geysers of the Yellowstone, have climbed of activity and prosperty for the Weber piano.
the snow clad Sierras, but Niagara thrills me The new styles turned out and the close atten-
most of all.
tion given to the business by Mr. Wheelock are
Ah, here, indeed, one seems near, very near, bearing the good results hoped for.
the wondrous forces of nature !
C. A. MCARTHUR, of Pittsfield, Mass., has in-
The move has already been made toward
utilizing and controling these forces for manu- vented a harp with string for each tone and
facturing purposes. Who will dare to dispute half tone. He claims that this arrangement
that within the next two decades these powers simplifies harp playing, and that an ordinary
will have been utilized to an almost incompre- piano score can be used. The invention does
hensible degree ? Of course piano factories will away with the use of pedals, and it makes pos-
be counted among the others which will line the sible many effects not obtainable from the harp
banks of the stream. Who will be the first ? as now made. Mr. McArthur also claims that
Think of the incalculable benefit in advertising these instruments can be produced at less cost.
alone to state in very truth of '' Music made by
CHATHAM, N. Y. Mr. C. S. Green contem-
Niagara's thunder ! ''
plates opening up a new music store here.
GREETINGS.
I was pleased to travel a part of the week in
the company of " Ormie " Houghton, of veneer
fame, who is now returning from a long Western
trip. '' Ormie '' has closed up a fine business
and is now skaking hands with the trade in
Canada. Speaking of meeting " Ormie, " what
a lot of travelers the music trade fraternity are.
At Albany I met Louis Lowendall on his return
from a trip across the continent. '' L,ouie '' is
H
II
A CLEVER swindler has been playing havoc
with the piano trade of St. Louis and locality
for some time. Under the nom-de-plume of James
L. Gordon, Oliver Adams, William Dale, W.
Baxter, etc., he has been renting pianos, paying
the rent and cartage in advance, having the
piano sent to his temporary boarding house, and
then telling the landlady that he was going to
live with friends and carting the piano along
with him. In his new quarters he advertised
the piano for sale, and in a great many cases
succeeded in selling it. Such firms as Bollman
Bros. Co., Jesse French Piano & Organ Co., W.
T. Bobbitt, J. A. Kieselhorst and others have
been sufferers. This scoundrel apparently suc-
ceeded by methods which, had the dealers exer-
cised more care in treating with absolute
strangers, might have been avoided. It is a
warning, but an expensive warning, and dealers
in the West must look out for this clever indi-
vidual with the numerous aliases.
THE music business of Brehmer Brothers, at
Rutland, Vt., is now located in Merchants Row,
that city.
IT is said that H. N. Starr, the assignee of the
Anderson Piano Company, will declare a divi-
dend of about 30 per cent, within a few days.
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